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NASA TV HD Thread
rdale:
Just noticed this little ditty in the ISS daily report:
MPC HDTV Update: Dan Tani was lauded by the ground for his great work on 1/17 verifying the MPC HDTV (Multi-Purpose Converter/High-Definition TV) capability all the way to the NASA TV satellite. The test was very successful, yielding an overall end-to-end audio latency (delay) for the MPC System of 3.2 seconds. This is the delay from the crewmember to JSC/MCC-H to NASA Headquarters and out to the NASA TV satellite in high definition, i.e. the sum total of the audio delay the interviewer and interviewee will "feel" during an interactive event. This Japan/JAXA originated system will be utilized soon for downlink messages and in-flight interviews based on client capability.
2010/02/07 - Admin update
I tried to split the two merged topics as good as possible, but it might be possible that a couple of messages remain in the wrong thread.
brahmanknight:
Nice!
simonbp:
The Japanese are doing well with HDTV in space; first they put one around the moon, and now they've got one on station..
Simon ;)
ChrisC:
And last week we noticed that the NASA HD service is back in the multiplex again (the C-band media/cable feed on AMC-6). It didn't have any bits assigned, but it was defined -- service number 26 or 106, depending on how you look at it. I haven't had a chance to properly check it out though. Now THAT would be a truly awesome way for NASA to properly launch their HD service -- with live video from ISS! Getting closer!
Thanks rdale for the news.
ChrisC:
It appears that NASA TV did some testing with their AMC-6 multiplex yesterday (Monday) and today (Tuesday). Starting Monday morning, only the public channel was there, with the media, education and internal channels dropped, leaving a whole lot of empty space. I had assumed that they would be running HD in there, but I never saw it. It's possible that they switched over to their single-channel backup system while they overhauled the main multi-channel system. Just guessing!
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