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Your comparing a network feed to a movie. and H.264 and VC-1 are different ( your showing VC-1)\\ VC-1 does 4:2:0 while H.264 supports 4:4:4, also the partion sizes,bit stream formats,de-blocking filter,and interpolation methods are different.

It is about the encoder,format,sampling,quantization,etc.

Rob

Now you're just grasping at straws. Like all those more advanced settings that go "beyond the bitrate" are standardized amongst every Blu-ray encode. Blu-rays vary wildly over the minute details and the only way one can say something is of typical "Blu-ray quality" is if it has a high bitrate and looks crystal clear with no macroblocking. No American MPEG-2 HDTV channel fits that definition aside from the select few high bitrate satellite feeds.

There's still plenty of Blu-rays which don't fit the definition of "high bitrate with no macroblocking." That number is not the majority though so we can't really define Blu-ray quality by what the half-assed releases go by.

Blue Ray is not all about the bit-rate, There are Blue-Rays in MPEG-2,AVC-1,and AVC.264.Bit rate here applies to the format. It is about the quality of the encoder and format. This goes for the orginator and receiver.

Rob

The Scorpion and Why Be Sane are trying to out-geek each other! ........... Watch out for the Scorpion's tail, Mr. Sane.

Just watchin', huh?

All you TWC customers who are not happy about not seeing Thurs night NFL football-- please email Melinda Witmer (melinda.witmer@twcable.com) and demand that they add the NFLN/RZ.

Apparently the NFL is attempting to put pressure on TWC (NY customers) via some commercials re: tonights game.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/busines...vb5VS7bizhIGaL

Don't know about you, but I would think they'd be able to absorb about $.50 per sub ... considering the 10% rate increase we'll all see in January.

I don't care if you spam them with a million e-mails. They don't care about what you think. Time Warner will add the NFL Network when they get good and ready. You're just wasting your time. I recommend taking up a more productive hobby.

good luck with that.

So there is a 10% rate increase coming?

Why would I want the NFL Network at home?

It gives me an excuse to have a Thursday night out for beer and wings with the boys. If I had NFLN at home, ball and chain would say, "Stay home."

Keep it off my cable system please....

Cheers!
-Doug

Speaking of AMC HD, I've been told some providers, like Comcast, get it via fiber, not satellite.

Not sure if this means they could get a higher bit rate.

Hmm.. Thanks Doug..I will have to remember that one.

Like your inane posts on this site about bitrates.

Fox Movie Channel HD has popped up on a TWC system!

TWC in Moscow ID/Pullman WA and Couer D' Alene Idaho got it today!

Also they got:

BBC AMERICA HD
CBS Sports Net HD (Moscow ID/Pullman WA only)*
Cooking Channel HD (Moscow ID/Pullman WA only)*
Encore HD
ESPN Deportes HD
ESPN Goal line and Buzzer Beater HD
E! HD
FUEL HD
G4 HD
Hub HD
H2 HD (Moscow ID/Pullman WA only)*
Investigation Discovery HD (Moscow ID/Pullman WA only)*
Oxygen HD
QVC HD
Sportsman Channel HD (Moscow ID/Pullman WA only)*
Style HD
TCM HD
The Movie Channel HD
TruTV HD

Coeur D Alene and Moscow ID/Pullman WA are 860MHz systems with no Digital Simulcast.

* = Was already offered in Coeur D Alene ID.

Some other TWC system updates Gunnison and Telluride Colorado, Greenville, Commerce, Cuero, Gonzales, Columbus, Eagle Lake, Yoakum, Kerrville Texas, and Terre Haute Indiana. These listed systems above got HD channels this week:

Gunnison CO 860MHz system:
Disney HD
DIY HD
FOOD NETWORK HD
H2 HD
Hallmark HD
Hallmark Movie Channel HD
HGTV HD
National Geographic HD
Sportsman Channel HD
Starz HD
TCM HD
Travel Channel HD
truTV HD

Telluride CO 750MHz system:
Altitude HD
Disney HD
DIY HD
FOOD NETWORK HD
HGTV HD
Hallmark HD
Hallmark Movie Channel HD
National Geographic HD
Travel Channel HD
truTV HD

Greenville/ommerce TX 750MHz system:
Outdoor Channel HD
Lifetime HD

Cuero/Gonzales/Yoakum TX 550 or 750MHz system:
KENS HD (CBS San Antonio)
KABB HD (FOX San Antonio)
KWEX HD (Univision San Antonio)
Bravo HD
CNBC HD
Discovery Channel HD
Disney Channel HD
Fox Sports Southwest HD
Syfy HD
Palladia HD

Columbus/Eagle Lake TX 550 or 750MHz system:
Bravo HD
CNBC HD
Discovery Channel HD
ESPN HD
ESPN2 HD
FS Southwest HD
TNT HD
USA HD
Velocity HD
Syfy HD

Kerrville TX 860MHz system:
FX HD
GOLF CHANNEL HD
HALLMARK HD
HBO2 HD East
HLN HD
LMN HD
MSNBC HD
TCM HD
TRAVEL CHANNEL HD
Starz Kids and Family HD East

Terre Haute IN 860MHz system:
ABC Family HD
BET HD
CMT HD
CNN HD
COMEDY CENTRAL HD
FOX NEWS HD
Lifetime HD
MTV HD
National Geographic HD
NICKELODEON HD
Spike HD
TLC HD

The Texas systems also had some analogs moved to digital not all systems had these on analog but these are the channels that were moved to digital:
GAC
CSPAN2
Govenment Access
Educational Access
Public Access
Mun2
CMT
TXCN
Oxygen
Soapnet
GSN
Shop NBC

dropped completely
Pay Per View previews Analog
TWC channel (guessing TWC advertisments channel)

She used to visit one of the TWC forums but left due to the constant gripes and bitching in general

AndyHDTV,

A few things you missed.

Discovery Kids HD is now The Hub HD
Wedding Central HD is no more as the channel went under due to a lack of carriage.

Sounds as if Wedding Central had a miscarriage.

Viewers must have "Left them at the altar"

Anyone want to see the Harbaugh boys (Ravens v. 49ers) duke it out on Thanksgiving night-- exclusively on the NFL Network? Well, let's let TWC know how we feel. After all, aren't we told that we should contact our provider if we want certain channels?

Email:

Melinda Witmer, TWC VP Programming and chief negotiator ... melinda.witmer@twcable.com

Glenn Britt, TWC CEO ... glenn.britt@twcable.com

Well fortunately that won't be a problem for me since I'll be at my parents house Thursday night for Thanksgiving dinner in which they have DirecTV. And ok top of that I'm installing a Slingbox tomorrow at my friend's house who has DirecTV.

Justin TV

Nope! I'll be watching A Very Gaga Thanksgiving on ABC. A channel which Time Warner carries.

Love the Gags ... but, can't stomach Katie Couric.

Since you have now posted this a second time, I am moved to email both of them to pass along I am not interested in paying higher monthly cable fees so you can watch football.

So you just want higher fees and not the NFL because that is the alternative. Your rates are already going up with TWC. Adding the NFL wouldn't make them go up anymore.

The more content/channels carried, the more the cost to the cable/sat provider.
The more the cost, the higher the rates.

Rates might not go up immediately, but when they do, having the NFL will cause them to go up to an even higher rate.


I personally get enough pro football on Sunday and Monday.

Moderators Note:

Move forward on the NFL Network issue.

I get enough cooking from my wife too but they still carry the Food Network. Everyone has different tastes.