[Johnboat]

I read this article about D* lowering the bit rate of it's signal to save on bandwidth. I'm sure many of you know this. My question is does D* really do this?

Before I got my HR20 I had Charter Cables HD package and I have noticed Charters HD looks far more sharper than D*s.

 

[Earl Bonovich]

This is the "HD-Lite" argument.

Do a search on HD-Lite or HDLite and you will find all the details about it.

 

[MikeR7]

All I know is that my DTV PQ is better than Charter's PQ and equal to what I get from OTA. So I am a happy camper with DTV PQ.

 

[bwaldron]

I read this article about D* lowering the bit rate of it's signal to save on bandwidth. I'm sure many of you know this. My question is does D* really do this?

Before I got my HR20 I had Charter Cables HD package and I have noticed Charters HD looks far more sharper than D*s.

Yes, they do. It infuriates video purists and simply annoys some of us. Others don't notice at all. Hopefully when the new sats are launched it will be a thing of the past.

Frankly I find watching the sports channels in highly overcompressed SD more of a PITA than HD-Lite...but I don't like having to deal with either (even though I understand the technical reasons for D* doing it).