Metroliner telephone article 4075
Geoffrey F. Green Having dealt with that a few years ago, may I elaborate: Condos and homeowners buttociations DO have a right to regulate. When one purchases such a unit...
Most network prime-time programming is already 1080i or 720p. It's not as big a share of the TV marketplace as a few years ago, but it's still substantial. And just about every nationwide sporting event and a rapidly growing number of regional sporting events are broadcast in HD. And as costs come down, even more regional programming is being broadcast in HD -- some local news, for example. So I don't think the answer to your (rhetorical) question is so clear.
And in 10 years MPEG-6 will make MPEG-4 look slovenly. (I don't see how the rate of codec development is really slowing, as you note earlier in a portion you snipped.)
I understand the point, and I sort of agree, but the penetration of cable and satellite into homes (and their attendant boxes) is such that the selection of broadcast codec isn't such a big deal. The satellite companies are already moving to MPEG-4, as is Verizon with their FIOS service, and I wouldn't be surprised if the FCC allows cable companies to do so in the not-too-distant-future, although there is the CableCard issue to be dealt with.
- geoff
Metroliner telephone article 4076
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