Originally Posted by directhex
which is why you can get away with double the bitrate with six times the resolution
and why US HD sucks (since it's dvd bitrate at best, mpeg2)
US HD does have it's flaws certainly, but not all bitrates are that low. Several stations/channels send out 15mbit plus feeds.
Some episodes of Lost were aired with 40mbit average, 640k Dolby Digital sound tracks, and clocked in about 12gb without the ads.