Drop channels? When have they ever really dropped a significant portion of channels. The cable is already crowded. They need to shoe horn more material into that limited bandwidth. Media General used to use two lines to get all the channels out to Fairfax county prior to the last rebuild and takeover by COX.
Look at the satellite groups lots of people complain about the quality of HDTV compared with the OTA signal. FIOS is the only one with bandwidth to spare right now. On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's not lose focus. The point of this thread was to point out that > digital TV broadcasters are having a lot of trouble trying to fit > everything they want to fit into a single limited DTV (digital tv) > channel. Some are reportedly already recompressing, but they use > little boxes that cost as much as a small house to do it so it has > been claimed few will notice anything. Oddly, it's more obvious in the > audio channels. > > This does not apply to analog broadcasts received with rabbit ears, > even if they are viewed on a 'digital tv'. > > And cable/fios companies don't re-compress source material - why would > they when they have no trouble sending hundreds of channels? They just > drop a channel to make room. > > Soon on the scene: TV delivered via the internet. All super > compressed, all the time. I _still_ haven't figured out how they > intend to deliver HD movies over this poor excuse for broadband we > have in the US. At least one company is slated to take this live > 8/1/08. > > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Applying a second round of lossy compression to a file that is already >> compressed using lossy compression produces a horrid result. >> >> If your cable provider is doing this I would argue that they are not >> selling you what they claim to be selling you. It is an adulterated >> product. Like the Chineese filler used in pet food. You shoud demand a >> rebate. >> >>>Yes Broadcast are compressing their digital signals but the >>>cable/satellite people are recompressing that compressed digital >>>signal a few times more to get the bandwidth down. Try comparing a >>>cable/satellite signal on a digital tv to the same station on an >>>outdoor antenna or simple rabbit ears. You get more artifacts on the >>>second hand digital source. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
