Adelphia HD PQ better than VOOM?
I would just like to add that I compared the Wizzards games on ESPN HD last night and found Adelphia's PQ to be slightly better than VOOM an their new encoders. Offhand, they looked identical, but the devil is in the details...or lack thereof. Like I said, the looked identical until you studied the crowd: faces lacked shape and detail - the Adelphia picture has more depth and a 3-D effect. Similarly, you could make our more facial details (i.e. pores and blemishes) when they interviewed players and coaches.
The two other *common* channels were Starz and Showtime, but the source material was terrible so I didn't waste time trying to compare turds. Anyway, Adelphia is sending out 3 HD channels per QAM (38Mb/3) for about 12.66Mb per. I made these same comparisons back in September when I had both services and, at that time, found them to be identical. I could close my eyes and randomly change inputs and not be able to distinquish the source. However, last night I was 100% correct in my ability to identify VOOM and Adelphia. It took a few seconds and I had to study the details, but Adelphia PQ was indeed better. The devil is in the detail and there was no doubt that VOOM PQ has suffered with the addition of all these channels.
Also, I made some comparisons between the Digital cable channels and VOOM's SD channels. Although close, I would once again have to give the edge to Adelphia. Needless to say, their analog channels in the 1-99 range were pure crap and VOOM won hands down.
Anyway, I suppose it's a moot point at this point in time.
I would just like to add that I compared the Wizzards games on ESPN HD last night and found Adelphia's PQ to be slightly better than VOOM an their new encoders. Offhand, they looked identical, but the devil is in the details...or lack thereof. Like I said, the looked identical until you studied the crowd: faces lacked shape and detail - the Adelphia picture has more depth and a 3-D effect. Similarly, you could make our more facial details (i.e. pores and blemishes) when they interviewed players and coaches.
The two other *common* channels were Starz and Showtime, but the source material was terrible so I didn't waste time trying to compare turds. Anyway, Adelphia is sending out 3 HD channels per QAM (38Mb/3) for about 12.66Mb per. I made these same comparisons back in September when I had both services and, at that time, found them to be identical. I could close my eyes and randomly change inputs and not be able to distinquish the source. However, last night I was 100% correct in my ability to identify VOOM and Adelphia. It took a few seconds and I had to study the details, but Adelphia PQ was indeed better. The devil is in the detail and there was no doubt that VOOM PQ has suffered with the addition of all these channels.
Also, I made some comparisons between the Digital cable channels and VOOM's SD channels. Although close, I would once again have to give the edge to Adelphia. Needless to say, their analog channels in the 1-99 range were pure crap and VOOM won hands down.
Anyway, I suppose it's a moot point at this point in time.
I hope it's soon because I really really dislike adelphia. I am already dreading my install date this coming tuesday.
