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

[Hadley Rich]

On Wed, 23 May 2007 19:13:37 Martin Bähr wrote:
> 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.

Broadcast TV NZ is 576i/PAL;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/576i

Which is what DVD is also.

hads

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