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Originally Posted by Aries
I do understand the importance of compression, but at the same time, they need to understand the importance of keeping customers happy.
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Often, compression is
HOW service providers keep customers happy. Regardless of the transmission mechanism, there is limited bandwidth, and seemingly inexhaustible appetite for new services. PQ makes customers happy; more new services makes customers happy; and one conflicts with the other, so it comes down to, at any one time, which makes more customers more happier than the other.
Relevant article:
While HDTV Resides in More Households, Interest in Blu-ray Remains Lukewarm
So essentially, Average Joe isn't as choosy about PQ as perhaps some would like Joe to be.