"unused" portion of their DSL lines to broadcast video signals.

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Damien V. Del Porto" <damien () delporto org>
Date: June 11, 2005 7:07:41 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on The Digital TV Fiasco


This is slightly off-topic but relevant I think.

For the last few months, Spain's former telephone monopoly has been  
using the "unused" portion of their DSL lines to broadcast video  
signals. There are some 40 channels (there are only 5-7 channels  
available over the air and w/o satellite). The DSL line charges,  
which are between 30 and 40 €, subsidize this service, which is 12 €  
per month. I mention this because, while we dont have HDTV here, the  
quality is quite good. The service also includes an on-demand  
videoclub (with a horrible selection of movies...unless you're into  
adult-themed movies) and PPV soccer games. From what I understand,  
the service is using 4 Mbits or so of the total 6-8 available. The  
base subscriber package is 512/128 (which will be doubled for free  
next month to 1M/320), and can scale up to 2.

Is anyone in the US trying this approach? Does anyone know whether an  
HDTV signal could fit into the DSL bandwidth? -d

Link: http://www.telefonicaonline.es/imagenio/

David Farber wrote:


> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Chris Beck <cbeck () pacanukeha net>
> Date: June 10, 2005 6:55:13 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net, Tim Onosko <onosko () gmail com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] more on The Digital TV Fiasco
>
>
> Rumour has it Tim Onosko, on or about 10/06/2005 2:32:51 PM EDT,  
> whispered:
>
>
>
>
> > Brad Templeton is absolutely right on this, but he doesn't mention  
> > the
> > very real reason why digital TV must move from MPEG2 to MPEG4
> > (specifically the new H.264 or "AVC" codec): Picture quality.
> >
> > Anyone who has watched digital cable or satellite signals can tell  
> > you
> > that the quality is TERRIBLE.
>
> As someone who suffers under the iron heel of Videotron cable in  
> Montreal,
> Quebec I can second that argument. They are shoving internet,  
> digital TV and
> regular cable and compressing the heck out of my digital channels.  
> This is
> especially visible for some reason in ocean documentaries, the  
> banding in the
> water is atrocious. I have not even bothered investing in an HDTV  
> because of a
> complete lack of confidence in their ability to actually deliver  
> any watchable
> high def content.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> --
> Chris Beck - http://pacanukeha.blogspot.com
> He needs a lang shanket spoon that sups kail wi' the de'il
>
>
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