Nice plug. But my question is still this: are the new simulcasts which are MPEG4 taking the MPEG2 signal and transcoding it? Or has DirecTV started getting higher bitrate MPEG4 directly from the television studios? And if so, what is the bitrate?
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?
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Nice plug. But my question is still this: are the new simulcasts which are MPEG4 taking the MPEG2 signal and transcoding it? Or has DirecTV started getting higher bitrate MPEG4 directly from the television studios? And if so, what is the bitrate?
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?