Anyone know what resolution satellite broadcasts in?

[Arkitech]

I think basic cable and OTA TV signals are broadcast in 480i but what do satellite and digital TV broadcast in?

 

[Crusty]

480i

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: MCrusty
480i

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.................... please let that be a joke

I thought satellite signals were supposed to be better quality than ordinairy cable

 

[Crusty]

They are because they are digital, not analog. The actual quality of the signal is better, just not a higher resolution.

 

[NogginBoink]

On top of that, they're so heavily MPEG-2 compressed (gotta fit those eleventy billion channels on that satellite!) that the picture quality is often far, far poorer than terrestrial broadcast.

Can't even see the frigging puck when I watch hockey on account of that!

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: MCrusty
They are because they are digital, not analog. The actual quality of the signal is better, just not a higher resolution.

Man this sucks, I have a new 34" widescreen but so far all its doing for me is revealing just how pixelated the picture is

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: MCrusty
480i

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.................... please let that be a joke

I thought satellite signals were supposed to be better quality than ordinairy cable

Why broadcast at a resolution higher than the TV can display?

Also, as mentioned the channels are HIGHLY compressed.

Viper GTS

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: MCrusty
480i

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.................... please let that be a joke

I thought satellite signals were supposed to be better quality than ordinairy cable

Why broadcast at a resolution higher than the TV can display?

Also, as mentioned the channels are HIGHLY compressed.

Viper GTS

good point

to bad there'nt any subsription services with higher quality broadcasts

 

[Crusty]

What about HD service? You can get most channels for free over the air, at least all your local channels depending on where you live.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Arkitech
to bad there'nt any subsription services with higher quality broadcasts

There are. You can get HD programming. I assume that your 34" Widescreen is HD capable.

 

[Dunbar]

Don't assume satellite is better quality than cable, especially digital cable run over good quality coax. The satellites have to fit so many local channels they compress a lot. The main reason to switch to satellite is a) you hate cable or b) you want the programming offered by satellite.

But ya, the vast majority of TV's can only display 480i.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Dunbar
Don't assume satellite is better quality than cable, especially digital cable run over good quality coax. The satellites have to fit so many local channels they compress a lot. The main reason to switch to satellite is a) you hate cable or b) you want the programming offered by satellite.

But ya, the vast majority of TV's can only display 480i.

Funny. I've never seen a digital cable signal that looked as good as DirecTV.

EDIT: I use a "regular" Toshiba 32"

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: Arkitech
to bad there'nt any subsription services with higher quality broadcasts

There are. You can get HD programming. I assume that your 34" Widescreen is HD capable.

I have dishnet right now, but I'm not sure what channels they broadcast in HD. I guess it does'nt matter since my dish receiver does'nt have a component out

 

[0roo0roo]

they have hd dedicated sat companies u know heres one, http://www.hd.net/ i forgot the other. and even normal sat companies offer hd, and well theres over the air broadcast hd which is just as good for the channels it ha.

 

[Dulanic]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
they have hd dedicated sat companies u know heres one, http://www.hd.net/ i forgot the other. and even normal sat companies offer hd, and well theres over the air broadcast hd which is just as good for the channels it ha.

Thats not a HD sat company, thats a HD Channel... DirecTV carries it. Voom is the HD satalite company.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
they have hd dedicated sat companies u know heres one, http://www.hd.net/ i forgot the other. and even normal sat companies offer hd, and well theres over the air broadcast hd which is just as good for the channels it ha.

That's a network. You can get it from any number of cable/satellite providers.