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- From: tlm1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Terry Matula)
- Subject: Re: Compression artifacts in NBC Olympic coverage
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- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 22:57:47 GMT
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- monta@image.mit.edu (Peter Monta) writes:
-
- >While I was watching the US-Angola basketball game and the coverage
- >of the early gymnastics compulsories, I thought I saw several image
- >artifacts.
- >Where in the chain from Barcelona does this occur? Is satellite
- >bandwidth so scarce that NBC must resort to compressed NTSC? How
- >might NBC be convinced to stop doing this, or at least use a better
- >coder?
-
- Idle speculation here...
- Maybe it has something to do with NBC's infamous triple-cast. I suppose
- they are sending the main broadcast feed plus three more channels from
- Spain to the US. Maybe they are trying to lower costs by compressing all
- four channels and using less satellite bandwidth?
-
- >Finally, if you have a tape of the afternoon coverage, take
- >a look and try to confirm that I'm not off my rocker.
-
- I haven't taped anything, but I will keep an eye out for it next time I
- watch some of the coverage.
-
- --
- Terry Matula
- tlm1@ra.msstate.edu
- matula@ee.msstate.edu
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