Video Asylum

Posted by AbeCollins (A) on August 10, 2003 at 23:04:03

In Reply to: Digital cable and satellite... posted by Some Guy on August 08, 2003 at 06:33:20:

I've noticed that on dark scenes I get a lot of pixelation and banding. In other words, the transitions between dark and darker are blotchy with bands and blocks instead of a nice smooth transition.

I think I'll take this digital set top box back and stay with analog cable until I make the switch to satellite. I hope satellite service is better than digital cable.... it's worth a try.

The other thing that really bugs me is the slow channel changing. With my analog cable I can surf through several channels very quickly. With the digital set top box it takes forever to change channels as each channel takes a second to display. (A second is a very long time when you're used to channel hopping in milli-seconds).