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Will DirecTV move to H.265?

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#1 ·
Hope not. I'd hate to give up my HR20-700 w/ built in OTA.
 
#127 ·
tonyd79 said:
Try it at next NR, I guess.

And any Comcast customer who thinks that is nuts. Not everything s available and Comcast on demand has always been jerky everywhere I've seen it.
We'll see - I think it's just not for me. I record most everything I care about anyway.

I think anyone that thinks they don't need a DVR is nuts! Maybe like everything else at Comcast the experience varies wildly depending on the market you're in.
 
#129 ·
Mike Greer said:
Wow - just verified that I don't have what it takes to subject myself to OnDemand! I saw your post and just went looking for anything that may say "Watch now" to try it. I couldn't find anything that gave me the option to watch now.
Strange, what model receiver do you have and what software level is it running? I know you've mentioned Showtime on Demand a couple times, if you go to channel 1545, select Series and then Borgias do any of them show "Watch Now" as an option right above record option? My understanding was that it should be there and it will try to do the watch now but if it determines your connection is too slow it will then give you the option to record it and watch later or just cancel it.
 
#130 ·
RAD said:
Strange, what model receiver do you have and what software level is it running? I know you've mentioned Showtime on Demand a couple times, if you go to channel 1545, select Series and then Borgias do any of them show "Watch Now" as an option right above record option? My understanding was that it should be there and it will try to do the watch now but if it determines your connection is too slow it will then give you the option to record it and watch later or just cancel it.
I have 3 HR24-500 all running 062c software.

Just checked again and none of the Borgias have 'Watch Now'.

I think I really actually may have a curse!
 
#132 ·
Mike Greer;3173961 said:
I have 3 HR24-500 all running 062c software.

Just checked again and none of the Borgias have 'Watch Now'.

I think I really actually may have a curse!
That was what I was referring to. Thought maybe you weren't up to date on software.
 
#135 ·
Hoosier205 said:
He means we (mostly me) have changed the topic from H.265 to OnDemand...

I headed down that path because I thought DirecTV could improve OnDemand with new bandwidth and codecs...

Obviously you don't think so. But I still do! Even if they don't move more OnDemand to satellite the downloads would be smaller using newer codecs...
 
#136 ·
Hoosier205 said:
Logic will get you a long way however.
Alas, logic and reason take a back seat to resources and priorities. If logic ruled the day, CIG and scanning with the AM21 would be something that worked on the HR2x series (scanning on the HR34 and higher proves it can indeed be done). It logic was the driver, DIRECTV would either kill or fix TV Apps and Media Center.

Logic can apply, but it requires a complete understanding of all the parameters and contrary to popular belief, subscribing to DIRECTV does not afford one anywhere near such omniscience.
 
#137 ·
Mike Greer said:
I headed down that path because I thought DirecTV could improve OnDemand with new bandwidth and codecs...
Given what's in the Clarke belt now (bandwidth) and what is installed in homes in terms of receiver technology (CODECs), this is not something that is going to begin to change for probably two years. It is surely premature to get excited about it.
 
#139 ·
If/when DirecTV starts to offer 4K or 8K material then I could see them looking into using H.265 since they will most likely have to offer new hardware to support it anyway. I would guess by that time they will have probably quit supporting the old SD Mpeg2 stuff and moved all the other SD and HD channels over to Mpeg4 (and replace all customers receivers with MPEG4 equipment), then they will have the new hardware that does 4K.
 
#140 ·
Beerstalker said:
If/when DirecTV starts to offer 4K or 8K material then I could see them looking into using H.265 since they will most likely have to offer new hardware to support it anyway. I would guess by that time they will have probably quit supporting the old SD Mpeg2 stuff and moved all the other SD and HD channels over to Mpeg4 (and replace all customers receivers with MPEG4 equipment), then they will have the new hardware that does 4K.
Though somewhat unclear at times, this was apparently what Philip Goswitz (DirecTV's SVP for Space and Communications and R&D) had in mind last year when he stated the plan was move all remaining SD channels without HD duplicates to the MPEG-4 Ka band and cease with any SD MPEG-2 programming on the Ku band (at 101 at least) in about 5 years.

The freed-up Ku band (again at 101 at least) will then be used for 4k Ultra HD programming where I suppose a compression standard like H.265 would be indispensable, particular if the same legacy 24 MHz transponder bandwidth restriction is mandated for the old 12.2-12.7 GHz DBS band.
 
#141 ·
It seems like the exotic stuff (3D, 4K) would be better placed in the exotic bands (I'm thinking RDBS) so that they can outfit those who can use it (a vanishingly small number) with special LNB assemblies and not take away bandwidth from the "conventional" satellites.
 
#142 ·
harsh said:
It seems like the exotic stuff (3D, 4K) would be better placed in the exotic bands (I'm thinking RDBS) so that they can outfit those who can use it (a vanishingly small number) with special LNB assemblies and not take away bandwidth from the "conventional" satellites.
IIRC, Phil Goswitz commented on that issue as well. That the RDBS band was destined to be used for HD/SD International programming.

That is as an eventual replacement for the present SD only World Direct dish and service at 95w.
 
#143 ·
Some of you may have noticed you a few of your posts missing from this thread. I have deleted them not because of the content you posted but rather for other reasons that I can not go into.

If you have any questions please PM me.

Mike
 
#147 ·
P Smith said:
If you could give at least one example when OTA is in MPEG-2/H.263 video compression....
P. Smith;

Correcting for grammar and the ITU-T's "H" series number for the MPEG 2 standard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.262/MPEG-2_Part_2.

Do you mean above;

"Can you give at least one example where OTA DTV is not in MPEG-2/H.262 video compression....?"
 
#149 ·
taz291819 said:
I can't name any, I'm just replying to comments made on the 2nd page of this thread. Network may be sending their stuff to affiliates via MPEG-4, but I don't know of a single one (affiliate) that sends Directv a MPEG-4 feed.
We don't have participants here like station engineers at AVS forum; perhaps real knowledgeable ppl could enlighten us ? Who knows perhaps inside station's infrastructure they using H.264 equipment, say for store old content/archiving ...
 
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