Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 02/14/06 16:57

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:41:59 -0600, "Dan Luke"
<c172rg@dingdongsouth.net> Gave us:

>
>"grant kinsley" <sawbones@uniserve.com> wrote:
>
>>>Only somebody who has only watched DVDs can possibly think that HDTV
>>>is
>>>anything but a very minor improvement.
>>
>> I have HDTV and DVD, and the difference is significant, very near the
>> difference between OTA and DVD.
>
>Agree. I find OTA 1080i HDTV notably superior to progressive scan DVD.
>
>> The real question that comes to mind, is what level of compression are
>> you watching your HDTV at. Certainly NBCs Olympic broadcasts show how
>> bad overcompression can be, but PBS shows like the latest season of
>> Rick Steves and Rudy Maxa's smart travels show how excellent HDTV is
>> (like walk into the screen detail)
>
>Yes, PBS is some of the best. In my experience, CBS's NFL HD OTA
>broadcasts are also (usually) excellent; ESPN's 720p via DirecTV is
>often quite poor by HDTV standards.
>
>> Mind you, I am projecting at 100 inches diagonal, and the difference
>> is certainly going to be seen more at this size than on a 28 inch
>> monitor.
>
>I'm watching a 50" Panasonic plasma and a 23" Sony LCD. The difference
>between DVD and HDTV is quite apparent on both, to me.
>
>> ...only an idiot (or a blind man)( can say
>> that well displayed HDTV isn't a significant improvment over well
>> diplayed DVD,
>
>...or someone who only receives heavily compressed HDTV. My experience
>is only with OTA and DirecTV; how bad does it get with other providers?

Broadcast:

ABC 720p

CBS 1080i

FOX 720p

NBC 1080i

PBS 1080i

The WB 1080i

UPN 1080i

Cable & Satellite:

Discovery HD Theater 1080i

ESPN 720p

HDNet 1080i

HDNet Movies 1080i

INHD 1080i

Showtime 1080i

Universal HD (formerly Bravo HD) 1080i

Source: Curtco's Digital TV & Sound

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