Over the air transmission of NTSC is compression, too. John Willkie -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de John Shutt Enviado el: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:22 AM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: [Fwd: RE: [oldvtrs] So Much for HDTV] Tim is an engineer for the Reno PBS, and his tagline of "Compression Is Evil" is infamous on the internal PBS Connect boards. Nothing you can possibly say to him will make him change his mind on that point. Funny, though, when I point out to him that interlace is compression too, he's all for it because 1080i is "Real HD" while 720p is not. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx> >>This is precisely why I have always said, 'Compression is evil'. >> >>Tim Stoffel > > Yes compression can be evil, but this is placing the blame on the wrong > issue. You can send an analog signal down 1000 feet of coax and still see > the video at the other end. But if you want that video to be pristine you > need an equalizing DA to compensate for the cable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.