Re: Dish adding 22 new HD channels

In article <g0h79g22rge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, <phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

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> I'd like to know if the picture quality of the locals HD programming is
as
> good via satellite as is via terrestrial (aside from your antenna
issue).
> I worry that both satellite and cable will try to over compress these.
> 
> OTOH, neither DishNet nor DirecTV will provide my locals via the
satellite.
> So OTA is the only option for me.

IN a word "no." I have DTV and OTA and OTA beats Direct hands down
almost everytime. The local stations have the option of either
compressing and having lots of subchannels or not compressing and using
the full available bandwidth. My local FOX affiliate shuts down all the
sub channels for major s****ting events such as Football, BBall, and
NASCAR.

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