MrRant

Sonics vs. Detroit tonight.

Living by yourself is so worth the extra money.

1. Anyone who tries to tell me that analog cable picture is just as good as digital satelitte picture has been brainwashed with cable company propaganda. I told my cable company to fuck off because I was sick of paying for a below average product (granted, I am not talking HD service here, of which cable might actually do a better job of). Mr. Rant is just trying to defend his job the same way a mother cat tries to defend her sick baby kittens. 2. Mr. Rant's posts were arguing against different points than I was trying to make. Everything he said was technically correct, but had little bearing on what I was actually stating. 1. A digital signal, which is essentially the transmission of numeric data, either arrives at its destination or not. If part of the data is missing, there's damage to part of the image, but most of the image appears exactly the way it should look. If an analog signal degrades, the entire picture loks fuzzy, snowy, or generally shitty. 2. That's a reasonable excuse, but that doesn't mean I (as a customer) want to pay for 71 shitty looking analog channels if I'm shelling out $50+ a month for "digital" cable. On a dish, every channel looks as good as the best channels (the ones you can access with a digital cable box) you get with digital cable. Incorrect. When digital signal degrades, you end up getting pixeling (tiling) or audio/visual drop outs. Again, poor analog quality (on an HD set) is usually due to the higher resolution on the HD set and screen size as any imperfection either digital or analog is enlarged. Just the way it is. Also, no matter what the source, poor internal wiring is the cause of most issues, not all. I don't necessarily defend our product over satellite though I think we are superior in MOST cases, I am telling you the technical reasons so you do not misguide people.

I think this is wrong, respectfully. Salaries in pro football are held artificially low thanks to the salary cap. If there is a free agent who can mean the difference in reaching the Super Bowl, how much is that worth to a franchise? People are going to be stunned how much some of these players might make on the open market. Football isn't really that way compared to other sports IMO. Too many facets of the game you have to be GOOD at.

That has nothing to do with having an HD set. It has to do with cable companies transmitting their cable signal in analog. Umm.. most all channels transmit in analog. Pretty much the only thing DirecTV does is digitally compress everything as they have limited bandwidth. Thanks for playing though. I love it when people think you're talking about something completely different and then try to correct you. A real mark of genius. That's the second time you've done it. You see, I was referring to the way the cable operator transmits it to your house. Cable companies transit it to you house using analog via a coaxial cable (which degrades), satelitte companies transmit it to your house digitally (digital code which is descrambled by a satelitte receiver). In other words, when I had cable, the picture wasn't as good as it is with satelitte. By the way, next time you want to use a picture posted with my bandwidth as your avatar: ask, you fucking loser. 1. All signal degrades, even fiber though it's a longer distance. 2. Cable systems are hybrid fiber/coax which means that the analog signal is transmitted to the node via fiber, converted to analog, then sent onto your house via coaxial cable. We can easily transmit everything digitally and would rather do that but you have Ma and Pa who don't want to use a converter. Also we have do amp the signal along as it comes in and MOST (not all, most) signal problems are within the home. Tsk tsk tsk.

Theres no such thing as an HD Antenna. Im picking up 2 HD channels (and all the other digital SD channels) OTA with a $3 antenna I got on sale at Kmart thats really just the old fashioned rabit ears style. Of course I live within 10 miles of both broadcast towers so the signals are pretty strong. I noticed that companies are selling "HD Antennas", however they cost upwards of $50 and are nothing more than their amplified versions (the ones that plug in) with a better design, when the amplified ones would work and cost around $20. If you live a bit further out (within like..20 miles) you should probably look into one of those. Outside of 25 miles, you are kind of stuck with having to put up a bigger antenna outside.. Some older antennas do not pick up the digital signal. And most HD antennas (ones capable of receiving them) can pull in signals from ~50 miles away. Such as the Silver Sensor.

They will need a TV with a built in HD tuner and an HD antenna.

I'll take Seattle. Again.

Yeah.

Clearly Czech looks up to me.

Well, at least I only do links. Unlike ThreadKiller there...

That has nothing to do with having an HD set. It has to do with cable companies transmitting their cable signal in analog. Umm.. most all channels transmit in analog. Pretty much the only thing DirecTV does is digitally compress everything as they have limited bandwidth. Thanks for playing though.

Incorrect. That has to do with the HD set, as HD sets display analog more or less poorly depending on the size of the screen. If you live in an area with ADS then it's fine since it's digitally simulcast. Plus the HD channels on cable look SOOO much better than Sat due to their compression.

I'm aware. I work for the cable company. But you will need Component at the low end of the HD realm yes.

Umm.. they do push the HD signal down through COAX

I watched this movie with a head full of mushrooms once, not knowing what it was. Fucked me up.. The guy with a nobby arm spinning that staff. Holy shit. I watched it again tonight. Cripples + Kung Fu would equal ratings.

He got a Trillian error.

I always like the episodes that touch on the Nazi's but this one was pretty thin.

I love Dama getting No-Sold by the NBA fans while he attempts to proclaim his love for the Celtics.

Only 4 spots to go to get to the bottom!

He truly is the King of Kings.

I'm assuming it's based on eithe A)Last name or B)What shade skin you hvae.

If you think about it, if you are staying at Motel 6/8/Red Roof Inn type hotels you are still spending ~$12,500 a year for 250 dates a year just in hotels. Assuming you don't split the room.

Damn it.