Talk:HD Lite

Hi, Today I learned about the following, that directv is sending out the following to many who have requested them to stop providing hd lite.

here is a copy of the letter

I am responding to your email regarding DIRECTV's High Definition (HDTV) programming services. First of all, thank you for taking the time to email DIRECTV. We appreciate hearing from our customers.

As you'll see from the FCC-backed information regarding DTV, which I’ve linked to below as one example for your information, HDTV typically has a wide-screen display (16x9) that provides 900,000 to 2,100,000 million pixels. The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc., or ATSC, an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital television, defines HDTV as having "a resolution of approximately twice that of conventional television in both the horizontal (H) and vertical (V) dimensions and a picture aspect ratio (HxV) of 16:9." DIRECTV's HDTV programming falls well within this pixel count and is High Definition under every accepted definition of HD. Further, DIRECTV's HD transmissions are in line with the ATSC voluntary standards established for direct-to-home satellite broadcasts.

We hope you understand that DIRECTV strives to provide its subscribers with the highest quality and broadest offering of HD programming possible. And we do hope you choose to continue to subscribe to DIRECTV in the future.

Thank you again for your inquiry.

Sincerely,

XXXXXXXX DIRECTV Customer Service

This is a load of bull!

[ (And that is YOUR opinion) ]

If that is true Directv, then why does every one of my (uhf antenna) HD channels look way better than yours?

If directv wants to provide the best pic possible then then A: NO hd-lite 1280x1080 stretched to 1920x1080 and B: give a better video bitrate then 8-10mbps.

"for the best in hd, get directv" what a load of garbadge. "over the air", HD cable, dish network (they dont do 1280x1080) beats directv HD easily. for the true best, get C Band uplink (~38mbps video bitrate)

BBC HD
The blog info is verifiable, it is BBC's own blog, hosted by BBC employees. Current bitrate of 9.7 Mbit/s is confirmed: "There are programmes which some feel look disappointing, and others which are generally felt to look great. There have been no changes to the bitrate (of 9.7mbps) over this period." The reasons for bitrate reduction are scattered throughout Andy Quested's posts as well as in his replies to the messages (his replies are easily identifiable by gray background). I suppose Jasmeet 181 was too lazy to read them all, but trust me, I've got the gist. As to original bitrate, yes, it was 16 to 19 Mbit/s. In the USA, the ATSC spec allows for OTA MPEG-2 HD broadcast up to 19 Mbit/s. I am not sure whether the spec requires certain minimum bitrate or not. Mikus (talk) 04:02, 24 October 2010 (UTC)