Archive for 'Troubleshooting'
Why won’t satellite companies at least provide HD network feeds?
The National Association of Broadcasters lobbies effectively for the local stations. As a result, Congress has legislated that these stations continue to enjoy their monopolies. Contracts between the networks and the local stations vary a lot. The result is a patchwork of rules on who can receive what. In most cases the satellites operators are […]
Posted: October 2nd, 2005 under Troubleshooting.
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Why do some SD programs look so bad?
One problem is a light snow that sometimes shows up in HD broadcasts of SD material. This is a consequence of the change in the bandwidth between recording and playback. Although the bandwidth of SD is said to be 4 MHz, it is not a sharp cutoff. The roll-off starts before 4 […]
Posted: October 1st, 2005 under Troubleshooting.
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