HBO/SHO on 110º vs. 148º

Brajesh

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Saw an older thread from early this year that claimed that HBO & SHO (channels 9440 & 9430) at 148º are better quality than at 110º (channels 9456 & 9460). Is this still the case?
 
I have showtime on on both but I really haven't taken the time to see if there's any difference. Maybe I'll do that when I get home and report back.


Brajesh said:
Saw an older thread from early this year that claimed that HBO & SHO (channels 9440 & 9430) at 148º are better quality than at 110º (channels 9456 & 9460). Is this still the case?
 
all references to rates are for video only.....

Yes - also HD-PPV is higher, though i have seen some interesting things in the last 2 months.

Showtime rates on 110 have AT TIMES shown some very high rates - not as high as 148W, but within 1 Mbps many times. There used to be a higher difference all the time.

HBO is head scratcher. Normally 148W is pretty high - but on one movie last week that I set up to record on both birds at the same time, 110W actual had a higher bitrate. I have never seen that happen before and don't know what to make of it.

HD PPV normally averages a very high 17.50+Mbps and much lower on 110. However they have a problem with the HD-PPV encoder on 148W AGAIN - so it gives about 50-100 small frame errors per event now - which is not the case on 110.

They had the same issue about 6 months ago and it was fixed - but back again - lots of luck getting them to fix it - they continue to move at their own pace as always.
 

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