Huntington Beach is now in HD!!!

[N5XZS]

This is the first time now they are using 1080i camera!! Very cool to say at least!

Here's the info......

Banner: Micro HD "Is that a promo for FTA reciever are what!?"

Freq: 12.144 GHz, V

Bitrate: 20.000 MBs

V/ 4113 A/ 680 P/ 4113 and PCR/ 1

Signal Mode: DVB-S QPSK

Video format: 1080i 60 Hz

Signal Strenth: 76% here in New Mexico

Have fun viewing the Huntington Beach!

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Cool!

 

[KE4EST]

Very Cool!

 

[primestar31]

Now we can see if there's any sharks around! lol

 

[turbosat]

I've had my SD box on the other channel for half the day, just switched over to the HD channel, can't really tell much difference. Maybe my eyes are tired, or I need a 72" tv lol.
It's always looked nice to me, don't get to see the beach for real very often.

 

[DRCars]

The quality of the HD channel has dramatically decreased (worse than SD last I looked). I believe they have reduced the bit-rate quite a lot.

DRCars

 

[Blindowl1234]

Beach scene in HD is the worst picture I've ever seen on FTA...guess I'll stick with the SD picture.

 

[KE4EST]

Yeah, it is not, what I expected.

 

[FaT Air]

Agree - the SD looks better.
1080i doesn't necessarily mean HD. (But most 'providers' will not admit it) 1080 is part of it, but not, in whole, the quality. Quality is a function of compression level (bit rate), aspect ratio and the stream type (mpeg2 - mpeg4). (OTA vs the local digital cable - Close but no cigar - and a 7734 of a lot better than - you know- )
Regulators and/or MPEG should have set a compression standard for something to be truly called HD.

 

[toucan-man]

Regulators and/or MPEG should have set a compression standard for something to be truly called HD.

So true ! When I read Blu-ray reviews, those guys fuss over the tiniest infraction against image purity. Wish there could be at least some minimal standard that television providers would have to meet in order to earn the HD designation. Gimme clarity, and don't make it a rarity.

 

[Anole]

Funny, it looked georgeous after last nights shower.
Oh wait. That wasn't FTA. I was there!

... some years ago when I first got a 42" LCD TV, I tuned in a local talk show, OTA.
Would've sworn it was one of the prettiest HD pictures I'd ever seen.
The TV info button reported it was 480.
Must've been the studio lighting and high bit rate.
There's no substitute.

 

[danristheman]

Anole thought this was funny since you live close to that beach why don't you go there and wave at us on camera. So all of us get to see you on 103 w thought it would be funny.

Dan Rose

 

[Anole]

Naw, it's 55F here at 9:30pm.
Nobody in (southern) California owns a jacket, and it's too chilly to go out in our traditional dress: shorts 'n a T-shirt!

Merry Xmas! 'n ho, ho, ho.

 

[KE4EST]

HA!

 

[Tron]

Another case where the benefit of high resolution is moot because of low bitrate. HD reveals additional details; Additional details require additional bandwidth, or its an excercise in futility.

I'm not really complaining about the free pier cam, but pizza subscribers actually pay for bitstarved HD.

 

[Blindowl1234]

So how warm is water temp this time of year? can't be real warm

 

[Cham]

SOme lakes up here are rather chilly for swimming even in the late summertime. Last time I was in CA it was February, I had to take off my shoes and wade into the water just to see what it was like... It was suprisingly warm, but it was a chilly day (maybe 60F or so). The water was warm enough to swim for sure!

Too bad there is no music stream on this TP like the other Huntington feeds. Strange they would use such a low bitrate. Maybe they will be switching this TP over to 8PSK so they can get more data through eventually. Good signal though on the 33" dish, shows 72%Q this am.

 

[toucan-man]

I'm not really complaining about the free pier cam, but pizza subscribers actually pay for bitstarved HD.

That satellite service that was going to deliver extreme HD, did that fizzle?

 

[gpflepsen]

That satellite service that was going to deliver extreme HD, did that fizzle?

You referring to the one that went kaBOOM?

 

[Tron]

Did you mean kaVOOM?

As much as I'd like to see a pay satellite service that would cater to those who prefer quality over quantity, I don't think it would succeed. The public is generally pleased to see a picture on the screen, regardless of the picture quality of that picture. "Good enough" is, well, good enough...

As for the beach cams, I imagine they might pump up the bitrate at some point.