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Originally Posted by sprattgraham
I See no confirmation from NTL that they will be using MPEG2 and my contact at Scientific Atlanta still says they are making the MPEG4 STB For NTL
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hi.
is there a spec someware for that box ?, is it able to muticast
over the rj45 to any local computer, or indeed the other way around, take a muticast or http/rtp feed from a local computer
running for instance vlc and decode that stream through the stb to the atached tv ?.
is it using the liberate OS in the box or something far more substantial and realtime such as qssl/qnx/rtp thats a far better and reliable os for an stb.
any info welcome and finally will ntl enable any/all the options its able to do.
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Originally Posted by Chris Howell
Do the majority of Telewest customers care about that? No. And you know why? Because they HAVE PVR and HDTV functionality, right now.
And yes, I am capable of typing 'MPEG 4'. And I am well aware of the extra recording space and better compression with MPEG 4.
You're assuming that the majority of the public are wised-up on the advantages of MPEG 4 and Part 10 and AVC. Newsflash - most of the public don't know these terms, or even care. They want a PVR with HDTV - they dont care how it works or what compression format it uses - they want the functionality that such a device would offer, ASAP!! Its that simple.
When Telewest released their PVR, did you see loads of their customers crying about the fact that it records in MPEG 2 rather than MPEG 4 (Part Whatever)??? Nope.
Did you see the majority of Telewest customers saying "Wahh!! They didn't use MPEG 4 Part 10!!!!  Now I can't record over 30 hours on my TVDrive's 80Gig Drive!!!" Nope.
What you DID see is loads of posts about how they can watch World Cup footy in HDTV and how they can finally watch one channel while recording two other at the same time.
I agree that NTL should use MPEG 4 - but right now, if using MPEG 2 instead of MPEG 4 means that our PVR gets released this year rather than 'coming soon', I doubt if the majority of NTL customers would care (especially the ones who know nothing about compression formats). |
fare enough Chris, what you getting all worked up for mate its not really a big problem is it.
one thing though your wrong, i dont assume anything and hence why i asked that peole call it by its name (any 3 of them).
whats more i gave these people that dont currently know, the outline in case these people were interested.
i somewhat agree with your overall pessimistic view that many people are quite happy being ignorent of the facts.
these people might as well just go down the local argos and get one of the £80 quid PVR's and own them outright and be happy, id better not mention protected Hi-def content and how that might effect people chooses regarding tv's and stuff for risk of you really getting upset, remember Chris its not werth it , its only tv mate, all the best, anyway hope your feeling better later.
