NZ GENERAL 2 RE SKY TV AUSSIES V POMS TV QUALITY SUCKS
From: "Kent Smith" (kent@no-spam)
Subject: Re: SKY TV Aussies v Poms TV Quality sucks
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:19:32 +1200


"MorrisTheCat" <MorrisTheCat@no-spam> wrote in message news:3ef4b9d0@no-spam >
> "Lukagain" <btoldth@no-spam> wrote in message > news:e598fvks6jf0irjc54ie872hb23mnn8h6u@no-spam > > The quality of the tv picture from Aussie dropped bigtime from the > > earlier game from Hamilton.
> > Couldda been worse.
> > Couldda been watching on a $16k huge plasma.
> > That wouldda looked worse than on a playstation one.
> >
> Picture quality goes out the window these days when it comes to sport on TV.
> It's the least priority of a station covering a game. Comes about because of > the need to save as much $ and they use the cheapest bit-rate digital cct > possible be it Sky's own satellite linkage into the country versus using for > example Telecom's TasminII fibre (cable). Add to that the artifacts of MPEG > processing, and various other bits of video processing that occur at the > station (frame storing for timing by using a couple of digital convertors > back to back and convertion from 16:9 to 4:3) no wonder the piccie looks > crap. I already cringe when they pan the camera in a game and the crowd > becomes a just a grey smudge in the background, and the grass a smoothe > green fluffy carpet. That's on a 29" TV. Sometimes even the team colours > move off the players.
>
> You are so right saying how disappointed punters must be when they put this > pic quality on their $16,000 plasma, $7000 video projector or $30,000
70inch > LCD. So much for digital television.
>
I want my HDTV.

-KENT

From: "Ren" (Ren1974@no-spam)
Subject: Re: SKY TV Aussies v Poms TV Quality sucks
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 16:01:51 +1200

I couldnt agree with you any more Kent..
Another classic example was last weekends Super V8 series from Darwin.
I had the Direct feed Via Sat tuned in on my Nokia..Which was a bloody Nice Clean and crisp picture.
When switching over to SKY Nz's TV one service, it was a Washed out trashy looking pic..
Just one of the powers that Pay Tv operators have ..
Increase and decrease the bandwidth as they see fit...


From: "bassett" (bassett@no-spam)
Subject: Re: SKY TV Aussies v Poms TV Quality sucks
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 23:57:52 +1000

What he means is, He was intercepting a sports feed on B1. Big deal..

Ren <Ren1974@no-spam> wrote in message news:5OsMa.62503$JA5.1132458@no-spam > I couldnt agree with you any more Kent..
> Another classic example was last weekends Super V8 series from Darwin.
> I had the Direct feed Via Sat tuned in on my Nokia..Which was a bloody Nice > Clean and crisp picture.
> When switching over to SKY Nz's TV one service, it was a Washed out trashy > looking pic..
> Just one of the powers that Pay Tv operators have ..
> Increase and decrease the bandwidth as they see fit...
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