Re: OTA quality vs cable vs dish

Ant <ANTant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8/2/2009 1:55 PM PT, cjdaytonjrnospam@xxxxxxx typed:

I heard somewhere that OTA HD quality surpasses either cable
or dish. I was wondering if this is true, and what are the facts.
The only rationale I can think of is these paid services perhaps
compress at a higher factor, if this is true.
Please set me straight.
Thanks.

Nothing to set straight. You have it right.

Even MPEG-4 on dish I kept reading?

The mpeg4 local channels on Directv are very good.
Most can't tell the difference. I think the ota
hd version is SLIGHTLY better, but not by much.

Chip

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