And then to fix that they switch to SDV which screws up DVRs..... (SDV means only the channels being watched are taking up bandwidth so more stuff can fit on the cable)
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Christopher Fisk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Apr 2010, Rick Glazier wrote: > >> In one word, complain. >> There are a million reasons this can happen, >> but most come down to compression and money (cost)... > > Compression. There is only so much bandwidth available on the wire and > frankly, there isn't enough room for all the channels in hidef. They get > around this by giving great HD for the most watched channels, but the upper > channels that have few viewers they compress like they're trying to fit a BD > on a VCD. > > Complain about your channels, they will blame it on you to start, so expect > a few useless housecalls. > > > Christopher Fisk > -- > Chris Griffin: Alright, dad! Fight the machine! Stewie Griffin: How does > he know about the machine? >
