Yeah I don't sub to my so called SD locals because I would lose my Distant SD's... lost the HD's awhile back...
Pretty sad state of affairs when Directv is blowing away Dish on DiscoveryHD Theater
1920x1080i on DirecTV
1440x1080i on Dish
13.25 Mbps Video Bitrate on DirecTV
8.22 Mbps Video Bitrate on Dish
I-Frame 61,648 bytes on DirecTV
I-Frame 40,028 bytes on Dish
Both flunk putting 2 B frames back to back - but Directv still has 50% more Video Bitrate and higher resolution than Dish.
When your locals are lit up in HD, DNS should be away permanently and forever IMO.
What are you going to do with yourself Vurbano if everything gets displayed at max HD? This is good news. Is it September yet?
Aren't there people in O&O markets that cannot receive OTA? These are there for them permanently I believe.
Enjoy the PQ and pray they don't take it away. I had thought DiscoveryHD had looked better for a few weeks but kept telling myself it was just in my head.What are you going to do with yourself Vurbano if everything gets displayed at max HD?
Enjoy the PQ and pray they don't take it away. I had thought DiscoveryHD had looked better for a few weeks but kept telling myself it was just in my head.
On the Baseball side of things I still don't understand why the Yanks on the YES network is still the best picture I have ever seen, why is that channel so freakin good, even when the others look great, YES is even better. Is it their equipment? Are they for some reason getting less compressed, just wondering.
It's because YES HD is in *MPEG4* which is why we are all excited to see what happens with the new HD channels since they will be MPEG4 as well.
It's because YES HD is in *MPEG4* which is why we are all excited to see what happens with the new HD channels since they will be MPEG4 as well.
This is a very good sign! Offhand, I don't think D* would crank-up-the-volume (so to speak) on Discovery Theater HD if they didn't plan to do the same with all their other HD channels. Even many of the "HD-Lite looks fine to me" people would begin to notice the differences in picture quality. Additionally, the folks at Verizon are really pushing their "superior picture" and the word is spreading as they will be nearing one-million TV customers by years end. Personally, I believe the tipping point was when I updated my signature.I was going to actually write about this today. I got to sit down last night and was flipping around on DirecTV and stumbled upon Discovery Theater HD and was STUNNED by the picture quality.
I quickly hit record on my HR20 and flipped on the same channel on Dish Network.
The DirecTV version of Discovery HD looked worlds better then the same channel on Dish Network!
I then flipped to the other HD channels such as HDNet and was disapointed with what I saw there.
My feeling is if they can do this with Dicovery, why can't they do this to all their HD channels once the new Satellite is up.
And BTW if you have not read my new article today at MultiChannel.COM go check it out... as I name the LEADER IN HD. (And who I pick is going to surprise some people)
I was going to actually write about this today. I got to sit down last night and was flipping around on DirecTV and stumbled upon Discovery Theater HD and was STUNNED by the picture quality.
I quickly hit record on my HR20 and flipped on the same channel on Dish Network.
The DirecTV version of Discovery HD looked worlds better then the same channel on Dish Network!
I then flipped to the other HD channels such as HDNet and was disapointed with what I saw there.
My feeling is if they can do this with Dicovery, why can't they do this to all their HD channels once the new Satellite is up.
And BTW if you have not read my new article today at MultiChannel.COM go check it out... as I name the LEADER IN HD. (And who I pick is going to surprise some people)