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Sebaz wrote on 1/21/2009, 7:58 PM
They can offer true 1080p video, but it will probably look like crap given the low bitrates. If it's MPEG-4 that might save it a little, but unless it's at least 25 Mbps, the comparison to blu-ray is ridiculous.
Coursedesign wrote on 1/21/2009, 8:20 PM
To quote: To watch the program in 1080p, Dish owners must have a MPEG-4 HD DVR receiver, a High-Definition TV that's 1080p compatible, and a broadband connection to download the show.

So they're saying that it's MPEG-4, and it's downloaded over the internet, hence the normal satellite channel restrictions don't apply.

It also seems satellite and cable services are gradually switching over to all HD, and letting subscribers with ye olde SD TVs hook those up to a downrezzed jack on their set top box, instead of duplicating each channel in SD & HD.

TheHappyFriar wrote on 1/21/2009, 8:57 PM
It also seems satellite and cable services are gradually switching over to all HD, and letting subscribers with ye olde SD TVs hook those up to a downrezzed jack on their set top box, instead of duplicating each channel in SD & HD.

quality difference is worth it imho. :)

but question on this: how is this the first 1080p broadcast when it's NOT broadcast, it's downloaded & played? I can make a 1080p video from my computer, put it on my website, say "watch the REAL first 1080p broadcast before dish!" if I get it out on thursday (a day before they show it). They can't say I'm wrong because they are using the net & download too, that's not broadcasting. merriam webster says broadcast is "cast or scattered in all directions". A net connection is to a very specific known place.
Coursedesign wrote on 1/21/2009, 9:19 PM
If you have a server streaming to a lot of users, that would obviously be "broadcasting."

So what about download? Well, if the download is progressive (not in the meaning of "non-interlaced"!), and a TV can start watching a movie a minute or two after the download starts (even though the total download may take more than say an hour), that would seem to qualify also, since it is just a different method to "cast content broadly."

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 1/21/2009, 11:51 PM
IPTV - there's no stopping it.

Dave
Xander wrote on 1/22/2009, 5:49 AM
I am assuming this is 1080p24, which just eliminates the 1080i30 with pull down removal step.

IPTV is not the ability to download movies off the net and it is not streaming (unicast) over the internet either. IPTV uses Multicast IP for distribution over private IP networks.
Jeff9329 wrote on 1/22/2009, 2:16 PM
The promo on Cox cable in HD didn't look too impressive. But nothing on Cox cable is that good anyway.

Swayze kinda looked like skeletor.
Tinle wrote on 1/23/2009, 1:34 AM
"They can't say I'm wrong because they are using the net & download too, that's not broadcasting. merriam webster says broadcast is "cast or scattered in all directions". A net connection is to a very specific known place."

Cable TV & Dish are connections to very specific controlled places. For specific people with specific money. YouTube is more like your dictionary definition of broadcasting than either cable or Dish.
Coursedesign wrote on 1/23/2009, 11:03 AM
My small print 2,230 page "Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language" says:

1. to transmit from a radio or television station

2. to speak, perform [etc.] on a radio or television program

3. to cast or scatter abroad over an area, as seed in sowing

4. to spread widely, disseminate
...
6. to transmit programs or signals from a radio or TV station
...
7 - 18.

[18 definitions in total.]

From this, it would seem that the "broadcast" term covers both OTA, satellite, and internet streaming & downloading.