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   On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:46:12 -0500, "Arny Krueger"  wrote:   
      
   >"ehsjr"  wrote in message   
   >news:il2v9c$bpr$1@news.eternal-september.org   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >I'm not cherry picking, I'm just talking about what happens around here.   
      
   You just did.   
      
   >> Mike's point was that he received OTA prior to "digital   
   >> TV" and does not now.   
   >   
   >Well by law all OTA TV where I live is digital. It is what it is.   
      
   It is where Michael lives, too.  It is what it is, except when it isn't, which   
   was Michael's point.  He isn't alone.   
      
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >Not my particular experience.  Besides, you're cherry-picking faults to   
   >*exclude* the typical analog faults.   
      
   The typical analog fault is snow or much less often ghosting.  It is still   
   watchable as it degrades a long way down.  Digital is *far* more picky and   
   doesn't fail gracefully at all.   
      
   >> Another comparison: in 1 minute of watching HDTV, analog   
   >> TV becomes obsolete in the viewer's opinion.   
   >   
   >That sounds to me like very good news!   
      
   Pay attention!   
      
   >> So you can cherry pick either way.  My vote goes to   
   >> digital, of course, but I still appreciate Mike's humor.   
   >   
   >Who is cherry picking?   
      
   *YOU* are.   
      
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