[opendtv] Re: Democrats Air Concerns About Analog Switchover
- From: "Gary Hughes" <ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:37:15 -0500
Gregory J. Ward wrote:
> I've heard that digital HD broadcasts as they're currently deployed
> have lots of trouble with multipath, and in fact look worse than
> standard resolution analog broadcasts. I'm all in favor of broadcast
> if the results are nice. What I'm not keen on is buying a converter
> to get lousy reception when what I had was fine before.
>
Not so. It is mostly an all or nothing effect. If you get the picture it
comes in beautifully. Where I live, about 35 miles NW of Boston, I do
not get a watchable picture on any analog UHF channel, but I get all the
Boston area DTV signals with an antenna in the attic.
And comparing the OTA picture to the same service carried on cable (and
transcoded down to 15mbit/sec), the OTA picture quality is noticeably
better.
gary
Gary Hughes
Video Architect, Advanced Engineering
Motorola Connected Home Solutions, MA34
80 Central St.
Boxborough, MA 01719
Email: ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Office: 978 266 7269
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