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SCVJeff
Oct 25, 2014Explorer
Displays are a whole different problem. I recall that there weren't even 1080 monitors for sale at the time, and marquis displays were a million $$ for a 20x30' monitor.. We priced one.. :(
They built the entire network out as 720, not just the sports trucks. Running an up-converter isn't a big deal, but nothing of the day could deal with the data, even if the Skycam could have been carried. Nobody in their right mind would base that kind if an investment on one Skycam. For what they do, it just made sense at the time.
You're right about 1080p, but there is not sufficient OTA bandwidth to transmit that format. Its now obsolete anyway as everyone is now pushing 4K, and as soon as they saturate the market, 8K is coming right behind it, but with current technology you owned see either over the air.. It may come, but current gen encoders simply cannot compress that far... This week
It's a good thing CBS had the 2004 Super Bowl. Us TV guys would have had a much harder time making full zoomed in Janet Jackson posters out of a 720 frame.. :)
They built the entire network out as 720, not just the sports trucks. Running an up-converter isn't a big deal, but nothing of the day could deal with the data, even if the Skycam could have been carried. Nobody in their right mind would base that kind if an investment on one Skycam. For what they do, it just made sense at the time.
You're right about 1080p, but there is not sufficient OTA bandwidth to transmit that format. Its now obsolete anyway as everyone is now pushing 4K, and as soon as they saturate the market, 8K is coming right behind it, but with current technology you owned see either over the air.. It may come, but current gen encoders simply cannot compress that far... This week
It's a good thing CBS had the 2004 Super Bowl. Us TV guys would have had a much harder time making full zoomed in Janet Jackson posters out of a 720 frame.. :)
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