Crisper? Brighter? Clearer around the edges?? Although I'm not discounting this verdict, these are interesting metrics they used. If the connection to the display was analog, then the reason for these "improvements" might have absolutely nothing to do with the bitrate and everything to do with the quality and accuracy of the DACs and analog output section of the set-top box. Of course, satellite could up the bitrate and match the "IPTV" quality, but as we've seen from recent articles, people are having a hard enough time "getting" HDTV in the first place...nevermind comparing 2 HD signals to determine which is "crisper, brighter, and clearer around the edges"! On 14-Dec-05, at 3:14 PM, Mark Aitken wrote: > Cables next big competitor??? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.