Planet Earth Blu-Ray

[xpander]

Does anyone know how the Planet Earth Blu-Ray will look compared to it's original broadcast on DiscoverHD? Theoretically if the blu-ray is presented in 1080p and the original broadcast was 1080i, then the blu-ray should look better, correct? Is there any chance that DiscoveryHD's version will actually look better? I mean, what format does DiscoveryHD use to broadcast? If it's one of the Panasonic D-5 HD machines (like HBO uses), I don't know how a blu-ray player can compare.. Just curious.

[HDJK]

Originally Posted by xpander

I mean, what format does DiscoveryHD use to broadcast? If it's one of the Panasonic D-5 HD machines (like HBO uses), I don't know how a blu-ray player can compare.. Just curious.

Even if they do use a D5, I don't think they have the bandwith to spare to actually use it for broadcast. I work at a local PayTV channel and we have to compress the hell out of our program to save bandwith. Maybe it's a little different in the US, but a D5 stream... I don't think so.

So may guess is, the BD looks better than broadcast

edit: D5 Manual

page 54: 300mb/sec !!!

And by the way:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=5914

and

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...8351#post78351

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