http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2008/08/21/bandwidth-restraints-hindering-new-zealands-freeview-hd-expansi/ Engadget HD Comments for Bandwidth restraints hindering New Zealand's Freeview HD expansion http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2008/08/21/bandwidth-restraints-hindering-new-zealands-freeview-hd-expansi/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2008/08/21/bandwidth-restraints-hindering-new-zealands-freeview-hd-expansi/And preferably in 1080p, the highest we are getting at the moment is 1080i and that is scattered across very few shoes, namely Boston Legal.]]>Aug 21st 2008 5:20PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2008/08/21/bandwidth-restraints-hindering-new-zealands-freeview-hd-expansi/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2008/08/21/bandwidth-restraints-hindering-new-zealands-freeview-hd-expansi/
It was decided also that they couldn't do just satellite as this would require everyone to get a satellite dish where as an aerial -> aerial upgrade path makes more sense and it is more likely that manufacturers would integrated DVB-T into their televisions.

And they didn't go MPEG-4 from the beginning for satellite because people had already bought DVB-S boxes because TVNZ had been broadcasting one and 2 for some time over MPEG-2.]]>Aug 23rd 2008 1:09AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2008/08/21/bandwidth-restraints-hindering-new-zealands-freeview-hd-expansi/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2008/08/21/bandwidth-restraints-hindering-new-zealands-freeview-hd-expansi/
Hindsight is always a good thing, but then so is educated foresight.

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