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Re: BrickCast 2004 Live Webcast from Washington DC
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Date: 
Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:40:08 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
Calum Tsang wrote:

You'll laugh!  You'll cry!  You won't be able to tell the difference
between Jake McKee and Christina Hitchcock because of the compression!

Why, is it even worse than 4-bit monochrome? ;)

In all seriousness, the signal quality wasn't half bad last year:  240 kbit
stream and it looked sub VHS quality.

I suspect there are more viewers who are on dialup, but it's a tradeoff between
quality and audience:  I shudder to think what a 56K stream looks like from a
quality perspective.

Audience:  Would you watch BrickCast if a dialup stream was provided?

Calum



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  Re: BrickCast 2004 Live Webcast from Washington DC
 
(...) Well, I'm on cable, and the quality was good last year. I hope everything works out as planned :-) Saskia (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
  Re: BrickCast 2004 Live Webcast from Washington DC
 
(...) I would. I'm probably one of the few people I know who has no real need for a high-speed connection, but then there are times like this when I do wish I had it. So yes, it would be great to have a dialup stream, knowing full-well that it won't (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: BrickCast 2004 Live Webcast from Washington DC
 
(...) Why, is it even worse than 4-bit monochrome? ;) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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