Video Asylum

Posted by kurt s (A) on August 11, 2006 at 08:11:15

In Reply to: So that's all it is? The video equivalent of audiophile specialty labels? posted by SalD on August 10, 2006 at 22:23:22:

It's like MP3's and SACD. Most people want quantity, not quality. Remember DirecTV is "100% digital quality". It's digital, so it's good! Remember that. :)

The goal for digital media is to cram as much information in as little space as possible and do it so it's cheap. I really don't know the wisdom of taking away analog broadcast signals. Where I live, I can barely get an analog TV signal from SF on my over-the-air antenna. When they switch to digital transmission, an "all or nothing" reception, I will certainly get nothing.

You also notice we don't all have 30ips reel-to-reel decks for our music systems or IMAX film projectors for our home theaters, either. But those systems wouldn't be "digital quality".