From: "Hamish Moffatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 09:35:27PM +0100, Robert Schlabbach wrote: > > It's only broadcasting HDTV demo loops, though. But in contrast to > > EURO1080 this service is broadcasting "true" 1080i at 59.94 > > fields/sec, whereas EURO1080 uses an uncommon 50 fields/sec. > > Wouldn't 50 fields/sec simply be the PAL rate?
Hmm, ok, I can see how stations who have huge archives of PAL material might want to use 50 fields/sec HDTV for easier conversion. But EURO1080 isn't such a station, so I don't see why they chose this. In fact, most HDTV material available today will likely be 59,94 fields/sec, so IMHO EURO1080 made a pretty stupid decision, since they cannot easily purchase HDTV shows e.g. from the USA and just broadcast that. Aside from that, I don't think there is any digital HDTV standard with 50 fields/sec, while the ATSC HDTV standards exist and are well established. Regards, -- Robert Schlabbach e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Berlin, Germany -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
