Destination Digital: Description of the Role of Component Digital Video in the Transition to HDTV

A full HDTV facility overhaul is expensive, and the cost is hard to justify without accurate viewer-count estimates. On the other hand, using a bit-stream splicer to insert local content into a passed-through network signal greatly restricts local branding. The most economical and flexible option is to operate in component digital, a format fully compatible with MPEG-2 compression. Remaining in component digital from start to finish allows local broadcasters to avoid conversions and maintain signal quality, and is, therefore, the clear choice for facility design.

Print ISSN

0036-1682

Published

1999-03

Content type

Information

DOI

10.5594/J17097