Re: The sad state of Comcast HDTV

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:15:58 -0000, JC <jeffchapman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Aug 15, 11:48 am, RickH <passp...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 14, 8:05 pm, JC <jeffchap...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



How does Comcast intend to answer to such
competition?

With high speed internat access which satellite will never be able to
provide adequately and the phone companies are slow to invest in "last
mile" infrastructure.

You will then get any HD content delivered over TCP/IP, on demand what
and when you want it.

Computer/TV convergence will become an ever easier technical step
now. So he with the best Internet access wins, and for the forseeable
future that is Cable.

That's a very interesting and possible future, Rick. True convergence
is a technology yet to see the light of present day. Providing enough
bandwidth can be allocated for everyone to have HD movies on demand
(sigh - at a PPV cost, no doubt), it's probably the only option in
sight - short of compressing HD to lossy quality (note: that's "lossy"
as in "lousy" <grin>) so cable/satellite can stream enough of it.

Let's face it, HD is in its infancy right now. The technology is in
your home right now (the panel) but the trick is getting the content
delivered. By the time all this is figured out and HD is finally
streaming to our homes, UHDTV will be the latest thing and we'll start
the bandwidth complaints all over again!


I predict that the technology to switch incoming signals to your home
will surpass the needed bandwidth to the home. All that extra
bandwidth on the fiber will become superfluous. Back when we were
putting fiber in the ground as fast as we could, companies were
learning how to send more bandwidth on the fiber already in the
ground. There's a lot of dark fiber around.
Thumper
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