That's one of the reasons I got rid of cable and installed an amplified
antenna on my balcony. The local stations come in looking, and
especially sounding, better!
--Farrar
content22207 wrote:
> 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
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>>--- 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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