Question: How do you know what you are seeing is a result of over-compression and not something else? I'm certainly not trying to defend those companies, but I am betting a lot of people see and or hear a problem, but being convinced that its due to compression and not some other condition wouldn't be easy.
So, if you are going to ask someone in a poll if they have experienced a condition that is the result of compression shouldn't you at least make sure they poll taker that they know how to identify and rule out other causes of video and or audio anomalies?
That's easy I recorded the same program twice using two HD TiVo's. The first time before Comcast started further compressing streams. The second TiVo happened to record the same program on the same network Discovery Theater, after they started ruining the streams. The difference was quite noticeable especially on motion shots (this was a HD special on the ISS and the space program originally filmed using IMAX cameras). I never expected all of the noise (compression artifacts) added, it reminded me of the old days of VCD (just with a lot more resolution).
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Question: How do you know what you are seeing is a result of over-compression and not something else? I'm certainly not trying to defend those companies, but I am betting a lot of people see and or hear a problem, but being convinced that its due to compression and not some other condition wouldn't be easy.
So, if you are going to ask someone in a poll if they have experienced a condition that is the result of compression shouldn't you at least make sure they poll taker that they know how to identify and rule out other causes of video and or audio anomalies?
That's easy I recorded the same program twice using two HD TiVo's. The first time before Comcast started further compressing streams. The second TiVo happened to record the same program on the same network Discovery Theater, after they started ruining the streams. The difference was quite noticeable especially on motion shots (this was a HD special on the ISS and the space program originally filmed using IMAX cameras). I never expected all of the noise (compression artifacts) added, it reminded me of the old days of VCD (just with a lot more resolution).