Comments on: More TV Blues http://gritzmacher.net/2008/10/more-tv-blues/ They let anyone have a blog, you know... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:55:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Al http://gritzmacher.net/2008/10/more-tv-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-13340 Al Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:10:03 +0000 http://gritzmacher.net/?p=814#comment-13340 That's a good point. When it's there, OTS HDTV is great. My dish was out for three weeks and I hardly missed it. Incidentally, it isn't just the two Buffalo stations, but all of Lin TV's stations, however many that is across the country and however many are in TW areas. While, as they say, it's just a penny a day per subscriber, do the math and that adds up to big money in a year with thousands of subscribers. Plus, I'm sure the other broadcasters are watching, waiting to see what happens. It could drive the cost of cable up substantially if they all jump onboard. I think the best thing for the consumer (and therefore the least likely to happen) would be to call a draw and let the cable ops carry the channel as a public service, but keep their hands off the commercial content. That’s a good point. When it’s there, OTS HDTV is great. My dish was out for three weeks and I hardly missed it.

Incidentally, it isn’t just the two Buffalo stations, but all of Lin TV’s stations, however many that is across the country and however many are in TW areas.

While, as they say, it’s just a penny a day per subscriber, do the math and that adds up to big money in a year with thousands of subscribers. Plus, I’m sure the other broadcasters are watching, waiting to see what happens. It could drive the cost of cable up substantially if they all jump onboard.

I think the best thing for the consumer (and therefore the least likely to happen) would be to call a draw and let the cable ops carry the channel as a public service, but keep their hands off the commercial content.

]]> By: Mark Gritz. http://gritzmacher.net/2008/10/more-tv-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-13339 Mark Gritz. Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:00:04 +0000 http://gritzmacher.net/?p=814#comment-13339 I'm surprised that Time Warner is letting people figure out the dirty little secret, though. OTA HD TV is much better that HD cable because of compression rates. If you have a true HD capable set, there is a significant difference in picture quality between OTA and cable HD. To play devils advocate, then, TW is charging extra for HD service, and providing a lesser quality signal than WIVB OTA. Why shouldn't Lin Broadcasting try to get a piece of that pie? As far as I'm concerned, it is a slap fight between two corporations that really doesn't affect me at all. TW will probably win in the end. They are a larger corporation w/ more resources to fight with. I wonder how many basic cable subscribers will figure out that with HD conversion and rabbit ears, the could save the expense of the cable bill every month? I’m surprised that Time Warner is letting people figure out the dirty little secret, though. OTA HD TV is much better that HD cable because of compression rates. If you have a true HD capable set, there is a significant difference in picture quality between OTA and cable HD. To play devils advocate, then, TW is charging extra for HD service, and providing a lesser quality signal than WIVB OTA. Why shouldn’t Lin Broadcasting try to get a piece of that pie? As far as I’m concerned, it is a slap fight between two corporations that really doesn’t affect me at all. TW will probably win in the end. They are a larger corporation w/ more resources to fight with. I wonder how many basic cable subscribers will figure out that with HD conversion and rabbit ears, the could save the expense of the cable bill every month?

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