----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Lloyd" <royer007@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, 27 December, 2002 01:49 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Dipping our Toe Into Digital (LONG)
> My family was thinknig of getting digital cable. I've
> seen digital cable and it absolutely stinks. Image
> quality is not number 1. After explaining this to them
> and them seeing digital cable at Circut City they
> agree that even when normal cable has its hiccups it's
> still better. I like DVD's though even though they may
> have artifacts and such their convenience, generally
> clearer picture and better audio (I'm not an
> audiophile) make them the winner over VHS.
But will digital cable improve program content :-)
jh
>
> Mark Lloyd
>
> --- "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'm sure what you see is not a typical DVD quality,
> > most (if not all) home
> > theater fans are using DVD and they are simply
> > amazing when projected to 60
> > or even 100" screen. Sorry to hear your bad
> > experience but it doesn't mean
> > all digital video are that bad.
> >
> > Same for CD, LD, DVD or digital camera, if you have
> > never own one (with
> > reasonable quality) you will never know or accept
> > it. Try it out yourself
> > before saying anything.
> >
> > BTW, I think in US you need to go to some advance
> > area like NY to see the
> > "real" stuffs, some shops just have no idea on how
> > to give a good demo. It
> > also happen sometimes here but most of the larger
> > shops here know how to
> > show off their equipment. The demo video source are
> > the top stuffs.
> >
> > C.H.Ling
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > > I saw a "digital cable tv" image of a football
> > (played with a pointed,
> > dark
> > > brown pigskin in the USA) on a 45" CRT tv at an
> > appliance store. It was a
> > > mess. Every edge had over-sharpening artifacts
> > and the non-edge parts of
> > > the image had no, (NO) detail at all. Worst of
> > all, gross pixelization
> > was
> > > obvious from 15 feet away.
> > >
> > > I'm not lusting after hi-rez video. (Hi-res
> > audio, yes though.)
> > >
> > > Lama
>
>
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