 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Fuzzy logic Must be that new math.
95-15=80
80+17=97
97 is NOT 100!
these probably aren't DIFFERENT channels, just hd versions of network tv[abc, nbc, pbs, cbs] in each AREA they serve and theyre probably counting all those as different.
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| 17 channels and most of them are HBO and Starz and the rest are carp Lifetime HD (108), Lifetime Movie Network HD.
TurboHD Platinum platform package for $10 more?
Direct TV HD extra is only $5 more and HD net is in base HD. |
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| How many of these 100 channels that Dish broadcasts in HD are actually true 720p or, even more importantly, 1080i? Few television networks/channels actually broadcast their source signal in HD (Voom fooled a lot of clueless people with their fallacious claims that they offered the most HD channels of any provider, but they failed to advertise that they were merely upconverting SD channels).
Most of these "HD" channels on Dish, DirecTV and cable are STILL being upconverted by the cable/satellite provider. I don't consider anything truly HD unless it is broadcast at the SOURCE in HD, and then uncompressed by the provider (I realize that the providers must compress them before rebroadcast, but that's not the point).
If you want true HD, then you'll need a C-band satellite dish (4DTV) so that you can obtain the same source signal that the cable/satellite providers get, and then you can see it without the "middle man's" compression. Or you can get an HDTV antenna and pick up your local channels (usually) in an uncompressed format. The difference between these methods and watching it through a satellite/cable TV provider is night and day.
I just wish there was more info out there about which channels are being upconverted by these providers. |
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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Verizon claims that they don't apply extra compression to the channels delivered through the FiOS service- I haven't compared it to the OTA feeds though, I suppose that'd be the best way to check it. |
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Your entire post flawed. |
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"HDTV Antenna"
Obviously you KNOW NOT of what you speak. THEY DO NOT EXIST. |
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join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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Or you can get an HDTV antenna and pick up your local channels (usually) in an uncompressed format.
OTA HD is never uncompressed! An uncompressed HDTV signal is unmanageably large.
Your TV provider may or may not re-compress the original signal broadcast by a local network With satellite, re-compressing to MPEG-4 is common. Many cable systems deliver the original stream, although that is probably changing more as they squeeze more HD channels in due to pressure from satellite providers offering so many HD channels.
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 fireflierCoffee. . .Need CoffeePremium
join:2001-05-25
Limbo | reply to Dunky
They "exist" but they're unnecessary. They're slick-looking re-designed (and some times integrated-amplifier)analog antennas sold as "HD" or "Digital" antennas.
The Yagi I put in my attick in 1999 picked up analog signals fine then and it picks up the digital signals fine now.
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