Video Asylum

Posted by DWPC (A) on August 04, 2003 at 12:55:22

In Reply to: Digital vs Analog Cable... Not real impressed. posted by AbeCollins on August 03, 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.