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> OTA is not as compressed Sadly this is no longer always the case with the advent of ATSC 1.0 and sub-channels. An OTA TV license grants you 20Mbits of bandw
by mastercheif 3y ago
> OTA is not as compressed
Sadly this is no longer always the case with the advent of ATSC 1.0 and sub-channels.
An OTA TV license grants you 20Mbits of bandwidth in your market. The license holder is free to divide this bandwidth amongst however many sub-channels they desire.
In the last 7-8 years, the license holders (including CBS/NBC/et al) have continuously reduced their bitrates on their primary feeds in order to stuff as many sub-channels in their slice as possible.
Some of the majors in NYC (I’m looking at you ABC) resemble a RealVideo stream from 2002 more than a high-definition video from this decade.
- JohnFen 3y ago> Some of the majors in NYC (I’m looking at you ABC) resemble a RealVideo stream from 2002 I honestly didn't realize that this wasn't true everywhere. Every time I've seen a digital TV broadcast, it's looked like this. Very nearly unwatchable, particularly on a large screen.
- zinekeller 3y ago> I honestly didn't realize that this wasn't true everywhere. Every time I've seen a digital TV broadcast, it's looked like this. Very nearly unwatchable, particularly on a large screen. Canadian broadcast networks does dedicate all of that stream into one (or more rarely two) streams per physical channel and it shows up (especially compared to some cable providers which squeeze up bandwidth).
- JohnFen 3y agoI know that Canada is no more perfect than any other nation, but I really wish that the US would adopt more of the way Canada does things.
- rootbear 3y agoThere are some channels on my cable service that seem to be rebroadcasts of these sub-channels. They are unwatchable. Sadly, PBS likes to make use of the sub-channels to offer various educational program streams, but their main channel suffers for it. Fast motion degenerates into blocky artifacts quite often.