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I have noticed the last few weeks that on most channels the picture
quality has degraded to where the facial details are almost
nonexistent, colors are blooming, just sucks in general ....looks
like DTV is using heavier compression than in the past. It's not my
system. I have visited other DTV subscribers and they say the same
thing. The local cable company must use DTV downloads for their
system because their picture quality is worse. It bad cable video
tracks DTV's. CNBC's programs have people looking red on the DTV,
on cable they are super red!

My cable was HD for over 15 years compared to the last year or so on
DTV.

Anyone know why DTV currently has such lousy picture quality?

It sounds like a problem with your TELEVISION SET or MONITOR to
me......it looks fine as far as DBS goes from my perspective.But then
again,I am watching SD material.I cannot correlate HD sources on
HD,because I have not upgraded yet.I am waiting for the MPEG-4
receivers to become broadly available and broadcast in my area.

Well,OK......but I can only re-iterate that as far as THIS viewer is
concerned,my DirecTV looks fine.

I have noticed the last few weeks that on most channels the picture quality
has degraded to where the facial details are almost nonexistent, colors are
blooming, just sucks in general ....looks like DTV is using heavier
compression than in the past.
....
Anyone know why DTV currently has such lousy picture quality?

In article <lj-dnR4_AMcJhxveUSdV9g@ptd.net>,
"Bob Petruska" <petruska@mail.microserve.net> writes:

I have noticed the last few weeks that on most channels the picture quality
has degraded to where the facial details are almost nonexistent, colors are
blooming, just sucks in general ....looks like DTV is using heavier
compression than in the past.
...
Anyone know why DTV currently has such lousy picture quality?

DirecTV's picture quality has traditionally gone down a bit during
football season, because they begin devoting a lot of bandwidth to NFL
Sunday Ticket. Of course, there may be other factors, too -- I don't know
if they've added significant numbers of channels for other purposes, for
instance.

In article <lj-dnR4_AMcJhxveUSdV9g@ptd.net>,
"Bob Petruska" <petruska@mail.microserve.net> writes:

I have noticed the last few weeks that on most channels the picture quality
has degraded to where the facial details are almost nonexistent, colors are
blooming, just sucks in general ....looks like DTV is using heavier
compression than in the past.
...
Anyone know why DTV currently has such lousy picture quality?

DirecTV's picture quality has traditionally gone down a bit during
football season, because they begin devoting a lot of bandwidth to NFL
Sunday Ticket. Of course, there may be other factors, too -- I don't know
if they've added significant numbers of channels for other purposes, for
instance.

"Jack Zwick" <jackzwick@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:jackzwick-EFDF01.12471226112005@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com...
In article <re9m53-l3u.ln1@speaker.rodsbooks.com>,
rodsmith@nessus.rodsbooks.com (Rod Smith) wrote:

In article <lj-dnR4_AMcJhxveUSdV9g@ptd.net>,
"Bob Petruska" <petruska@mail.microserve.net> writes:

I have noticed the last few weeks that on most channels the picture
quality
has degraded to where the facial details are almost nonexistent,
colors are
blooming, just sucks in general ....looks like DTV is using heavier
compression than in the past.
...
Anyone know why DTV currently has such lousy picture quality?

DirecTV's picture quality has traditionally gone down a bit during
football season, because they begin devoting a lot of bandwidth to NFL
Sunday Ticket. Of course, there may be other factors, too -- I don't
know
if they've added significant numbers of channels for other purposes,
for
instance.

They greatly increased the number of Audio Music channels when they
switched to XM; and when they announced it I asked "Where will bandwidth
come from?", and now you've answered the question.

How many NFL ST games are broadcast at the same time? I'd guess that
number
will never exceed 8 to 10. How many PPV movie channels will be off
during the
NFL ST games? I counted at least 50 PPV channels scheduled with no
programming
tomorrow during NFL ST hours. I rarely watch PPV movies but I can't
recall
people complaining about not having PPV available on Sunday in past years.

The music only channels use far less bandwidth than channels with dynamic
video.
Sports programming and some of the shopping channels are not broadcast
24x7.
How many baseball or hockey game broadcasts are scheduled on Sunday?
Are NBA games played on Sunday?

One thing for certain is the local channels won't be affected.

In article <re9m53-l3u.ln1@speaker.rodsbooks.com>,
rodsmith@nessus.rodsbooks.com (Rod Smith) wrote:

In article <lj-dnR4_AMcJhxveUSdV9g@ptd.net>,
"Bob Petruska" <petruska@mail.microserve.net> writes:

I have noticed the last few weeks that on most channels the picture quality
has degraded to where the facial details are almost nonexistent, colors are
blooming, just sucks in general ....looks like DTV is using heavier
compression than in the past.
...
Anyone know why DTV currently has such lousy picture quality?

DirecTV's picture quality has traditionally gone down a bit during
football season, because they begin devoting a lot of bandwidth to NFL
Sunday Ticket. Of course, there may be other factors, too -- I don't know
if they've added significant numbers of channels for other purposes, for
instance.

They greatly increased the number of Audio Music channels when they
switched to XM; and when they announced it I asked "Where will bandwidth
come from?", and now you've answered the question.

