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In Reply to: Cable vs. Satellite posted by Bob C on January 5, 2001 at 08:22:24:
The "digital" option on cable does not currently provide HDTV. All satellite broadcasting is "digital" but very little is HDTV. HDTV is limited to a subset of Showtime, HBO, and Pay Per View movies (and the exciting demo loop). Dish Network is currently offering somewhat more HDTV than DirecTV but two dishes are required to receive the normal set of broadcasts and HDTV. My feeling is that the cable companies have been pushing "digital" to increase the number of stations they can squeeze into given bandwidth, rather than providing higher quality video. The video quality of digital transmissions is highly dependent on the amount of compression that the cable/satellite company decides to use. More compression allows them to broadcast more stations but at lower quality. Audio takes relatively little bandwidth and is greatly improved relative to broadcast TV.
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