24 is definitly HD, but it doesn't look that great compared to shows like Lost. There is a good chance that your local station is compressing it, especially if they have sub channels. Fox distributs their HD like no other network and all Fox stations should have similair bit rates. If you have a ATSC tuner for your PC you can do a capture of their signal to compare it. It may also be your cable company that is compressing it further, it seems most cable companies do that now, but not all.
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24 is definitly HD, but it doesn't look that great compared to shows like Lost. There is a good chance that your local station is compressing it, especially if they have sub channels. Fox distributs their HD like no other network and all Fox stations should have similair bit rates. If you have a ATSC tuner for your PC you can do a capture of their signal to compare it. It may also be your cable company that is compressing it further, it seems most cable companies do that now, but not all.