SimonMW
3rd June 2005, 11:27
Looking at the IEE Review magazine this month there is an interesting article about how the BBC has come upon a new possible approach for delivering high def programming over the current digital broadcasting network.
Apparently the viewer will own a special hard disc unit. The BBC would trickle upload specific, probably flagship dramas etc, to the hard drive during the quiet periods of broadcasting such as overnight. The programme would then be stored on the hard drive until the BBC send a trigger signal at the official time of broadcast so that the viewer can then watch it.
Interesting concept. As a short term measure it might be okay. Its long term viability is a bit suspect however. I suppose it all depends on how much such a hard drive digital receiver would cost, how much high def programming the BBC would plan to deliver, and whether or not they could upload it efficiently enough (and related to that whether the compression would be as terrible as current digital broadcasts!)
Apparently the viewer will own a special hard disc unit. The BBC would trickle upload specific, probably flagship dramas etc, to the hard drive during the quiet periods of broadcasting such as overnight. The programme would then be stored on the hard drive until the BBC send a trigger signal at the official time of broadcast so that the viewer can then watch it.
Interesting concept. As a short term measure it might be okay. Its long term viability is a bit suspect however. I suppose it all depends on how much such a hard drive digital receiver would cost, how much high def programming the BBC would plan to deliver, and whether or not they could upload it efficiently enough (and related to that whether the compression would be as terrible as current digital broadcasts!)