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I just made the mistake of buying an HD-DVD player - I got into the last week of the Fathers day promo so it was a good price.

If anyone is considering doing the same I urge them not to. I'm trying to watch a movie in HD on cable, and all I can think of is how bad it looks in comparison.

Save yourself some heartache (and $) and pretend broadcast is good enough...
 
Really? Our HD channels (for the most part) look as good as our HD DVD player. This is on a 70" 1080P screen. It shows artifacts from digital compression VERY well. Makes non-HD channels look crappy/grainy by comparison.
 
Well, in an effort to help put things into perspective flip over to a few of the non-HD channels before watching the HD Cable movie /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
I have a 63 in the FR and a 52 in the kitchen.

Both are showing horrible compression artifacts on the HD movies in fast changing scenes. I don't get that with 1080P material. I was watching the Fantastic 4 last night at dinnertime and it was flat out nasty. It kept dissolving into squares. The fact that the viewing distance for the 52 is about 6' compounds this issue of course, but it is still visible on the other screen at 15'.

They actually do a reasonable job on SD though - because my expectations are so low...

Anyone try FIOS? Is is any better?
 
I'm sorry, will my rabbit ears pick this stuff up? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
alana said:
Both are showing horrible compression artifacts on the HD movies in fast changing scenes. I don't get that with 1080P material.
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I would almost bet its more of a delivery problem for your 'HD' channels then. I'd be calling the cable company and asking why the HD channels are breaking up. It sounds like they are still compressing the signal too much on you.
 
Alan - by any chance are you using Charter HD?

Tom
 
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