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Those Ratios refer to the color information that is digitally encoded into the signal. The higher the ratio, the better and richer the colors will be on the digital video. They don't necessarily refer to Hi-def programming. Some standard definition programming use the higher ratios for better...

I've never been that tempted to do something like change the software. Of course, it would probably be like changing your operating system with a different one. (Converting your system from WIN XP to LINUX)

Maybe they'll go down, but only for a short time I expect. The key is that this will not destroy the will of people who want to get subscription programming for free. There's hackers out there that are willing to get into anything that is supposed to be a totally secure system. They also know...

Personally, I give him the benefit of the doubt.

The guy sounds pretty legitimate in the fact that he doesn't know what FTA is all about. Pretty much a newbie at that. I don't think he was trying to steal anything. He was just inquiring as to the channels he could possibly receive with an FTA receiver. Lyngsat is a pretty confusing website for...

4:2:0, 4:2:1, and 4:2:2 has to do with color portion of the video stream. The higher the number, the more resolution that there is on the color portion of the signal. This results in richer colors, not necessarily a sharper picture since your sharpness comes in to play with your Light/Dark color...

I thought all of those models were discontinued. With the decline in C-band subscribers over the years, I thought Motorola got out of the TVRO business. I've been checking the official 4DTV page on Motorolas home site and it shows nothing being there. Also, NPS said that Motorola wasn't going to...

My Nashville affiliate had it as a multicasted channel My ABC affiliate had this channel multicasted as well up until a year ago when they started multicasting their own weather channel instead.

From what I've heard.... Offset is better than Prime Focus due to the fact that the feedhorn assembly is not placed exactly over the focal point of the dish and thus blocking the focal point of the dish. I haven't seen any offset dishes bigger than 6 foot dish. They probably do make them, but I...

An excellent source of information Hopefully Mr. or Mrs. 40,000 will find this website is an excellent source of information for newbies on the web. I know I have found much through my membership with Satelliteguys. From Voom to FTA to C-band to HD, this website has it all for information about...

DCII and DVB not a scrambling technique I think it should be stated that Digicypher-2 and DVB are not scrambling techniques. They are digital encodings for channels. They have nothing to do with scrambling. Scrambling is implemented separate of the encoding. I just thought I should state this...

4:2:2 doesn't mean HD.... Just because the video portion of a channel uses 4:2:2 doesn't mean that it is HD. Many channels out there use Standard Definition resolution (720x480 interlaced) and broadcast using 4:2:2. 4:2:2 refers to the color portion of the MPEG-2 video stream. The higher the...

component video... Naturally, component video is superior to S-video. S-video lacks the bandwidth that component video has for colors. It's much easier for your television set to take a component signal and convert to RGB for the CRT to display. With S-video, some of the color signal bandwidth...

What I think...... I've always thought it was some kind of jokers who want to tick off the moderators of this forum. Basically they don't care what they say and they are just saying anything to get banned. I wouldn't doubt the fact that they'd try to regain their access to the forum again in...

same thing really..... Fiber Optic is the same as the digital coax output. The only difference is your sending the Dolby Digital 2.1/5.1 or DTS signal via light instead of electrical impluse down a copper wire. With the fiber optic cable, there is very little if any chance of interference...

Digicypher-2 is encoding not encryption..... I'd rather speak of it as an encoding standard for a digital channel. Just as DVB is an encoding standard for digital channels on Echostar and those that are free to air. The difference is that you have encryption enabled over the encoding standard...

Why you ask they didn't do the external fuel tank camera before?? Money!!!!! NASA was all about time and money. That's why they've had most of the disasters they've had in the past such as Columbia and Challenger. It's all about getting that baby up in the air as soon as possible because while...

the main thing about ku is....... It's a set of frequency spectrum. Whether or not there is either analog signals or digital signals on this spectrum. It's just that digital is used more now because it is more efficient. With analog signals, you could only have one channel per each transponder...

it's the frequency range on the ku spectrum...... Certain frequencies on the ku spectrum can only be received via a Universal LNB because the standard ku LNB is limited to a certain range of ku frequencies on the ku band.

wonder what the neighbors think of your setup? Do they ask you what kind of satellite service Primestar is or do they ask you if primestar is back in business?

they probably don't want to go to the trouble of doing that.... Even though it is passed through to C-banders when free preview weekends come along via FTA, doesn't mean that DBS providers would do likewise. They're out to make a profit on everything. Even if it's free-to-air weekend for DBS...

I'd go with the Chaparrel because you got your signal to noise ratio would be higher on that one than the other one. On the second one, you get 3decibels of gain, but you also have 10 more decibels of noise added in. With the Chaparrel you have 3 decibels less of gain but you also get 10...

digital is clearer because it doesn't suffer the affects of analog..... Digital has more advantage over analog. It takes up less bandwidth in the UHF and VHF spectrum. With Digital both SD and HD channels suffer no ghosting or noise such as snow. The signals only block out when there is not...

well I could see the comparison..... There are areas now where that new service, U.S. Digital is taking off so some OTA signals are sent out encrypted while the regular locals are "in the clear". So, yes I could see a comparison on "clear" OTA to FTA.

yeah....... I hate those local commercials inserted on the national channels on cable too.