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HEY HISTORY CHANNEL! GET YOUR HEAD OUT YOUR ASS! ASPECT RATIOS! FIGURE IT OUT!]]>Jul 28th 2008 2:48AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/
I once sent them an email about it and they said they surveyed their viewers and they said that's what they wanted. *shrug*]]>Jul 28th 2008 11:22AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/
As for compression. Here in Portland, OR our PBS station has 1 HD channel and then 3 SD substations. Needless to say this makes the HD by far the worst looking OTA station I receive.]]>Jul 28th 2008 11:31AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/Jul 28th 2008 6:43AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/
Mooooo]]>Jul 28th 2008 8:06AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/I'd post it again, OTA HD is the best. No compression other than the one applied by the networks. It's disappointing to think of all the amount of compression every program out there is subjected to; after editing, encoding for disc, compressed by network according to their equipments' limitations, cable/satellite provider. Four stages that come to mind right away. At least with an antenna, you skip one.]]>Jul 28th 2008 8:52AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/
All that with a bad ass internet connection is STILL cheaper than what most people are paying for cableTV...]]>Jul 28th 2008 9:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/
I didn't even know you could physically cram 5 stations onto one signal, but apparently you can. And they all look terrible.]]>Aug 1st 2008 8:06PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/27/popular-mechanics-gets-wise-to-hd-compression/
Is the answer some simple "bandwidth" meter? What if the product had an image that said something like "HD, 1080P, n.nn bps" or "HD 720P, high/med/low bps" Would that cover it? They need to do something. I'm not buying products based on "Trust Me!" from any modern corporation -- they simply do not seem to have any pride in their own products.
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