Thread: Coming Soon to Virgin TV
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Old 12-12-2008, 16:31   #897
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV
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Originally Posted by moroboshi View Post
The problem Virgin are going to face when they finally start adding HD channels is just how damn huge those archaic MPEG 2 streams are. They'll be constantly struggling for space, and may end up over compressing things to fit more channels in, at which point they may as well not bother. HD doesn't just mean more resolution, it also means vastly fewer compression artefacts. BBC HD is over compressed as it is.
Yes, but there are other ways of overcoming it. It's depressing how many +1s seem to appear.

Off topic but it's a bit little cheeky talking about VM overcompressing the day after Ofcom announces they'd like 4 HD channels running on freeview rather than 3 at the grand mindblowing bitrate of 8.4Mbs. Unfortunately I think we're all doomed .
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