Common compression ratios for HD and SD used by the industry

[westcott]

I found this article that outlines how badly the content providers are compressing our SD and HD signals.

It can be over 100:1 in some cases.

Thought some of you would appreciate the information. Here is the article.

SD and HD compression ratios used by the content providers\networks

 

[GlocksRock]

so when will there be enough bandwidth so that they don't need to use much, if any compression at all?

 

[westcott]

so when will there be enough bandwidth so that they don't need to use much, if any compression at all?

GlocksRock,

It is ALL about greed. The content providers get paid for how many stations they can provide, not the quality of the video or audio.

If they got rid of all the paid programming and the BS stations, there would be plenty of bandwidth to do it right.

 

[GlocksRock]

That's all well and good, but why can't they just keep the current channel lineup, and just use less compression. Is the extra bandwidth just too expensive, or will the current infrastructure not support it?

 

[Audioholics]

Common compression ratios for HD and SD used by the industry

The two they typically utilize are called "barely acceptable" and "really bad".

 

[westcott]

That's all well and good, but why can't they just keep the current channel lineup, and just use less compression. Is the extra bandwidth just too expensive, or will the current infrastructure not support it?

The best analogy I can give you GR is that content is like a pizza. You can slice it as many ways and as many times as you want but you still only have one pizza.

They can sell it by the slice for a lot more than if they gave you the whole pizza.

 

[westcott]

The two they typically utilize are called "barely acceptable" and "really bad".

"barely acceptable" = for those who can actually tell a difference in quality.

"really bad" = for those who would not know the difference.