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I just watched the NFL pre-game show on NBC. I have used OTA before to get HD, and today is the first time I'm using cable. I'm using a Series 3 with SA CableCARDs.
The show looked AWFUL. Seriously, it seemed like it was some sort of higher-res version of a youtube video. EVERY transition, smoke, flashing light etc during the show was pixelated. Just simple panning over the cheerleaders made the glitter on them pixelated. It looked horrible.
It could just be that this was very motion intense, which it was... but still, I have a hard time believing I would have not seen something like this before on OTA.
So I looked at the file size. It's 2.82GB, for 30 minutes of video. What bitrate does that equal? It seems REALLY small to get 1920*1080 (since it's NBC) at 5.64GB/hour. The only conclusion I can draw is that TWC is compressing the signal so much that it comes out like crap. Or is there another reason?
This was so freaking awful I am inclined to drop HD altogether. I prefer the unpixelated less detailed analog images!
This is the first thing I've watched in HD so far after getting the CCs... maybe I should hold my horses, I guess it could have been a fluke. I'll see if the game itself, or other shows look better...
The show looked AWFUL. Seriously, it seemed like it was some sort of higher-res version of a youtube video. EVERY transition, smoke, flashing light etc during the show was pixelated. Just simple panning over the cheerleaders made the glitter on them pixelated. It looked horrible.
It could just be that this was very motion intense, which it was... but still, I have a hard time believing I would have not seen something like this before on OTA.
So I looked at the file size. It's 2.82GB, for 30 minutes of video. What bitrate does that equal? It seems REALLY small to get 1920*1080 (since it's NBC) at 5.64GB/hour. The only conclusion I can draw is that TWC is compressing the signal so much that it comes out like crap. Or is there another reason?
This was so freaking awful I am inclined to drop HD altogether. I prefer the unpixelated less detailed analog images!
This is the first thing I've watched in HD so far after getting the CCs... maybe I should hold my horses, I guess it could have been a fluke. I'll see if the game itself, or other shows look better...