[nzlug] [Fwd: ./ - broadband isn't, broadband unless its at least 2Mbps]

[Martin Bähr]

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 08:21:59AM +0300, Mathew Carley wrote:
> A live video stream in Full Screen TV quality (isn't standard TV 
> resolution something like 320*240?) probably couldn't be considered 
> broadband 

is that still standard in newzealand?
current standards are higher, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution#Television.2Fmovies

> - I think that kind of resolution comes out at less than 
> 1MBPS, depending on compression.

if you consider dvd quality current, then you definetly need more than
1mbit to get that in a stream.

greetings, martin.
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