Owen Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 While we are discussing resolution and viewing distances etc, I thought I would through the cat among the piggins and comment on free to air analogue TV quality. I get good TV reception, with no noise or ghosting and I have noticed a steady decline in the quality of analogue TV over the last few years. Back in 2000, when TV stations where using mostly analogue equipment, locally produced content was of very high quality and noticeably higher resolution then DVD due to no digital compression. Nowadays, many programs, especially sports are very poor quality and little if any better then the blurry crap served up by Foxtel/Austar, and that’s bad. I get a much higher resolution picture from my DV camera then most sport and news programming and that never used to be the case. It is little wonder that people think digital TV is much better the analogue. Analogue TV has gone to crap. Anyone else notice this, or is it just my imagination? Regards, Owen
ijd Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 While we are discussing resolution and viewing distances etc, I thought I would through the cat among the piggins and comment on free to air analogue TV quality.I get good TV reception, with no noise or ghosting and I have noticed a steady decline in the quality of analogue TV over the last few years. Back in 2000, when TV stations where using mostly analogue equipment, locally produced content was of very high quality and noticeably higher resolution then DVD due to no digital compression. Nowadays, many programs, especially sports are very poor quality and little if any better then the blurry crap served up by Foxtel/Austar, and that’s bad. I get a much higher resolution picture from my DV camera then most sport and news programming and that never used to be the case. It is little wonder that people think digital TV is much better the analogue. Analogue TV has gone to crap. Anyone else notice this, or is it just my imagination? Regards, Owen <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't watch analogue - I thought that it was digital that had gone to crap over the 2 years that I have been watching it through an HD-STB connected to an SD TV. [Nine has certainly deteriorated badly in prime-time PQ]
Spoonfed Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 But is not analogue basicly a composite broadcast? I didn't think quality matching decent "digital" PAL could be achieved over composite........ theres "dot crawl" for one that is inherent in analogue broadcast.
RodN Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 While we are discussing resolution and viewing distances etc, I thought I would through the cat among the piggins and comment on free to air analogue TV quality.I get good TV reception, with no noise or ghosting and I have noticed a steady decline in the quality of analogue TV over the last few years. Back in 2000, when TV stations where using mostly analogue equipment, locally produced content was of very high quality and noticeably higher resolution then DVD due to no digital compression. Nowadays, many programs, especially sports are very poor quality and little if any better then the blurry crap served up by Foxtel/Austar, and that’s bad. I get a much higher resolution picture from my DV camera then most sport and news programming and that never used to be the case. It is little wonder that people think digital TV is much better the analogue. Analogue TV has gone to crap. Anyone else notice this, or is it just my imagination? Regards, Owen <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think you're imagining it. Analog pic quality for me has remained the same. I guess your area could have changed but you are more than likely just becoming more discerning because you're watching your DVD's through upscaling HTPC's and your TV though high def.
BigH Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 When one is talking closed circuit TV there was never anything wrong with analogue, it’s just when one has to receive the damn stuff over the air it all starts falling apart.
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