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Originally Posted by downquark1
Can't the device downscale the HD to SD, or switch or the broadcast switch bitrates?
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HD boxes can downscale, but SD ones can't.
Switching bitrates would be a massive change to the technology - basically getting rid of broadcast entirely. I expect it will happen eventually though.
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Originally Posted by Matth
The question being... what is the channel space worth, compared to replacing old SD boxes.
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There is no pressing need to replace the SD boxes. VM already have enough space free for current plans.