Question for HD Fans
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I think you should also ask people to say what type of HDTV and screen size they have, as part of this.
Food Network ("Easy Entertaining") looks like crap right now. Tons of red in the picture.
I can't really see a noticable difference on my RP CRT 52". There isn't any reference material on right now, though.
I can't really see a noticable difference on my RP CRT 52". There isn't any reference material on right now, though.
NGHD seems better tonight. Last night the picture kept jumping or freezing like they were messing with the feed.
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I have two HD PLaza and the pictures look great on the stations you are talking about
I have two HD PLaza and the pictures look great on the stations you are talking about
9425 - ESPN2 HD- Average
9426 - NFL HD - Below Average
9429 - National Geographic HD - Very Good
9435 - StarzHD - Below Avarage (The worth of all of them)
9461 - HGTV HD - Good
9462 - Food HD - Good
9426 - NFL HD - Below Average
9429 - National Geographic HD - Very Good
9435 - StarzHD - Below Avarage (The worth of all of them)
9461 - HGTV HD - Good
9462 - Food HD - Good
Hey Scott. Are you going to tell us the news tonight about these channels? Gotta go to bed soon.
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Thanks
The answer is actually posted publiclly here but I wont say where, again I am trying to guage peoples feelings on the HD quality.
Food and Home are not as good as my Voom tonight but I don't watch them regularly anyway so I don't know if they are different than normal. I have a 65" 1080i and I have had no complaints anyway on PQ and I certainly don't see any thing about food or home that impresses me and I don't have National Geo or Starz and the rest are running 4x3 right now. I will be interested to see what you have for us tomorrow.
I am surprised at the feedback so far, I would think all would be saying bad things. Curious to hear some more feedback on this.
Disclaimer: I know the reason for Scott's question...
Even so, I haven't seen anyone with a setup similar to mine, so I thought I would weigh-in as objectively as I can.
My setup-
104" 16:9 screen (7'7" wide)
DLP projector @720p over component
With such a large picture I really get to see all the mushy aspects of Dish's SD offerings - especially when comparing SkyAngel duplicates against Dish channels (FOX News, Food TV, etc). I would love to see improvements in the SD picture!
Likewise, while the HD picture is amazing at this scale, I also get to see the problems magnified. The typical problems I see are macroblocking and some soft edges.
With that said, here are my results as of 2045 Central:
9425 - ESPN2 HD- SD program, looks nice but it's not HD!
9426 - NFL HD -SD program, looks nice but it's not HD!
9429 - National Geographic HD - Not available in my programming package
9435 - StarzHD - Not available in my programming package
9461 - HGTV HD - Modest improvement; minor blocking on quick screen changes
9462 - Food HD - About the same; noticeable blocking on quick screen changes
Unfortunately with the current programming I cannot evaluate the sports channels and I am limited to the Gold package. Even so, I'm impressed that the two channels I can evaluate look similar or slightly better to what they did a few days ago. I hope Dish gets the hang of this and we see substantial improvements soon.
Cheers,
Red
PS: It is good to measure one's picture in feet rather than inches... Whoever said size does not matter is a fool!
Even so, I haven't seen anyone with a setup similar to mine, so I thought I would weigh-in as objectively as I can.
My setup-
104" 16:9 screen (7'7" wide)
DLP projector @720p over component
With such a large picture I really get to see all the mushy aspects of Dish's SD offerings - especially when comparing SkyAngel duplicates against Dish channels (FOX News, Food TV, etc). I would love to see improvements in the SD picture!
Likewise, while the HD picture is amazing at this scale, I also get to see the problems magnified. The typical problems I see are macroblocking and some soft edges.
With that said, here are my results as of 2045 Central:
9425 - ESPN2 HD- SD program, looks nice but it's not HD!
9426 - NFL HD -SD program, looks nice but it's not HD!
9429 - National Geographic HD - Not available in my programming package
9435 - StarzHD - Not available in my programming package
9461 - HGTV HD - Modest improvement; minor blocking on quick screen changes
9462 - Food HD - About the same; noticeable blocking on quick screen changes
Unfortunately with the current programming I cannot evaluate the sports channels and I am limited to the Gold package. Even so, I'm impressed that the two channels I can evaluate look similar or slightly better to what they did a few days ago. I hope Dish gets the hang of this and we see substantial improvements soon.
Cheers,
Red
PS: It is good to measure one's picture in feet rather than inches... Whoever said size does not matter is a fool!
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