Kevin Murphy, compression is only one way to screw up the PQ of an original HD content. You must be ignorant, absent-minded, or conveniently a playboy for directv to ignore the reduced resolution that directv has been employing for years.
I do not need or want directv to take 1920, chop a third of it off, send me the remaining part, and then have my stb guess what was thrown away for their brand of 'hd' (ahem, hdlite). I think this is what Ken may have been referring to.
I think the "HD Lite" comments are really overblown, at least in my experience. Granted, I only have a 720p projector (Panny AE700) on a 100" screen, but I don't see much of a difference between Fox OTA and the DirecTV Fox broadcast from NYC. That said, I do think HD DVD looks better than both DirecTV and OTA broadcasts.
Maybe I'd notice more of a difference at 1080i, not sure...
"Ah, HD DVD, our old friend - we thought we'd never see you again. But there was no mistaking it, here's the logo tucked away in Chinese manufacturer TCL's booth on a China Blue HD deck next to a similar Blu-ray player."
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Kevin Murphy, compression is only one way to screw up the PQ of an original HD content. You must be ignorant, absent-minded, or conveniently a playboy for directv to ignore the reduced resolution that directv has been employing for years.
I do not need or want directv to take 1920, chop a third of it off, send me the remaining part, and then have my stb guess what was thrown away for their brand of 'hd' (ahem, hdlite). I think this is what Ken may have been referring to.
I think the "HD Lite" comments are really overblown, at least in my experience. Granted, I only have a 720p projector (Panny AE700) on a 100" screen, but I don't see much of a difference between Fox OTA and the DirecTV Fox broadcast from NYC. That said, I do think HD DVD looks better than both DirecTV and OTA broadcasts.
Maybe I'd notice more of a difference at 1080i, not sure...