[78-L] Digital Television -To Be,Or Not To Be? ^

[bradc944 at comcast.net]

I installed mine as soon as I got it onto the big Barco projector set (another thrift store find for $20)... c'est magnifique!  Depending on the channel anad whether they are sending SD (Standard Def) or HD (High Def)... or in ABC's case, ED (720i - their version of HiDef), I see a marked improvement over analog signals.  This is using the S-Video output on the DTV tuner.  It ainn't true hi-def, but boy when the transmission is 16:9 D, it looks sooooooo good.

Another consideration is this: the picture quality will be superior to cable because you'll be getting an uncompressed data stream, whereas with cable (and even more so with Dish or DirecTV), they compress the data stream, leading to artifacting, which looks icky.

Just my 00000010 cents' worth

Brad


-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com> 

> 
> 
> -------- Original Message -------- 
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Digital Television -To Be,Or Not To Be? ^ 
> From: Malcolm Rockwell 
> Date: Sat, January 10, 2009 11:54 am 
> 
> > The Hawaiian digital switchover happens here in 5 more days - 
> > on January 15th. 
> > The broadcast powers that be are busily scurrying around the islands 
> > looking for dead spots in their digital domains, so the digital 
> > transmitting system is actually already operating, but only in test mode. 
> 
> Not in test mode, in real legally required fully operational mode. It 
> is not a change-over with one system ending and the other beginning. 
> Digital transmissions was required of EVERY station back to at least 
> 2005 with some going on the air as early as 2003. EVERY station has 
> been on the air with their digital signal for about three years. 
> 
> 
> > I have cable now but also keep an antenna setup for emergency 
> > situations, like if the cable goes down due to natural disaster. 
> > Am curious to see if there's any upgrade in picture quality. 
> 
> If you have already gotten your converter box or have a newer set with a 
> digital tuner, why didn't you check this out as soon as you got 
> it??????????????? Those digital signals have been there for years 
> already. 
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
> 
> ******* 
> > David Weiner wrote: 
> > 
> >> This just in from the New York Times: 
> >> 
> >> Six weeks before the nation's television stations are scheduled to 
> >> convert to digital transmission, an aide to President-elect Barack 
> >> Obama is asking Congress to consider a delay. In the most significant 
> >> sign to date of concern about the impending digital TV transition, the 
> >> Obama transition team co-chairman John Podesta said the government 
> >> funds to support the change are "woefully inadequate" and said that 
> >> the digital switch date, Feb. 17, should be "reconsidered and extended." 
> >> 
> >> So, just as the last three deadlines have been extended, the February 
> >> 2009 date is likely to be put off. 
> >> 
> 
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