Asymptotic properties of expected distortion are studied for the delay-time-weighted probability of error distortion measure 
![d_n(x,\\tilde{x}) = n^{-1} \\sum _{t=0}^{n-1} f(t + n)[l - \\delta (x_t,\\tilde{x}_t)]](/images/tex/6612.gif)
 ,, where 

 and 

 are source and reproducing vectors, respectively, and 

 is the Kronecker delta. With reasonable block coding and transmission constraints 

 is reproduced as 

 with a delay of 

 time units. It is shown that if the channel capacity is greater than the source entropy 

 , then there exists a sequence of block length 

 codes such that 
![E[d_n(X,\\tilde{X})] rigjhtarrow 0](/images/tex/6620.gif)
 as 

 even if 

 at an exponential rate. However, if 

 grows at too fast an exponential rate, then 
![E[d_n(X,\\tilde{X})] \\rightarrow \\infty](/images/tex/6622.gif)
 as 

 . Also, if 

 and 

 then 
![E[d_n(X,\\tilde{X})] \\rightarrow \\infty](/images/tex/6622.gif)
 as 

 no matter how slowly 

 grows.