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To: HDC who wrote (94967)	1/4/2000 2:19:00 PM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (1) of 186894

I went to the local Gateway store yesterday to see the progress of streaming media on the current PC designs. They had a unit w/ a Pentuim III 700 Mhz Coppermine Chip using 128 Mbit 100Mhz SDRAM and a 32Meg video card. They did not have a box with Rambus available to see. I pulled up the latest Gateway annual meeting file under Windows Media and opened it to full screen. Unfortunately, it was only a little better (ie. less blocky) than my current Presario Model w/ 200Mhz Pentium I w/65 Mbit 66 Mhz SDRAM using a cable modem. I've been waiting to upgrade until the picture has little or no "blockiness" on full screen. What needs to be developed for the image "blockiness" to be eliminated or greatly reduced? --- CPU and RAM has very little to do with it. There are two issues to consider: 1. What are the specs of the recording? When the original signal is encoded, you can choose many things, including your target bandwidth. Most streams are targeted at using less than 56k in order to be viewable via modem. If the signal was encoded to fit into a 56k pipe, viewing it over a faster connection (or locally from a hard drive) won't improve the picture as many frames have been dropped and compressed during the encoding process. 2. How much bandwidth was available when you viewed it? Sometimes signals will be encoded at multiple bandwidths so that you can choose the appropriate signal. If you look at msnbc.com, you'll see that video clips are usually available for 28k, 56k, and T1 connections. Windows Media can provide DVD-quality (I've done it), but the capability is rarely used since most of the world wouldn't be able to view it. - Eric

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