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Posted by Jay G. on 06/26/06 11:57
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:13:48 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:50:40 -0500, Linonut <linonut@bone.com> Gave
> us:
>
>>It is weird. I've not been impressed with the hi-def feeds of the World
>>Cup that I've seen. Is it the monitors used, or some limitation in the
>>feeds? I though HD would be sharp, but I've only seen that one time --
>>in a museum exhibit a few years ago.
>
> Unless you are getting it "off air" it has been reprocessed. In
> other words, if it is coming off cable, it ain't true HD anymore.
OTA isn't technically "true HD" since it's still MPEG2 compressed. It's
usually the best looking though, since all other live feeds are taken from
that stream. Unless you're talking about something other than network
material.
> Satellite HD still IS,
Unless you're talking about DirectTV or Dish, in which case it isn't.
> as well as off air HDTV content from local
> broadcasters.
Unless they've reprocessed it instead of just passing it through.
> In such cases, one can tell exactly how many grams of
> grass stain have been shoved into the player's jersey shoulder.
> Literally.
Unless it's an overhead shot from a blimp.
-Jay
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