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On Monday 09 March 2009 07:07, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Sun, 8 Mar 2009, M.Blackmore wrote: > > There is probably an inverse square law in that somewhere...! > > Doesn't need to be square, just a simple reciprocal: Output quality is > > 1 / the number of channels If only it were! Output quality would be 1/n channels but for two reasons: 1) The path of least resistance - if there are more channels its easier to get something shown so the amount of quality is reduced overall - people dont have to work so hard to create something showable so they dont. 2) The management overhead increases exponentially with the number of channels. Once you have more than two or three channels management cost more than programming thus reducing the quality available further as the creative parts of the system are reduced to tears rather than production. Did anyone hear that muppet from ofcom on the bbc today? Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html