Re: Blu-Ray disc sales soar...up 300%

HD television requires 6.5 to 7Mb of data to stay HD. From what I know the cable guys used to be around 8-9Mb. Satelite is only broadcasting at 8.5Mb. They used to be 12Mb when it originally launched. The provider I use transmits HD at 7.5Mb with 1Mb of overhead allowance. HD-IPTV.

Falcon your problem with your cable feed is that there may be too many links/chains in the fence that may cause degredation. Cable Networks for the most part are using 30 or 40 year old cables in the ground. You may not notice the difference. But then again watch for your feed to have more mpeg noise blocking or blotching.

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If I could get satelite I would. Paying for compressed HD that looks like garbage is backwards.

I'll let you in on a little secret, ExpressVu's signal isn't much better than Rogers. The only one who seems to be able to do HD right is Star Choice...or you can use an external antenna to pick up you local stations.

Considering Starchoice is owned by SHAW Cable I highly doubt that. Bell Canada controls 85% of all Telecomunitcations and Television Network Broadcast Satellite transmissions in Canada, they provide services to Shaw, Rogers, Telus, and Starchoice. Starchoice used to be big game in Canada ten years ago when it had Superchannel, but since then sold it to Corus Entertainment. Starchoice may use less compression than Bell, but Bell is huge and still offers the most HD content in Canada. They also offer the most digital programming than any other provider in Canada. They are a bunch of theiving weiners though.

Reggie, your opinion of Bell is pretty accurate. I used to have ExpressVu (Bell satelite) before I moved and the image and sound were better than what i have right now with Rogers. Unfortunately Rogers is my only option for watching HD where I live unless I try over the air antennas route which I don't even know if there are any HD channels in Toronto over-the-air.

I use the ol' rabbit ears for my hd. viewing. Even have the "calling outer space" antenna on my roof.

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[Post edited by ReaggieP on Apr 6, 2008]