 | | From: | frnkblk | | Subject: | Qbit claims | | Date: | 16 Jan 2005 14:44:52 -0800 |
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 | The last time I followed this forum was when Zeosync made their
outrageous claims....and later faltered.
Now Qbit has made similar claims, a lossless 10 to 1 compression. For
a starting overview, here's a blog:
http://www.gigaom.com/2005/01/16/q-bit-does-hdtv-over-copper/
Regards,
Frank
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| | From: | Jim Leonard | | Subject: | Re: Qbit claims | | Date: | 16 Jan 2005 17:35:04 -0800 |
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| Matt Mahoney wrote:
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> I guess we'll see, but 10:1 video compression is not such a big deal.
> Why bother with lossless?
The company is claiming 10:1 lossless compression of HDTV which is
already compressed with MPEG-2. Clearly this is another Adam's
Platform scheme. Move along, nothing to see here...
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| | From: | Matt Mahoney | | Subject: | Re: Qbit claims | | Date: | 16 Jan 2005 17:07:57 -0800 |
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frnkblk wrote:
> The last time I followed this forum was when Zeosync made their
> outrageous claims....and later faltered.
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> Now Qbit has made similar claims, a lossless 10 to 1 compression.
For
> a starting overview, here's a blog:
> http://www.gigaom.com/2005/01/16/q-bit-does-hdtv-over-copper/
> Regards,
>
> Frank
I guess we'll see, but 10:1 video compression is not such a big deal.
Why bother with lossless?
-- Matt Mahoney
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