Darren New wrote:
> 
> That's what put me off of buying a DTV for several years. But then you
> compare it to an analog channel and the difference is so dramatic you
> decide to put up with occasional artifacts. Kind of like programming on
> an LCD, then plugging the computer into a regular TV.
> 
> I think some providers recompress the signal to fit more
> shows/movies/whatever over the same cable, so you get different levels
> of artifacts.

In Finland most of the "normal" channels are provided with too low
bitrate, while there's easily noticeable MPEG artefacts all the time.
Add the fact that most TV's scaler is unqualified to do it's job and
you'll see MPEG artefacts and sawlines.

I can watch DVD on 93" image from 4 meters - or NES with the same-sized
image from 3 meters*, but 32" LCD-TV (mostly with stupid 1336x768
-panels) and the broadcast here from 3m is out of tolerance for me.

*) I guess the expectation makes some part of this - seeing huge NES
pixels is somewhat nostalgic. Seeing hyped, supposed-to-be-best-ever
technology failing is... mostly pathetic.

> Video games, for some reason, seem much more blocky.

MPEG -style? On what console?

-Aero

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