"Jack Zwick" <jackzwick@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:jackzwick-EFDF01.12471226112005@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com...
In article <re9m53-l3u.ln1@speaker.rodsbooks.com>,
rodsmith@nessus.rodsbooks.com (Rod Smith) wrote:

In article <lj-dnR4_AMcJhxveUSdV9g@ptd.net>,
"Bob Petruska" <petruska@mail.microserve.net> writes:

I have noticed the last few weeks that on most channels the picture
quality
has degraded to where the facial details are almost nonexistent, colors
are
blooming, just sucks in general ....looks like DTV is using heavier
compression than in the past.
...
Anyone know why DTV currently has such lousy picture quality?

DirecTV's picture quality has traditionally gone down a bit during
football season, because they begin devoting a lot of bandwidth to NFL
Sunday Ticket. Of course, there may be other factors, too -- I don't know
if they've added significant numbers of channels for other purposes, for
instance.

They greatly increased the number of Audio Music channels when they
switched to XM; and when they announced it I asked "Where will bandwidth
come from?", and now you've answered the question.

How many NFL ST games are broadcast at the same time? I'd guess that number
will never exceed 8 to 10. How many PPV movie channels will be off during
the
NFL ST games? I counted at least 50 PPV channels scheduled with no
programming
tomorrow during NFL ST hours. I rarely watch PPV movies but I can't recall
people complaining about not having PPV available on Sunday in past years.

The music only channels use far less bandwidth than channels with dynamic
video.
Sports programming and some of the shopping channels are not broadcast 24x7.
How many baseball or hockey game broadcasts are scheduled on Sunday?
Are NBA games played on Sunday?

"Jack Ak" <akjack@excite.com> wrote in message
news:ww3if.20686$7h7.6028@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...

"Jack Zwick" <jackzwick@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:jackzwick-EFDF01.12471226112005@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com...
In article <re9m53-l3u.ln1@speaker.rodsbooks.com>,
rodsmith@nessus.rodsbooks.com (Rod Smith) wrote:

In article <lj-dnR4_AMcJhxveUSdV9g@ptd.net>,
"Bob Petruska" <petruska@mail.microserve.net> writes:

I have noticed the last few weeks that on most channels the picture
quality
has degraded to where the facial details are almost nonexistent,
colors are
blooming, just sucks in general ....looks like DTV is using heavier
compression than in the past.
...
Anyone know why DTV currently has such lousy picture quality?

DirecTV's picture quality has traditionally gone down a bit during
football season, because they begin devoting a lot of bandwidth to NFL
Sunday Ticket. Of course, there may be other factors, too -- I don't
know
if they've added significant numbers of channels for other purposes,
for
instance.

They greatly increased the number of Audio Music channels when they
switched to XM; and when they announced it I asked "Where will bandwidth
come from?", and now you've answered the question.

How many NFL ST games are broadcast at the same time? I'd guess that
number
will never exceed 8 to 10. How many PPV movie channels will be off
during the
NFL ST games? I counted at least 50 PPV channels scheduled with no
programming
tomorrow during NFL ST hours. I rarely watch PPV movies but I can't
recall
people complaining about not having PPV available on Sunday in past years.

The music only channels use far less bandwidth than channels with dynamic
video.
Sports programming and some of the shopping channels are not broadcast
24x7.
How many baseball or hockey game broadcasts are scheduled on Sunday?
Are NBA games played on Sunday?

One thing for certain is the local channels won't be affected.


Probably around 8-10 is the a good guess of the max number of NFL ST games
that is on at one time. However, they also televise in HD as well as a
couple multi-view channels. Any ST channel not showing a live game is
showing the score updates. So, while there may only be about 8 games on,
the feeds take a lot more bandwidth than that.

Yes, NBA is on Sunday too. Actually, Sunday tends to have lots of sports
on.

In article <ww3if.20686$7h7.6028@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>,
"Jack Ak" <akjack@excite.com> wrote:


"Jack Zwick" <jackzwick@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:jackzwick-EFDF01.12471226112005@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com...
In article <re9m53-l3u.ln1@speaker.rodsbooks.com>,
rodsmith@nessus.rodsbooks.com (Rod Smith) wrote:

In article <lj-dnR4_AMcJhxveUSdV9g@ptd.net>,
"Bob Petruska" <petruska@mail.microserve.net> writes:

I have noticed the last few weeks that on most channels the picture
quality
has degraded to where the facial details are almost nonexistent, colors
are
blooming, just sucks in general ....looks like DTV is using heavier
compression than in the past.
...
Anyone know why DTV currently has such lousy picture quality?

DirecTV's picture quality has traditionally gone down a bit during
football season, because they begin devoting a lot of bandwidth to NFL
Sunday Ticket. Of course, there may be other factors, too -- I don't know
if they've added significant numbers of channels for other purposes, for
instance.

They greatly increased the number of Audio Music channels when they
switched to XM; and when they announced it I asked "Where will bandwidth
come from?", and now you've answered the question.

How many NFL ST games are broadcast at the same time? I'd guess that number
will never exceed 8 to 10. How many PPV movie channels will be off during
the
NFL ST games? I counted at least 50 PPV channels scheduled with no
programming
tomorrow during NFL ST hours. I rarely watch PPV movies but I can't recall
people complaining about not having PPV available on Sunday in past years.

The music only channels use far less bandwidth than channels with dynamic
video.
Sports programming and some of the shopping channels are not broadcast 24x7.
How many baseball or hockey game broadcasts are scheduled on Sunday?
Are NBA games played on Sunday?

The OP said nothing about Sunday.

XM channels have been "on" for less than a week, so they are not the cause of
"degraded"
picture quality in the last few weeks. What has changed in the last few
weeks?