Help with WEB TV

Web TV Quality can be very good, near or as good as regular small screen TV if not better. If you have a reasonable quality broadband connection that can consistently provide a speed over 1Mbps (ie: a million bits per second) as many can, you should get the following minimum video quality (actual size shown 720x576 PAL).
 

 
The above picture quality is possible where there is little fast movement, when there is a lot of movement, the quality decreases due to the limitations of the currently adopted 1Mbps speed limit and the available video coding and decoding methods within Windows etc.
 
The image below illustrates fast football action as a goal is scored, it looks much better when actualy seen as moving video.
 

 
The problems delaying higher quality are the average speed of internet connections at peak times, limitations being imposed by operating systems (eg: MS Windows), computer hardware and industry wide agreements and practices. WVP TV has adopted a 1Mbps maximum data speed to enable nearly every one to receive reasonable quality TV over the internet.
 
Slower Speed Connections receive lower quality video which is limited to 330Kbps (three times slower), the video screen size is smaller which helps keep the video quality relatively good. The following image is taken from the 330Kbps version of the first example above (actual size shown 360x288 PAL) and is still relatively good.
 

 
The following image is taken from the 330Kbps version of the faster movement second example above (actual size shown 360x288 PAL) and is starting to look much less clear, although it looks much better when actualy seen as moving video, it is relatively poor quality due to the speed limitations.
 

 

Help with SLOW INTERNET Connections

Unfortunately a number of people are provided with poor quality connections by their ISP's (Internt Service Provider), not all ISP's provide the same thing although it may appear to have the same name and specification as others.
 
If it is the ISP at fault it can be a simple matter to move to a better one even if you've signed up for a long time, the important point is, is the ISP failing to provide the promissed service? and how can you easily find out.
 
If you were promissed up to 2Mbps (2 million bits per second) or more you are entitled to get reasonably near this when there is no internet congestion (eg: off peak times), you can easily run connection speed tests at any time using the speed test link below. The following image shows an actual speed test of an unlimited 8Mbps connection from a leading ISP (cost 19.50 UK pounds per month Sep 2006) at a peak time (7pm UK), this is almost 70% of the promissed speed at peak time all the way from New York City USA.
 

 
Try the Speed Test Link