Hi guys, >> On Monday 28 March 2005 14:06, Reinhard Walter Buchner wrote: >> > At the current stage of development, I never understood >> > why mpeg4 is still around. CDs and DVDs are so cheap >> > nowadays, there is no reason to give up quality for size. >> You ask the financial department of the broadcasters :) If they can get >> away >> with paying for half the transponder capacity by broadcasting in MPEG4 >> instead of MPEG2 I think they will have a strong case =) > EURO1080 is already going this direction: > http://www.euro1080.tv/mpeg4.htm Uh, great. So HDTV is basically dead before it gets a head start in Europe. That's just fantastic. Well, at least now I know that I'm not going to buy one of their subscription packages. They probably expect their viwers to be watching their shows on 36 cm TVs ;o((. Sorry about the rant. Regards, Reinhard -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - Release Date: 25.03.2005
