Comcast and other cable providers are compressing their HD channels up to 3:1. This means softer pictures, audio and video dropouts, and users on Internet forums exposing your bad signal for what it is. Is there relief on the horizon? Maybe...
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"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." -- Gerald Rudolph Ford
If Joe Consumer drops $5K on a tv and $500 on a HD Cable box, plus the HD surcharge, then they aren't getting what they paid for. This I could see as a class action lawsuit.
You aren't allowed to sell 800 berths on a ship with only 400 life jackets...
as far as I know the only uncompressed HD is broadcast OTA (Over The Air)
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"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." -- Gerald Rudolph Ford
If Joe Consumer drops $5K on a tv and $500 on a HD Cable box, plus the HD surcharge, then they aren't getting what they paid for. This I could see as a class action lawsuit.
You aren't allowed to sell 800 berths on a ship with only 400 life jackets...
Class Action Lawsuit?....umm....I doubt it. I would hope that ATT/Sprint/Verizon, Etc would get a Class... first due to dropped calls and not having sufficient service. Oh wait there is a clause that protects them in the contract. Juct as Comcast and other HD or even non-HD providers have on their service contracts.
Anyhow yes it would be nice to "make" them provide better quality service but it ain't happening in our lifetime my friends.
Heck I've been waiting for 4 weeks to get a service guy out to the house to fix a signal problem to my non-HD box (the others are all HD boxes without issues). Well actually it is the feed, the box itself has been swapped 3 times with no avail. End of my rant.
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I wrote about it a dozen times and I'll say it again - EVERYONE compressing the signal,only techniques and level of compression varies.
Cable uses old MPEG-2 while Fios/Sat using much newer AVC [aka H.264 aka Mpeg4 Part 10] codec, allowing them higher compression , while keeping artifacts out
I'll say, I know DishTV is using compression, but it looks much better than my brother-in-law's high def signal that's on Charter cable...I'll stick with Dish for now I think...
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Switch to satellite or fiber if you want to love your picture!
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Originally Posted by gliz
yea, kinda new that. I like the picture though
Cable is like a friendship,you like the picture
Howevert satellite( DishNetwok or DirecTV) or fiber optics ( AT&T Uverse) is like a passionate love affair and you will be imersed in the reality of the picture.
The regular channels on satellite or fiber are like cable HD channels and the HD channels are awesome!!! Almost like being there. You can even see the sondwaves coming out of high level speakers
My friend swore up and down there was no PQ difference between Comcast HD and Direct TV HD, he goes and buys a 58" Panny, orders Comcast HD, compares my PQ (Direct TV HD) to his.......................he's getting rid of Comcast. He's not a techie or an A/V'er, just an attorney.........yet he could see the difference.
Comcast Compresses HD - No One Shocked
Switch to satellite or fiber if you want to love your picture!
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