Comments on: US switch to digital doesn’t click

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:36:36 +0000

Analogue vs Digital.

Yes overall the digital picture is usually clearer than analogue. But I can get the digital equivalent of ’snow/static’ in the form of transmission/recieving errors. Either from the source or due to transmission losses. Instead of white spots, i get a quick bunch of mpg blocks / artifacts on occasion. Audio, no difference.

But the article is right HDMI is crap.

By: Square Eyes

Square Eyes — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:24:00 +0000

I’m with post 3 on this one. The picture quality with digital is so much better – it’s not plagued by the many malaises of analog signals, such as grainy pictures, ghosting, fading, you name it. So long as you can get a signal, the picture is 100% perfect and crystal clear. Beautiful.

I’ve been watching digital TV for the last 10 years and I wouldn’t ever go back.

This is progress and it should be embraced, not resisted.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:06:20 +0000

Actually, Jon, I want to tell you that you are WAY wrong about the analog versus digital broadcast quality. I am an American, and I used to need a 30 ft antenna just to get four so-so stations at my house. ( there’s a lot of mountains around it ). I got the converter boxes and now I get 15 stations at satellite TV quality in any room in the house with the cheapest set of rabbit ears I could buy. This was one thing the government did RIGHT.

By: Comeoncomcast

Comeoncomcast — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:28:18 +0000

I agree Readers

but you have to spend even more money for a decent connection eg 1mbps or 8mbps or even higher or just go to the cinema or just buy a book lol

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:34:47 +0000

I’ve given up on the wasteland of television. I have no interest in reality shows that are anything but reality. I don’t care for what passes as humor on shows. It’s pretty awful humor when they got to use canned laughter to tell you where the punch line is. Reruns take up half the run time of a series, if I want to see it, I’ll record the thing or download it and be done with it.

That’s so rare as to be almost non-existent. I care nothing for the commercial and that coupled with the mindlessness of the lowest common denominator leaves me wondering what the point is of watching the endless commercial spattered with bits of uninteresting programming. More often than not when I was watching tv, people would the next day talk about this or that show as water cooler talk. Those shows had no redeeming values far as I could tell. When I watched one or two to see what was so interesting to the masses, it often left me wondering at the end, just why did I waste the time to watch?

I’ve given it up. I don’t care for the tv anymore. I don’t plan on a black box for it. It’s been years now without an input of any sort other than a dvd player. I honestly feel my life is richer for the lack of the one eye monstrosity.