In Reply to: Digital vs Analog Cable... Not real impressed. posted by AbeCollins on August 3, 2003 at 09:59:17:
I believe most cable signal quality, whether delivered digitally or not, is still limited by the analogue sources and transmission gear used. I suspect many channels still get converted from a-to-d and back a few times before they get to the viewer depending on the provider.Since switching to digital cable, we no longer have the transmission-related degradation (ghosts, hash, audio noise, etc.) we got with our analog cable service, especially on local channels. But basic image quality isn't really much better. I expect this will remain the case until analog tape is completely replaced by digital media.
At any rate, we have no cable choice but digital to view channels above 99.
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