[BC] An HD Tuner for $110

[Bernie Courtney]

inHD has the HD coverage for the OLN produced national NHL games and they
are all in full 1080i but still look like crap.

just admit that 1080i and a puck don't mix :)

bern
On 12/24/05, Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net> wrote:
>
> This may also have something to do with bit allocation. If a station is
> running extra channels or other data, the full 1.9 megabits is not
> available to the HD stream. Most networks and affiliates are not
> offering the full bit rate. The network that does has no hockey. Even
> golf can look bad if there is not enough bandwidth.  But this is nothing
> more than if a radio station runs bad processing, they sound bad but it
> is not the fault of the technology.
>
> DTV is quite scalable, I wish our digital radio had the equivalent
> options.
>
> R
>
>
>
> Bernie Courtney wrote:
>
> >Hockey in 720p looks good, the problem is unless your team is shown on
> (and
> >you can receive) Fox Sports Net most if not all the hockey coverage is in
> >1080i, which drives me nuts with the motion artifacts as well.
> >
> >bern
> >On 12/24/05, DANA PUOPOLO <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Yep...Just try and watch a hockey game on HDTV - the slurring will drive
> >>you
> >>nuts! But this is the FUTURE, so it must be better - RIGHT?!
> >>Even Dish TV has artifacts by the tons now (NTSC). Whenever anything
> goes
> >>to
> >>black, what you see are a bunch of square pixels with differing amounts
> of
> >>black.
> >>
> >>So much for "digital quality".
> >>
> >>-D
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>------ Original Message ------
> >>Received: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:43:54 AM PST
> >>From: WFIFeng at aol.com
> >>To: broadcast at radiolists.net
> >>Subject: Re: [BC] An HD Tuner for $110
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I have also noticed significant artifacting
> >>>
> >>>
> >>on most programs, much like the effect of setting the compression too
> high
> >>when saving photos in JPG. That would drive me nuts.
> >>
> >>I guess we're not your "typical" TV watchers. Myself, I only watch about
> >>an
> >>hour or two per week. That time only increases when there is something
> >>special
> >>
> >>I want to see. My wife watches more, but still not enough to lay down
> >>those
> >>kind of bucks.
> >>
> >>Willie...
> >>
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