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| There's been a lot of talk about WXLV-TV and Time Warner regarding broadcast of the Super Bowl this weekend. Sinclair Broadcasting, who owns WXLV, is asking for a cut of the premium that Time Warner charges for the High Definition Tier. But what is High Definition ANYWAY. Doc Searls' talks about it at IT GARAGE You see what the Cable Company and Satellite Company offers is not truely High Definition. It is better definition; but no where near the bandwidth that a True Over The Air High Definition signal offers. To make matters worse, unless the cable or satellite company has access to the signal before the ATSC compression that is eventually broadcast (compression of almost 50 to 1), it is impossible for the cable/satellite company to demodulate and remodulate on their system without SIGNIFICANT degrading of the signal. Consumers have NO way of knowing what they are watching because they can not determinewhat their resolution display is actually. 16x9 is associated with High Definition; but True High Definition is eith 1920 pixels wide by 1080 scan lines OR 1280 pixels by 720 scan lines. That's the two accepted High Definition formats of the 18 accepted digital formations that make up digital television transmission. Now another KICKER - most television sets sold can not reproduce horizonal resolution greater than 1440 pixels wide. Where's the rub?? When you watch television delivered digitally, you are seeing the picture without the transmission artifacts that can degrade as much as 75% of picture. It's the same reason why a DVD looks a lot better than a VHS recording of the same DVD. Now what's the point - There really is none. It's all about CONTENT and what you are willing to PAY. | ||
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