Tlbox-verizon on 8 Jun 2019 17:54:36 -0700


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


Oh, indeed it’s resolution, but their compression is lossy and as a result effectively degrades resolution.

> On Jun 8, 2019, at 20:44, Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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