HD Masters, day 2

# Wow, there are more than 1,000 cable providers in Germany.2:39 PM Jun 24th from TwitterFon

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FreeviewHD upgrades will follow digital switch over. Thankfully Crytal Palace (last analogue TX site to go, by necessity) will upgrade early12:26 PM Jun 24th from TwitterFon

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Television worldwide is a $25bn business anually. By comparison HP's printer turnover is $28bn! Puts our little industry in perspective!12:17 PM Jun 24th from TwitterFon

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All tests suggest that H.264 is twice as efficient a codec at HD than MPEG2. Freeview HD will be 10mbit H.264 - SkyHD is only 12mbit MPEG2.12:08 PM Jun 24th from TwitterFon

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The guy from the DTG is telling us how tight the conformity testing for the next gen of STBs - FreeviewHD using DVB-T2 etc.11:33 AM Jun 24th from TwitterFon

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High frame rate TV (300 fps) does look fantastic with the resolution being maintained even on very fast pans.10:47 AM Jun 24th from TwitterFon

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Don't let people talk at trade conferences who have never worked on real broadcast television!10:18 AM Jun 24th from TwitterFon

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The chap who is talking about file-based workflows has talked for twenty minutes without once making reference to TV aquisition or delivery!10:16 AM Jun 24th from TwitterFon

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Actually the first session is the BBC HD coverage of last year's Olympics. Very interesting - makes me wish I'd stayed in broadcast.