meansizzler
Ex Member
Hate the low bitrates on sky channels as well as non sky channels.
Was watching the 100 on E4 yesterday even on a 28" Sony CD with 1366 x 768 Res with sky box outputting at 1080i. Signs of pixilation were defiantly apparent. Even worse on a smaller 1080P display.
I know they want to squeeze as many channels in the same Frequency, but this is just total BS.
Some of the bitrates go as low as 4mbps which is what we use to get for SD Channels, with average birate of 6-8mbps. That is the bitrate DVD's use to be encoded at. H264 is suppose to be better than Mpeg 2, but that does not mean you have to transmit at the same bitrates.
Even with the HEVC trial 4K broadcasts even though HEVC provides better compression they transmit at 35mbps, now if you we got the same bitrate we get for bluray, or at least 20mbps bitrates then i'd be a happy bunny.
It's all about quantity for them instead of quality. Most probably them HEVC broadcast will come down in bitrate to 10 mbps, which defeats the point of increasing the resolution if your going to cripple the bitrate.
Was watching the 100 on E4 yesterday even on a 28" Sony CD with 1366 x 768 Res with sky box outputting at 1080i. Signs of pixilation were defiantly apparent. Even worse on a smaller 1080P display.
I know they want to squeeze as many channels in the same Frequency, but this is just total BS.
Some of the bitrates go as low as 4mbps which is what we use to get for SD Channels, with average birate of 6-8mbps. That is the bitrate DVD's use to be encoded at. H264 is suppose to be better than Mpeg 2, but that does not mean you have to transmit at the same bitrates.
Even with the HEVC trial 4K broadcasts even though HEVC provides better compression they transmit at 35mbps, now if you we got the same bitrate we get for bluray, or at least 20mbps bitrates then i'd be a happy bunny.
It's all about quantity for them instead of quality. Most probably them HEVC broadcast will come down in bitrate to 10 mbps, which defeats the point of increasing the resolution if your going to cripple the bitrate.