[Gllug] BBC News 24 at higher quality

[Dylan]

On Sunday 23 March 2003 21:09, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> On Sat 22 Mar, Dylan bloviated thus:
> > Do you think we could make a concerted effort to explain the problems to
> > the BBC?
>
> Here's a quick stab at it:
> * Real charge a _fortune_ in licenses for streaming servers.  That's
>   _MY_ money being spent!  Xvid, OTOH, is free (in both senses).
> * Real restrict the ways I can view the channel for which my TV
>   license pays.  For example, I can't view it full-screen under Linux,
>   nor can I send it to the TV-Out from my Linux system.  In fact, even
>   if I maximise the screen using Realplayer, the quality is appalling
>   because they use only X11 to paint to the screen.
> * Can I just remind them that _I_ pay a license fee?

I'll see you on those and raise you:
*statutory obligation to neutrality and development of new technologies.

Dylan
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