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Old 12-08-2013, 09:17   #28
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Re: Why are we still bothering with SD?

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Originally Posted by downquark1 View Post
Can't the device downscale the HD to SD, or switch or the broadcast switch bitrates?
HD boxes can downscale, but SD ones can't.

Switching bitrates would be a massive change to the technology - basically getting rid of broadcast entirely. I expect it will happen eventually though.

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Originally Posted by Matth View Post
The question being... what is the channel space worth, compared to replacing old SD boxes.
There is no pressing need to replace the SD boxes. VM already have enough space free for current plans.
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