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Posted by NunYa Bidness on 12/11/05 19:11
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:03:11 -0500, Tee Jay
<terrynospamjoyce@comcast.net> Gave us:
>I think that the big secret of HDTV is that OTA reception can be better
>than sat or cable systems. With rabbit ears digital stations come in
>clearly much better than analog signals. I can't testify about a real
>antennae as my Silver Sensor tabletop suffices for me.
>Sat and cable sometimes throttle the signal to make it fit the delivery
>system. Also you decide which is better the electronics in a top line
>Sony (or any other top line company of your choice) or a bottom line
>decoder box that the delivery companies bulk purchase?
> Tee Jay
This totally true. OTA HDTV is wonderfully composed and broadcast.
The system works fine, just as it was designed to.
Cable channels do get screwed with. Some are even delivered in a
screwed with, dumbed down resolution. I notice it on channels like
TVLand and Spike.
The decoders are well engineered, after all, general instrument made
satellite and cable boxes for years by the millions, but that isn't
really what they are known for in the broadcast industry. Even
Scientific Atlanta has to buy a GI module for every satellite receiver
they produce. They are at DigiCypher II IIRC. Though I do not know
what they call their HDTV gear. Every broadcaster in the country, if
not much of the world has General Instrument satellite uplink encoder
gear if they are a source, and satellite receiver gear otherwise.
That is for regular broadcast, and the racks can be as high as $1.2M
each. The HDTV racks, if I recall are over $2M each. This is not a
huge expense for these guys. What many of the broadcast stations need
to be completely on board with HDTV is a new antenna tower. That is
the last hold up on most of them. There is BIG money right now in
tower erection and broadcast antenna manufacture and sales.
Somebody should ask Jim Kramer. This stuff is bigger than the
consumers that end up with it. Huge sums have to move around before
it even comes live. Then, we all need HDTV monitors. I think it is
the best thing to happen to broadcast television, ever.
Folks, there was a lady that once said:
"Live it or live with it." --some lady, circa 1968ish
She was right.
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