There should be a glamorous start of a new era of television are . But if ProSieben and Sat.1 today launch their high definition channels, they send into nothingness. Viewers there is no lack of reception boxes .
In HDTV currently seems almost everything to go wrong , what can go wrong . First it failed the industry to equip their expensive plasma and TFT displays with the necessary interfaces. Many sold in recent months, high-definition TV screens are not, or are only in the reduced quality.
Then Sony and other hardware manufacturers can not agree as to which format will succeed the current DVD : Blu-ray or HD-DVD. And now start ProSieben and Sat.1 their HD channels , but there is a lack of compatible set-top boxes to view the program.
" The boxes are not available on time for the start of the channel ," said Christian Garre , spokesman for the ProSiebenSat.1 Group. " We were assured by the decoder manufacturers 'Yes , yes, we get that out already . ' " Done they do not have it . To send Sat.1 HD and ProSieben HD initially only times in vain if Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber today 's lunch at the Munich Media Days kicked off the two satellite channels . It could hardly be absurd .
Apparently, the producers of the boxes, which are intended to produce a TV picture from the digital data stream , do not get the technical problems early in the handle . In fact, the chips must afford the decoders significantly more computational work than current satellite speakers. The HD video data are much more compressed - H.264 instead of MPEG -2 is used - is correspondingly higher the amount of computation while extracting .
Because the two HD channels also use the new DVB-S2 modulation methods fail even heavily armed PCs that are full of computing power only to the new age of television . Satellite cards for DVB-S2 are not yet commercially available.
The program launch is planned for today but also for another reason a sham. Content in high resolution - both channels work with 1920 by 1080 pixels - it will not give at least today . Instead, the station take their conventional material in PAL resolution (720 x 576 ) and scale it up to HD. Sat.1 HD and ProSieben HD line with the content of the program Sat.1 and ProSieben. If movies are also available in HD version , it should be sent in high resolution - so the vague promise .
Save the gamer business with HD?
A firm commitment such , every month there are four blockbusters in HD , it's not . The two stations mainly want to be there when the future of television . After the reception of the channels will not cost anything . In contrast to premiere. The pay- TV provider wants to go in November with three HD channels at the start. The breakthrough for HDTV is hoped that at least the 2006 World Cup , the premiere will complete show in HD. As bait to go in high resolution via the transmitter from November Bundesliga games .
Viewers have to buy a new TV to enjoy HDTV . This should support a minimum resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels , or better yet 1920 by 1080th In this format, send both Premiere and ProSieben and Sat.1. The Super telly must also , at least in Premiere, support the HDCP standard that the film industry wants to prevent piracy of their works. The logo "HD ready" ensures this .
Despite the initial difficulties , with which HDTV is currently still struggling , the TFT and plasma screens but could quickly establish itself as thought . In December, Microsoft plans to bring its new Xbox 360 game console on the market, Sony's Playstation 3 will follow in spring 2006. Both rely on games in high definition. If millions of players buy an HD TV , then readable displays are at least enough times until present.
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