In order to fit down the narrow "broadband" pipes we have, the bitrate is going to have to be atrociously low. Existing STBs are only going to be able to handle MPEG2, which looks poor at anything less than 4Mb/s. Comparing the PQ of ITV on Freeview vs. analogue shows just how bad the compression artefacts are and I can't see this being any better - ITV currently broadcasts 544x576 resolution on freeview whcih isn't even full SDTV, let alone HDTV! And this they call progress...
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More poor quality TV
In order to fit down the narrow "broadband" pipes we have, the bitrate is going to have to be atrociously low. Existing STBs are only going to be able to handle MPEG2, which looks poor at anything less than 4Mb/s. Comparing the PQ of ITV on Freeview vs. analogue shows just how bad the compression artefacts are and I can't see this being any better - ITV currently broadcasts 544x576 resolution on freeview whcih isn't even full SDTV, let alone HDTV! And this they call progress...