Meaning of bitstarve | Babel Free

Definitions

To cause something to have compression artifacts (esp. blocking) by using too small a bitrate.

transitive

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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