Re: Ofcom says 4 national HD channels on DTT

"DAB sounds worse than FM" <dab.is@dead> wrote:

MPEG-2 STBs will only be made obsolete once virtually everybody is using
MPEG-4 boxes. And by that time I'd hope that DTT would just be switched off
anyway, because the Internet will make it look like a seriously antiquated
system, because by that time we'll probably all have 100 Mbps connections
and will be streaming 1080p or possibly 2160p or whatever HD channels over
the net.

I doubt if this will happen for many years, certainly not for Joe
Bloggs, for a number of reasons.

They want to press one button to get the programme they want, not go
furtling round the internet looking for the next episode of "Coronation
Street".

The internet isn't a very reliable delivery mechanism. Users won't want
their paid-for 2160 HD playout stalling. A few stalls and the box goes
back to Curry's.

Joe Bloggs doesn't want to mess about downloading content on some user
friendly equivalent of a computer or AppleTV like device.

Joe Bloggs is used to "free" television. They won't take kindly to
paying ISP charges just to watch what was free.

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Peter
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