Didn't you notice: I said HDTV was unnecessary. Fuel injection is
unnecessary. Microwave popcorn would be unnecessary if I could just
find a lid for my pot.
Guess it's a good thing Universal hired Bob Gale instead of me: "Back
To The ... Oh Never Mind".
Bill Robertson
#5939
>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx> wrote:
> You can pick up HDTV using a rooftop antenna. Try it, you'll like it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: content22207 [mailto:brobertson@xxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:46 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Cable Satellites
>
> Actually the conversion is analog to digital.
>
> Every cable system I've ever seen receives analog C band. That's the
> array of big dishes pointed in different directions -- same old
> satellites they've been using for 30 years (well, new satellites in
> more or less the same place as old ones fail). C band owners receive
> EXACTLY the same signal as cable companies do, without conversion and
> layers of distribution.
>
> Same with "local" channels over the air. You'd be amazed how clear a
> rooftop antenna (properly amplified) is over the same channel on cable.
>
> Renders HDTV as unnecessary as fuel injection.
>
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
>
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jack Stiefel" <jackstiefel@xxxx>
wrote:
> > Yeah all the Satellite companies utilize Digital to Analog
converters to
> > receive the signal in "digital" and therefore state that they are all
> > digital. Then they convert the video back to digital for output.
Newer
> > boxes will have the digital audio connections, but the conversion is
> > still done... Go figure
> >
> > Jack
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Farrar Hudkins [mailto:fhudkins@xxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:09 PM
> > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Re: TV show
> >
> > RCA ans S-Video, hmm ... so it's analogue audio and digital video?
> >
> > --Farrar
> >
> > DMCVIN6683 wrote:
> > > The sound is all digital just like a DVD, nice and clear. Now
you can
> > > only achieve this by using the RCA and Super-video connections,
dont
> > > use the coax cable on a satellite other wise you should stick with
> > > cable because the sound and picture quality suffers.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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