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Originally Posted by King Of Fools
To be fair to the CTO he had to decide to scrap either Telewest's or NTL's system
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and the STBs should be slightly cheaper (and hopefully that saving will be passed on).
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I'm no expert when it comes to the finer points of different MPEG streaming technologies but from what I've read the MPEG2 standard needs significantly more bandwidth than other, newer, standards.
So the actual STB's will be cheaper but less channels etc. will be able to be squirted down the cable than if a more advanced codec was used. If it comes down to it going with a more advanced solution from the beginning would be more cost effective in the long run rather than making wholesale changes once TVDrive and it's 'pure' Ntl equivalent are installed in a significant number of homes.