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Old 04-11-2007, 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by pmb1010 View Post
I really haven't had the time to keep up on all the lingo, I know MPEG-4 H.264 is a European transmit method, and not sure if thats even used in the US at all.

It says it does QPSK and 8PSK, maybe someone with knowledge of the transmission methods for HD would comment on whether the specs will allow this thing to receive OTA HD from US tv stations.
Mpeg4 is being used widely with DirecTV and for some the HD channels with Dishnet.
If it supported ATSC or even 8VSB as well, they yeah it could receive OTA HD. But it seems to only have one RF input.
Hence why it's showing up in Europe, and not here.
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