picture quality

[MarkB]

I know Bell's rate for HD channels of 8-9 mbps is not that good and causes the picture to be less sharp, but also I'm starting to think the poor pq on some channels is also network related. I watched Heroes tonight on NBCHE and the pq of Heroes was not very sharp at all and full of macroblocking. Any type of movement on a darker background showed all types of blocking artifacts. However, any HD commercials that were aired during Heroes looked good, way better then the actual show looked. Kind of weird how that happens. Still hoping there is in increase in pq come Wednesday though. Big Bang Theory and HIMYM looked soft tonight. Other shows have sparkling lines (NHL on TSN Versus feed more so the problem), but could also be an issue of less bandwith unable to process the full detail. I guess we'll se what happens Wednesday. I wish they would tell us which channels will switch when.

[ROCKetMAN]

oh and forgot. Just because 1080 is more lines then 720p doesn't mean its inferior 1080i interlaced 30frames a second. 720progressive 6o frames a second

[Paulo]

Hey markb, I also find 1080i to be the choice resolution. I have my 9200 HD PVR set to 1080i, and I did test 720p also but I still prefer 1080i overall.
I am sending this to my 60" kuro which has some of the best de-interlacing out there.
I still have some movies on my PVR from 2 years ago or so and the PQ is stunning, but this was when BEV was sending out 1080i.

Will BEV exec's never see the light ......QUALITY OVER QUANTITY, what do I care if you have reached 100 HD channels (1st ever in Canada) when 1/2 of those channels look like S**T.

Paul

Paul