[Kenwood] RE: [Heathkit] OFF TOPIC QUERY

Mon Oct 2 08:06:32 EDT 2006

Yes, it *can* be, mostly if you've got a high end monitor. I've seen HD 
on a wide spectrum of sets from some of the best pro monitors to the 
Wal-Mart specials and some of the cheaper HD sets are not worth the money.
The real problem is that most TV stations don't just run their HD 
channel for the highest quality, which is full bandwidth and maximum 
data throughput. Most of them run 3 or 4 channels...HD (the letter-box 
format), standard definition or SD (a normal 4 by 3 screen format) plus 
more which can be anything from a full-time weather channel to business 
news. These extra channels reduce the quality of the HD channel, 
sometimes significantly, but that's okay since most viewers can't tell 
the difference and the added channels are additional sources of revenue. 
It's all a pretty straightforward business decision.
Jack, NA7RF
Dennis Younker NE6I wrote:
> Steve, you're missing out. HDTV is incredible.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Harrison" <k0xp at dandy.net>
> To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 7:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] RE: [Heathkit] OFF TOPIC QUERY
>>>> At 06:41 PM 10/1/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>>> Not so! HD channels are both VHF and UHF (up until last March I worked
>>> for a Reno TV station and helped but their VHF HD channel on the air).
>>> And don't hold you breath on the 2009 shutdown date for analog channels.
>>> I think there will be a real uproar when folks realize that they will be
>>> forced to acquire new sets on some certain date. Congress will likely
>>> back off on their ill-conceived mandate on shutdown of the analog
>>> channels when their constituency gets excited.
>>>> Obviously, what everybody else is hoping for is that 99.99% will be on
>> cable by then.
>>>> Which makes me wonder just what the heck is the whole point of all 
>> them TV
>> stations spending all that money on all that HD junk, when there'll be
>> almost nobody to watch them except out in the boonies. Just about 
>> everybody
>> in cities is already on cable or using them lil dinky DishTV thingies.
>>>> We're not even gonna bother shelling out the moolah for a HDTV just for
>> cable, let alone to watch the two or three remaining on-the-air 
>> stations we
>> can receive here in southwestern Connecticut.
>>>> Steve, K0XP
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