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Old 03-24-08, 11:55 PM   #231   |  Link
bfdtv
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Originally Posted by briansemerick View Post
MHD 17.73 Mbps 13.21 Mbps -34.2%

i'm surprised at that - i think it looks and sounds awesome. i wonder what it'd look like in 17.73 Mbps....
The major differences are seen in movement. Basically any time the camera moves, the artist moves around, or there are pyrotechnics, the FiOS feed looks much better -- more detailed and less (or no) blocking. When the camera is fixed (doesn't move), the artist doesn't move, and there are no pyrotechnics, the differences are not as significant. That said, the FiOS feed was noticeably better on every frame of this particular program (Red Hot Chili Peppers Live in Milan). This was nothing like my last Discovery Theater recording where the Comcast feed looked just as good 90+% of the time.

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Click for direct links to the full 1920x1080 PNGs. More in the first post.

With the RHCPLIM broadcast on FiOS, I saw large-scale macroblocking on only a few sequences. With the Comcast feed, they were too numerous to count.

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