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My problem with MPEG4 has always been the fact that it's originally an MPEG2 signal at about 16mb/s and is transcoded to ~10mb/s. Any transcode degrades the picture, and it's been noticable.

The MPEG4 of Blu-ray is fine because it's at a MUCH higher bitrate and isn't transcoded from something else. Can we get some better info on how the new MPEG4 channels will improve the picture quality?]]>Jul 31st 2008 4:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/Jul 31st 2008 2:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/Jul 31st 2008 2:57PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/Jul 31st 2008 2:58PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/Jul 31st 2008 4:56PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/Jul 31st 2008 6:06PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/
This typically is the case for about a month or so, they did it with the LA High-Def channels once already. This is the last of the MPEG-2, though, so this will be it.

Compare it to cable where you have SD and HD versions of channels all over the dial, DIRECTV does it the right way (one channel, automatically selects the best format).]]>Jul 31st 2008 8:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/Jul 31st 2008 7:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/31/directv-11-starts-broadcasting-hd-simulcast-of-mpeg2-hd-channel/Jul 31st 2008 8:28PM