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**rbinck** · 12-01-2005, 03:51 PM

This is a fine place to ask that question. Here is what I tell customers. If it was your TV's fault, then the problem would exist when you are watching DVDs. A good progressive scan DVD player with a good video processor will give you just about the best SD picture you can get. Generally this will be at the EDTV level. Next the SD on your local OTA digital stations where they have upconverted their SD using very expensive video processors should be just about as good. Next down the PQ level would be the local digital stations you get over your cable, although in this area it is very close to OTA. Now when you are watching satellite or cable SD channels, you hit the worse PQ with channels varying from fairly good to very poor. On my Directv some of the channels are worse that watching a VHS tape. And yes, those channels you mentioned are highly compressed and particularly bad PQ. I watch them on a SDTV.

12-01-2005, 03:51 PM	#53
rbinck Administrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 12,337	This is a fine place to ask that question. Here is what I tell customers. If it was your TV's fault, then the problem would exist when you are watching DVDs. A good progressive scan DVD player with a good video processor will give you just about the best SD picture you can get. Generally this will be at the EDTV level. Next the SD on your local OTA digital stations where they have upconverted their SD using very expensive video processors should be just about as good. Next down the PQ level would be the local digital stations you get over your cable, although in this area it is very close to OTA. Now when you are watching satellite or cable SD channels, you hit the worse PQ with channels varying from fairly good to very poor. On my Directv some of the channels are worse that watching a VHS tape. And yes, those channels you mentioned are highly compressed and particularly bad PQ. I watch them on a SDTV. __________________ www.highdefinitionblog.com www.BlogOfHawaii.com Last edited by rbinck; 12-01-2005 at 03:53 PM.