en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to brianiscool
Re: heh
Gotta love it...
Free (i.e. no cable/satellite bill) and better quality (no extra compression schemes).
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Canada = Hollywood North |
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
| I watch HDTV over the air for free on my 2005 XP Media Center PC and I often record the goodies to an exteral USB hard drive. 
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low cost and fast speed is what customers want in broadband |
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Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
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Re: Compression
IIRC, ATSC uses MPEG2 compression, and DirecTV uses MPEG4. Cable can vary with the provider. IME MPEG2 gives a better picture than MPEG4. On paper, MPEG4 seems capable of providing a better overall picture. However in practice it seems to be used mostly to conserve bandwidth. |
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