1. I also remember when web page standards required you to design everything to fit in a 640x400 screen. DTV/HDTV will significantly change your 'not much in the way of image quality loss' yardstick. My viewing habits have changed significantly in the year plus I've been DTV/HDTV. Among other things, I go to the movies a lot less. DVD quality (which is lower than HDTV) is better than most movie theaters and there's no gum/spilled drink (most of the time) on my floor. 2. I already have it. It's called broadcast. $100 (could have been less but I always over design) antenna and $20 of coax. No monthly fee. I do pay for the DirecTV feed, but that's a separate flame war. Of course, you could just as easily be right. Best regards, ______________________________ Al Rowland
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Parker Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:02 AM To: nanog@trapdoor.merit.edu Subject: RE: FW: Re: Is there a line of defense against Distributed Reflective attacks?
At 09:28 AM 1/22/2003 -0800, Al Rowland wrote:
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Drifting off-topic, but those are 'raw' data rates. Compression algorithms along with motion-estimation allow you to get full-screen video down to ~1.5 Mbps with not much in the way of image quality loss.
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I think you'll see it long before every house has fiber run to it.
My 2 cents anyway.
-Chris
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