1080p channels on the way, according to Tandberg CEO

by Richard Lawler, posted Apr 16th 2008 at 8:29AM

Tandberg TV is preparing for the next big thing in broadcast HD - 1080p. According to CEO Eric Cooney, satellite providers are already preparing to offer full HD channels in the next few years to separate themselves from cable and IPTV competition with more limited bandwidth. Aside from the company's current projects rolling out MPEG-4, he sees 1080p/60Hz as an inevitable progression, with the hardware already in place. Three years from now, after switched digital's hit and fiber continues to expand its territory offering "Blu-ray quality movies" might be a great selling point for Dish and DirecTV, although we shudder to think what kind of DVR we'd need to store the programming.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Papa Midnight @ Apr 16th 2008 9:30AM

1TB HDD's rolling out for DVR's?

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FLskydiver @ Apr 16th 2008 5:52PM

I already have 2TB's attached to my DirecTV DVR. Probably would only hold 60 1080p movies, though (currently holds 200+ at 1080i).

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Mr. E @ Apr 16th 2008 11:00AM

With all the complaints about overcompression of satellite and cable signals, I can't imagine this is going to improve anything. The "resolution" they send could be 10,000 x 5,000 but if they're compressing it so much that it's macroblocking and smearing all over the place, what's the point?

How about you guys work to maximize the quality of your existing channels, before undertaking an "upgrade" that that improves nothing but your feature list?

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kcjones @ Apr 16th 2008 12:59PM

You hit it dead on, Resolution has never really been the limiting factor for broadcasted image quality. Also, when are the writers here gonna stop using nonsensical terms like "Full HD". What next, desciptions like
"Improved betterness" and "Unobtainium"?

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