Video Asylum

Posted by DWPC (A) on August 14, 2006 at 15:39:42

In Reply to: Cablevision HDTV posted by SalD on August 13, 2006 at 23:45:28:

Most cable providers still carry Channels 2-99 in SD with analog signal. If yours does, you can dramatically improve your "regular" (SD) channels by putting a splitter on the coax and feeding one side directly to the TV's antenna input. Only use the box for digital channels where its necessary. Bypassing the box bypasses one, sometimes two, layers of video filters. Some boxes have an RF Bypass feature that amounts to the same thing.

We're stuck in what seems like a perpetual transition for broadcasters, cable/sat providers, and mfrs; all trying to make the most profit from the least product. Its cable vs. sat vs. OTA vs. SD vs. HD, and soon vs. internet download movies. Television would never have made it if the industry had this attitude in 1950.

When I consider the quality of content vs. the cost of cable, I can see why a lot of people today only use their TV for movies.