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BBC Lowers HDTV Bitrate; Users Notice
aws910 writes "According to an article on the BBC website, BBC HD lowered the bitrate of their broadcasts by almost 50% and are surprised that users noticed. From the article: 'The replacement encoders work at a bitrate of 9.7Mbps (megabits per second), while their predecessors worked at 16Mbps, the standard for other broadcasters.' The BBC claims 'We did extensive testing on the new encoders which showed that they could produce pictures at the same or even better quality than the old encoders ...' I got a good laugh off of this, but is it really possible to get better quality from a lower bitrate?"
So what does HD TV have to do with being a grandmother? Nothing for starters. So what if you are 49 y/o, I am 34 y/o and does anyone care NO!. So your still just a programmer at 49? I would have been a little more impressed if it read; "...during my long career as a programmer now manager of my department of C/C++ programmers..." See you show no signs for improvement and C/C++ are basically the same. You have it that you can only fit C language in your minimal capacity skull. I do have to say this as my final; I truly feel sorry for your husband/boyfriend/boytoy for getting stuck with a dumb arse like yourself whom must declare your position on a topic and still call it by an incorrect term. Silly Troll Slashdot is for winners
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As a 49 yo grandmother, a feminist, and having had a long career as a C programmer, I find that offensive. Would they have said his father couldn't see it? This is just another racist characterization of women being incompetent with technology.
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