bitstarve
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[edit]bitstarve (third-person singular simple present bitstarves, present participle bitstarving, simple past and past participle bitstarved)
- (transitive, computing) To cause something to have compression artifacts (esp. blocking) by using too small a bitrate.
- 2005, Cliff Wootton, A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression: From Sprockets and Rasters to Macroblocks[1], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 206:
- This is why bit-starved transmission streams yield a very blocky appearance. They reveal the blocky structure because the fine detail is lost and that prevents the edges of the macroblocks from merging into one another perfectly.
- 2006 November 24, Venger, “NFL turns back on 52 million cable viewers”, in alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys[2] (Usenet):
- I had Dish for years, ditched them when they couldn't get me HD equipment in
a timely manner and insisted on charging me $3 if I didn't hook my equipment
to a phone line. WTF! Went to Comcast, gave me a great deal. But, they got
bought by TW, and I am not impressed so far, so when my smokin deal runs
out, I will likely try DTV, though they bitstarve the shit out of their HD
content, and I watch 90% HD.