High bandwidth for the Tyson Fight on 711

[ChetK]

FYI. I wrote Wilt an e-mail and this is what I said:

Wilt,

I was wondering if it might be possible to broadcast the Tyson fight tomorrow night (on channel 711) at 18 MBPS (or more)? This event is an opportunity for Voom to excel at picture quality since many non-HD consumers will be watching this event on Voom at their friends houses. In fact, I'm having a party and none of the expected attendance have HD yet.

How difficult would it be to "borrow" 1 MBPS from a few of the HDCinema10 channels? This would be a great benfit for Voom since you are giving the fight away for free and these type of events usually have fast movement and extreme lighting that requires high bandwidth to pull off correctly in HD.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know how I felt about this.

Thanks,
Chet

This is what Wilt wrote back:

I'll look into it, thanks.

So here's hoping!

 

[wasch_24]

My fingers are crossed here.

 

[gutter]

ChetK, what a great post and a great idea. It also lays a nice groundwork for the future. lol. I know WTF your doing!

 

[Dvlos]

It they shut off 999 Channel and Moov for a while they could do it... I know that while I'm watching the fight I will probably have the overwhelming urge to stare at fish, or lines but I think I can control my urges.

 

[Sean Mota]

FYI. I wrote Wilt an e-mail and this is what I said:


This is what Wilt wrote back:


So here's hoping!

Hey ChetK, you are at it again (like you said to me) [Excellent Idea!]

 

[ChetK]

Yes. Yes I am.

 

[andrzej]

Good job ChetK.

 

[barth2k]

ChetK for prez!!!

I want to see what the best HD Voom can give us!

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

This is a VERY good idea.

PLEASE WILT!!

 

[Dvlos]

ChetK for prez!!!

I want to see what the best HD Voom can give us!

It won't matter if the bandwidth is 500 MBPS Showtime is producing this therefore the PG won't list it as HD???

 

[wasch_24]

It won't matter if the bandwidth is 500 MBPS Showtime is producing this therefore the PG won't list it as HD???

But it is on Ch. 711 not Showtime.

 

[ChetK]

Why does it matter what the PG shows anyway?

 

[Dvlos]

But it is on Ch. 711 not Showtime.

Showtime is producing the event.

 

[ChetK]

And ESPN produces sports for ABC. What's your point?

 

[wbuffetta]

I Have To Admit it, Chetk is on to Something.
They Could Take A Couple of the Cinema 10's & Use Them for the old movies that are in Black & White & Take A Meg. or Three From Them (They Don't Need The Bandwidth For A Good Picture) and Use The Bandwidth elsewhere.

I Think Saint Chetk is a strong possibility

 

[bradley]

Would it be nice to see the fight at 18mps... you bet.

Reality; not all Voomers will want to view the fight (I do).

But let's keep ALL Voomers in mind.

Should other channels be sacrificed to increase the bout to 18mps? No.

My hope is when we migrate to mpeg4 we’ll see increased image quality due to significantly lower bandwidth requirements. Until then...

 

[bradley]

DirecTV is charging $54.95 for HD and $44.95 for SD PPV bout.

 

[ram1220]

Well I am not interested in the fight. But I do want to thank Voom for making it free. I also will tune in to see how good HD on Voom should be. I've seen the wow factor back in March when I was installed. I haven't seen it for months, but I'm holding on to the hopes that Voom will once again give us the wow factor.

 

[txdude]

Definitely a good idea ChetK, Thanks for contacting Wilt about it :up

I'll be having a party of my own as well so this would be great

 

[vinnyv07]

Great idea and it should be done without a problem. Alot of people will be watching this tonight....maybe future customers. Its a great showcase for VOOM so the bandwidth should be given for this event. I hope they could pull it off.