Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm looking for a solid state drive, around 32 to 64GB, for use in my web server. The drive will contain my web sites and the operating system, either Windows Server 2008 R2 or Ubuntu. Large storage is handled by a separate RAID array, so capacity is not an issue. Rather, I am looking for the fastest, longest-lasting, and most reliable drive under $150 that is suitable to my application. Any thoughts? Thanks!"
SOOO... Basically, he didn't really answer any of the questions. Rather, he just went on to say that just because there's evidence proving that DirecTV's HD quality is low (i.e. the picture resolution and the bit rate), doesn't mean it is actually low.
I can not say whether DirecTV's is or isn't a quality HD feed but I have I can say that with Dish Network's, I am sometimes disappointed. Don't get me wrong, the HD feeds look amazing and are at least 10x better looking than the SD feeds, but I still feel like they could be better. The same can be said about Dish's SD feeds (which I honestly think look terrible when compared to my analog cable feed).
Sometimes I wonder if the HDMI cable that I use to connect my satellite set-top-box to my plasma may have an effect on the picture quality. Could someone clarifiy this for me: Since HDMI is a digital signal rather than analog, for the most part, the quality of the picture is not going to change with the quality of the cable, right? I know that for analog signals, having a good cable is essential to having a good picture. But with digital, you either get the full signal or little to none at alll, right?
The cable would not be the problem...unless its over 30-40 feet ....but it wouldnt look like a quality problem...it would be a transmission problem with video and audio dropouts.