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<blockquote data-quote="winterescape" data-source="post: 539325" data-attributes="member: 90370"><p>Good list of things to check. I will add that a very good web site for US antenna selection is <a href="http://www.antennaweb.org" target="_blank">AntennaWeb</a> just enter your zip and select an antenna by color code.</p><p></p><p>Your comment about the ATSC data stream is somewhat misleading but we both come to the same conclusion. You need a big hard drive. All ATSC broadcast is compressed using MPEG. The cable companies just throw away more data to allow them to fit more channels over the pipe. If you use Media Portal, and most other DVR software or hardware solutions, it does just store the Transport stream and then decompress it on the fly to display it when played back.</p><p></p><p> I think saying, “most cable and satellite uses a higher compression ratio than network broadcast ATSC TV” makes your point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winterescape, post: 539325, member: 90370"] Good list of things to check. I will add that a very good web site for US antenna selection is [url=http://www.antennaweb.org]AntennaWeb[/url] just enter your zip and select an antenna by color code. Your comment about the ATSC data stream is somewhat misleading but we both come to the same conclusion. You need a big hard drive. All ATSC broadcast is compressed using MPEG. The cable companies just throw away more data to allow them to fit more channels over the pipe. If you use Media Portal, and most other DVR software or hardware solutions, it does just store the Transport stream and then decompress it on the fly to display it when played back. I think saying, “most cable and satellite uses a higher compression ratio than network broadcast ATSC TV” makes your point. [/QUOTE]
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