as i understand it, cable companies can only send so much information over their lines. they have phone, internet, cable tv, etc, running over outdated and extremely long feeding lines. satellite, which i can't get, supposably(suppossedly?), has a stronger tv signal for the following reasons: the signal is passed through the length of cable from the dish to your tv only reducing a TON of interfernce and transfer loss. also they have less signal passing through that line and can pass more signal than cable lines so more information can pass through to your system. the stations are apparently all digital, not analgue crap like cable, which imho, is still alot bettter even from m y cable provider. hope thjis helps even though i can't verify. it is just some "science" behind the madness. on another note i just aded a power conidtioner and it helped a TON with my tv picture. d.
Digital Cable - Pixelization during motion
Hello Audioigoners,
I don't claim to be a videophile by any notion of the word... Though I'm sure I would be if I had $$$
I have a normal, non-HD CRT 27" TV and Comcast digital cable. As I was sitting down last night to watch the pinnacle of consumer entertainment AKA "American Idol" I was extremely disturbed. Not only from the content, but even more so from the phenominon my TV was producing.
A Static image looks OK, but whenever there is movement, there is pixelization. The images look "chunky." Fast movement makes the entire screen look like a hodge-podge of convoluted colors and shapes. It looks like playing back an MPEG vieo file on a 486 conputer whose CPU is not fast enough to keep up.
To me, this problem is completely unbearable. It starts as a minor distraction, then it become all I can focus on, then it gets even worse and makes me ill. It disturbs my inner balance, and frankly, seeing it makes me 'not OK' with the world.
I have noticed this at various friends houses as well who also have digital cable.
I CAN'T be the only one who's seeing this. I've never seen this phenominom in the many years that I've used analog cable.
Questions:
* What is causing this?
* Do all digital cable receives/services/whatevers have this problem? Or is there some band-aid that can fix it?
* Does satellite TV (DirecTV or DISH) have this problem at all?
* HOW DO YOU GUYS COPE?!?!?
I don't claim to be a videophile by any notion of the word... Though I'm sure I would be if I had $$$
I have a normal, non-HD CRT 27" TV and Comcast digital cable. As I was sitting down last night to watch the pinnacle of consumer entertainment AKA "American Idol" I was extremely disturbed. Not only from the content, but even more so from the phenominon my TV was producing.
A Static image looks OK, but whenever there is movement, there is pixelization. The images look "chunky." Fast movement makes the entire screen look like a hodge-podge of convoluted colors and shapes. It looks like playing back an MPEG vieo file on a 486 conputer whose CPU is not fast enough to keep up.
To me, this problem is completely unbearable. It starts as a minor distraction, then it become all I can focus on, then it gets even worse and makes me ill. It disturbs my inner balance, and frankly, seeing it makes me 'not OK' with the world.
I have noticed this at various friends houses as well who also have digital cable.
I CAN'T be the only one who's seeing this. I've never seen this phenominom in the many years that I've used analog cable.
Questions:
* What is causing this?
* Do all digital cable receives/services/whatevers have this problem? Or is there some band-aid that can fix it?
* Does satellite TV (DirecTV or DISH) have this problem at all?
* HOW DO YOU GUYS COPE?!?!?