http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/ Engadget Comments for Motorola's new pro encoder makes 1080p cable broadcasts a breeze http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/
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I'm happy with 1080i, I'm not happy with the 5-10mbps Comcast allots to it's HD channels. ]]>Sep 23rd 2009 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 24th 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 22nd 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 22nd 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 22nd 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/
This could be used to send 1080p/60 over cable/fiber lines, but there is no broadcast spec in North America that uses h.264, so any broadcaster who tries would be violating their FCC license.]]>Sep 22nd 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 22nd 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/
The cameras are not recording at 1080p/60. They record 1080p/24, 1080p/30, 1080i/60 and 720p/60, but not 1080p/60, so why get excited over potential 1080p/60 broadcasts?]]>Sep 22nd 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 22nd 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/
I disagree. Nobody knows what the "holly grail" is. ]]>Sep 22nd 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 22nd 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 22nd 2009 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/
Not quite. Even 1080/60i can convey smooth 60Hz motion, ie 60 unique pictures per second. 30p is limited to 30. Thus even 60i can have smoother motion than 30p. For example, sport is 60 pictures per second, whether it's 1080/60i or 720/60p. Sports fans would scream if the frame rate was halved to 'only' 30 unique motion updates per second.

Also remember that displays at least double the 30p to 60 or more so there's no flicker.]]>Sep 22nd 2009 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/30p = progressive = good]]>Sep 29th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 22nd 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/
I just figure that the broadcasters are going to try to get away with as little as long as they can. Many haven't moved the DOGs for 16:9 yet, so . . . . ]]>Sep 23rd 2009 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 23rd 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 23rd 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/Sep 23rd 2009 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/
Also film content running at 1080i60 is identical to film content running at 1080p24 with a good inverse telecine filter (which mos good TVs nowadays have)

The main benefit to having 1080p capable broadcasting would be mainly sports, but some other shows like news, game shows and reality shows also use 60fps video. Unfortunately, I am pretty sure absolutely no-one films in 1080p60. Even most 720p60 broadcasts seem to be deinterlaced from 1080i60 to 1080p60, then downscaled to 720p60.]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/motorolas-new-pro-encoder-makes-1080p-broadcast-a-breeze/A. Produce content in 1080/60p to make it worth converting to in the first place.
B. Re-build their entire plant to accommodate 1080/60p.
C. Convert to H.264 compression. (using the mentioned box or any other manufacture's)
D. Replace EVERY decoder at EVERY cable headend in the country.

While the box in this post may be relatively cheap the rest the steps necessary to to make the switch are not.

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