[mythtv-users] How small can I get my captures?

[Aran Cox]

On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 12:04, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> At 11:42 AM 6/14/2003 -0500, John P DeVale wrote:
> [...]
> The second part is that I got digital cable for one location. This does not 
> help with the standard channels -- they still come in at analog quality 
> (way to go, Comcast!) -- but both visually and in capture, the superiority 
> of digital is apparent. Fortunately for me, Comcast is, at the moment, 
> running an extraordinarily good deal on digital ($6/month for first 
> location, $3/month for each additional location, for about 30 digital 
> channels, of which maybe 8-10 are of interest), which makes it at least 
> marginally affordable for me.
> 

That's totally different from my experience.  The digital channels here
(Mediacom) look hideous.  All the pay channels on are digital only so
consequently, all the movies on HBO look like over-compressed divx
files.  I'm utterly thankful most of the channels are analog and that
even when using the digital box (which I rarely do) that those channels
which are analog are simply passed through the box.  I can't imagine how
digital channels could look any better than their analog versions no
matter what the provider says in their adds..