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Originally Posted by mkdr25
this interface streams at an even lower quality than the standard web interface! 768kbps instead of 1500kbps for normal windowed SD content on the standard web interface .
Tell me this isn't what the tivo is pointed at?
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I think that's because BigScreen was originally aimed at the Wii which struggles with the higher bitrate.
TiVo is using a visually similar implementation, but it is written completely in Flash. So I wouldn't automatically assume the video bitrates are identical. In fact, i'd assume the Flash version will use the best encoding the BBC make available elsewhere, as it's brand new (VM are the first user of it I think I've seen people say).
The same app is being made available to Popcorn Hour media streamers apparently, and no doubt other embedded-flash enables devices soon.