Fred McKenzie wrote:

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Why do you say that?


Easy, with digital you are simply determining whether a signal is
present--or on (a binary one), on not--and off (a binary zero) ... an
analog signal contains much more data which can "screw up."

You can't have a less-than perfect digital TV signal. There is no snow
because a weak digital signal's picture freezes or goes away. Therefore
there is no way to compare quality levels of less-than perfect pictures.


Oh, yes you can, indeed, ever hear of "lossy data compaction?" It is
used for audio and video where not every bit/byte of data need to be
perfect--attempt that with an executable file and it fails ... the
program itself can "deduce" if the data is just "degraded" or is beyond
use and pass it along to the video/audio device or toss it as decided ...

Most of the time my simple antenna picks up good HDTV. However there
are times when reception is poor, and I have to switch to the Analog
tuner. I'd rather have a little snow than no picture at all!

As I say, something is wrong, and it may not be "all on your end", and
broadcast HDTV may need some upgrades to the software handling the
coding/decoding of the signals ... widespread usage, in the future, and
"fixes" along the way should provide a much improved system.

I have not had a chance to "experience" broadcast HDTV yet ... however,
the cable HDTV is much improved over old analog ...


Fred