Re: [PLUG] MythTV can't tune ABC via LEAF

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com>]

I'm pretty sure "high def" mostly has to do with the resolution, not
the compression ratio. But yeah, the difference is really
noticeable. But hey, afaict a large percentage of the population can't
even tell that they're watching letterboxed standard def channels on
their HDTVs, so what do I know?

On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 08:26:56PM -0400, Tlbox-verizon wrote:
> Despite touting high def, cable typically compresses the crap out of their signals. Over the air HD is always going to look better.
> 
> > On Jun 8, 2019, at 20:11, Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I've got an HD rabbit ears antenna I picked up for about $12 when I
> > finally got an HD TV in 2012. I haven't changed my channel settings
> > since then. I usually watch on cable but I just gave the antenna a try
> > to see if anything had changed. I can confirm that channels 6 and 12
> > both look fine to me.
> > 
> > Full disclosure -- I have an unobstructed view of the antenna farm in
> > Roxborough out my window.
> > 
> > Also, I'd forgotten how much better baseball looks on broadcast TV
> > than on cable!
> > 
> > Walt
> > 
> >> On Sat, Jun 01, 2019 at 07:33:01PM -0400, Rachel plays Linux wrote:
> >> Channels 6 and 12 gave always been more trouble for us ever since the
> >> digital switch. We're in our third month of YouTube tv now, though, so I
> >> can't say whether anything has changed recently.
> >> 
> >>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 5:52 PM JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> I've always had a problem tuning in ABC via my LEAF antenna for MythTV,
> >>> but it mostly worked.  In the last 2-3 weeks it seems like it's not
> >>> working at all anymore, at least via the HD HomeRun 2 tuner I have.
> >>> 
> >>> Is anyone else having problems or does anyone know if something changed
> >>> recently?  Is anyone else still fiddling with broadcast at all, or is
> >>> everyone doing some kind of streaming?  We have Netflix and Amazon
> >>> Prime, but that only goes so far.
> >>> 
> >>> Clues?  TIA,
> >>> JP
> >>> 
> >>> PS--it seems like a lot of PBS stuff is on Netflix or Amazon, but I've
> >>> found that the Roku PBS app silently crashes when Pi-hole blocks
> >>> doubleclick.net, which I find unacceptable
> >>> (
> >>> https://help.pbs.org/support/solutions/articles/12000047549-when-i-try-to-play-a-video-on-my-roku-device-the-pbs-channel-shuts-down-and-i-m-returned-to-the-roku
> >>> ).
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