[opendtv] Re: OTA DTV experience
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:39:52 -0800
Since you are raving about the OTA signal quality, I'm willing to bet that
once you see the "quality" of those same signals when delivered via
satellite or cable, you will revert to antenna for OTA signals.
Some -- very few -- cable systems don't crunch down on the HDTV put out by
OTA stations. No chief engineer that I've talked to is happy with what
satellite does to their HDTV signals.
Even if the picture is perfect when watching news or other mostly-static
images, things look bad when watching basketball or other fast-moving
pictures.
John Willkie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Dave Bittner
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 12:34 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: OTA DTV experience
>
>
> On Jan 15, 2007, at 1:02 PM, John Willkie wrote:
>
> > But Dave, don't you know that OTA is dead, and that 8-VSB doesn't
> > work? :-)
>
> I must admit there was a certain re-calibration of my expectations
> upon seeing the pristine HD pictures coming over the air, and how
> easy it was. Years of conditioning had me automatically thinking
> OTA=ghosting/snow.
>
> For me, this is a temporary solution. If I could get other channels,
> like ESPN, Discovery, HBO, etc. OTA, I'd certainly be willing to pay
> a few bucks per month to subscribe to them. But it doesn't look like
> that's ever going to happen, so eventually I'll be getting my HD from
> one of the non-OTA suppliers.
>
>
>
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