[BC] Repacking the TV band

Dana Puopolo dpuopolo at usa.net
Wed Jun 27 12:43:41 CDT 2012


The trouble of repacking the TV band is: It won't work!

A 6 mHz HDTV channel has 19.3 mbps of bandwidth available

SD (480p) requires 3+ mbps bandwidth

720p HDTV requires 12+ mbps bandwidth

1080i HDTV requires 15+ mbps bandwidth

Do the math: there simply isn't enough bandwidth in one HDTV channel for even
2 720P pictures.

-D



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