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• Jan 7, 2015

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dare2be said:

Fixed.

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Nicely done.

 

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Character Zero said:

Unless it is being compressed for bandwidth concerns. If it is passing it on uncompressed, then yes it would be the same quality.

For instance with Sling from my Hopper to Laptop. The HD feed on my laptop is not as good as the HD feed coming directly from the Hopper. I assume there is some compression or downscaling slightly to ensure stability even on a >6mbps connection.

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As others are saying you are comparing a method designed to be used over the internet with who knows what bandwidth is available.
As to the Hopper itself not being 4K I have no idea what it would take over making the the Joey 4K, but at this time most/many homes don't even have an HD set in every room let alone any 4K sets at all. It seems easy enough to put a 4K joey with the probable at some point one 4K set for now in the house, and the hopper elsewhere. DISH taking this leap is to me a sign the industry is definitely going all 4K at some point unlike some other technologies that have gone by the wayside or are about to.

 

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• Jan 8, 2015

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DishSubLA said:

The had been saying only ONE stream, but this is marketed to the young who do NOT need more than ONE stream.

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The one stream limitation is likely to put a stop to account sharing.

 

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• Jan 9, 2015

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harshness said:

The one stream limitation is likely to put a stop to account sharing.

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Yeah, for sure, since it can be used anywhere, you can't confine it to a household. I think the price is still low enough that if you needed 2 streams its not very expensive. Also you could just add and remove streams from month to month. I am not sure but I assume Amazon, Netlfix, Hulu Plus also have limitations on streams per account.

 

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• Jan 14, 2015

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On the contrarty, most homes I see DO have HD sets in every room. That being said, I really don't consider a 32 or smaller to count as HD anyway. Just not a big enough difference in the picture.

 

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• Jan 15, 2015

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And if 4K really catches on Dish will no doubt have the 4K Hopper ready to go.

 

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• Feb 11, 2015

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HD is evident on my 22 inch Sanyo. There is a definite differencethat is easily seen.

 

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• Feb 17, 2015

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Start now learning the new terms MPEG-DASH and MPEG 7. You will be needing them very soon to understand 4KTV. DASH very soon MPEG a little be down the road. http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-dash

 

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http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-7

 

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One more new term. HEVC (H.265) http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...uld-finally-replace-mpeg-2-and-usher-in-uhdtv

 

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I see no reason why sat couldn't carry 4KTV if they shift to HEVC .H.265 standard over the H. 264. IPTV will be able to do it faster. And we are running as fast as we can right now.

 

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HEVC is what it will be.

 

whatchel1

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HEVC is what it will be.

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It already is called that. I was giving the others info on the standards.

 

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• Feb 17, 2015

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No, Scott is saying that the HEVC standard will be the one that prevails, I think.

 

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• Feb 17, 2015

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For DIRECTV and DISH they will be using HEVC. That's what I was trying to say.

 

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• Feb 17, 2015

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Interesting how it is able to arbitrarily set the patch size depending on the image it is encoding. A real smart change of pace.

 

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• Feb 17, 2015

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Exactly what I was thinking.

 

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• Feb 18, 2015

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navychop said:

Exactly what I was thinking.

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Sorry, I just find the encoding method intriguing. That it can go frame by frame, and figure out what portions need a higher density of data. And it does this via merely the data. A VBR for video. I just find it fascinating.