XPost: rec.music.gdead, sci.electronics.design   
   From: lcargill99@comcast.net   
      
   ehsjr wrote:   
   > Arny Krueger wrote:   
   >> "Michael A. Terrell"  wrote in   
   >> message news:8P-dnbt0GpktIe_QnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@earthlink.com   
   >>   
   >>> Randy Yates wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 03/03/2011 08:26 AM, Arny Krueger wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> "Randy Yates" wrote in message   
   >>>>> news:o4edndYKdafAJvDQnZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d@supernews.com   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> You've missed my point completely. I miss the nostalgia   
   >>>>>> of the era.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I suspect that for most LP lovers, this is the unique   
   >>>>> attraction.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Right, and it doesn't preclude the fact that digital is   
   >>>> "better" in almost every way.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> You're right. DTV is so much better than analog. In   
   >>> fact it's so good that I no longer get any OTA TV.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I think the relevant comparison would be digital over cable versus   
   >> analog over cable.   
   >>   
   >> No surprise, digital still wins hands down.   
   >   
   > When you cherry pick the comparison conditions.   
   > Mike's point was that he received OTA prior to "digital TV"   
   > and does not now.   
   >   
   > Another comparison: in one month of cable digital TV, you get   
   > more problems (frozen frames, dropouts (video and/or audio),   
   > outages, incorrect menus, etc.) than in ten years of analog   
   > ota tv, or in ten years of analog cable tv.   
   >   
      
   Ehhh.... let's relist here:   
      
   1) multipath.   
   2) *always* low SNR unless you're getting blasted or on an   
   actual *good* cable connection.   
   3) AM noise sensitivity.   
   4) Going back to dinosaur days, before PLLs, vertical hold drift.   
   5) 400 lbs of analog filters, tubes, transformers and whatnot.   
   6) Keeping your left hand in your pocket at all times...   
   7) Antenna rotators...   
      
   Don't get me wrong, NTSC was a bloody miracle, given how it   
   came to be ( check the book "Tube" some time, or the PBS series   
   based on it, or both ) but *the* solution to digital already exists -   
   fiber. And it's mostly here.   
      
      
   > Another comparison: in 1 minute of watching HDTV, analog TV   
   > becomes obsolete in the viewer's opinion.   
   >   
   > So you can cherry pick either way. My vote goes to digital,   
   > of course, but I still appreciate Mike's humor.   
   >   
   > Ed   
   >   
   >   
   >> In retrospect, its surprising that analog was as good as it was.   
   >>   
      
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