Former MPEG2 HD channels are almost Blu-Ray like in MPEG4

[smooth28la]

HBO-E (300), Sho-E, HDNet, HDNet-Movies and Discovery HD are currently using the same bandwidth it had when they were MPEG2. I have to say the HD picture quality looks especially amazing on HDNet. The trailer show's movie clips look almost Blu-Ray like!

I'm DVR-ing shows from these channels as much as I can before the picture quality/bandwidth gets reduced.

Anyone else doing the same?

[digiblur]

Yep, they are using the same bandwidth as before since the TMP channels are not using much bandwidth. I've seen some of them hitting around 10-12 megabits at times. I guess you could say that is around 24 megabits at MPEG2. Except Blu-Ray is 1920x1080p and this is 1440x1080i.

[kenny9966]

even using the same amount of bandwidth to the naked eye i really dont think u can see the difference unless u are using some OMG 50 in+ tv screen. I may be wrong though. I am def liking my new HD and yes HBO looks and sounds amazing right now.

[technoguy]

My main TV is a 65" and the difference is notable(even for my wife)

[osu1991]

I wasn't sure if it was the new 60in Mitsubishi I got last week to replace a 50in or just the switch to mpeg 4, because a lot of the channels look better now. This tv probably does a better job than the 4 year old one it replaced.

[Hemi 6.1]

Its much better PQ then it was,
But Not Blu Ray Quality IMO. But non the less Good HD PQ for sure.

[primetimeguy]

Its much better PQ then it was,
But Not Blu Ray Quality IMO. But non the less Good HD PQ for sure.

Agreed, saying it looks like Blu-Ray is way over the top. But it is much improved...but for how long?

[BuddyBoy]

Dish HD PQ is improved, but I just started playing what happened to be in my PS3 at the moment (Blade Runner - only rated tier 2 PQ in the Blu Ray PQ thread on AVSForum, with tier 0 being the best) and there is no comparison. Maybe on a small TV at a distance you might think they're comparable, but they're still far apart on my TV.