Canceling does little. Only a lawsuit can accomplish 1 of 2 things:
HD as advertised
or
Stop advertising DTV as HDTV.
And Scott, with all due respect, you are wrong.
1280x1080i is NOT HD.
You are confusing the DTV standard with HDTV. HD, as I stated, is the "million pixel" format. Again, though 720p is not quite 1 million, taking the full bandwidth of that signal into account, it basically is.
1280x1080i is only about 700k, 1/2 way between 480p and 1080i, and not even in a square pixel 16:9 format. HD must have a square pixel 16:9 format. Any format that does not deliver 1 million pixels in a square pixel format is NOT HD.
To sell something that you are not actually providing is against the law. It is fraud. While Scott is now taking the blue pill (or is it the red one?), doesn't mean the rest of us have to buy in.
I'd rather have 5 HD movie channels than many more of compressed crap.
OTA HD is amazing. I've compared it to the compressed CBS-west from sat, and the OTA is far superior, and that's with both at 1080i. Shrinking HD locals to 1280x1080i or 1440x1080i while also compressing it further than OTA is really degrading what we are paying all that extra money for.
The fact they are charging for HD anyway is already a bit shady, considering that there is supposed to be a mandatory transition (not an optional, fee based model). That they are charging extra and not actually providing it? That is criminal.
HD as advertised
or
Stop advertising DTV as HDTV.
And Scott, with all due respect, you are wrong.
1280x1080i is NOT HD.
You are confusing the DTV standard with HDTV. HD, as I stated, is the "million pixel" format. Again, though 720p is not quite 1 million, taking the full bandwidth of that signal into account, it basically is.
1280x1080i is only about 700k, 1/2 way between 480p and 1080i, and not even in a square pixel 16:9 format. HD must have a square pixel 16:9 format. Any format that does not deliver 1 million pixels in a square pixel format is NOT HD.
To sell something that you are not actually providing is against the law. It is fraud. While Scott is now taking the blue pill (or is it the red one?), doesn't mean the rest of us have to buy in.
I'd rather have 5 HD movie channels than many more of compressed crap.
OTA HD is amazing. I've compared it to the compressed CBS-west from sat, and the OTA is far superior, and that's with both at 1080i. Shrinking HD locals to 1280x1080i or 1440x1080i while also compressing it further than OTA is really degrading what we are paying all that extra money for.
The fact they are charging for HD anyway is already a bit shady, considering that there is supposed to be a mandatory transition (not an optional, fee based model). That they are charging extra and not actually providing it? That is criminal.