Reply #124: Again... [View All]

[Chan790]

Yes. HDTV is broadcast over analog in 480i. That does mean that analog hi-def is not significantly better than standard-def but nevertheless the answer is still yes, you can broadcast HDTV over analog. It works better in digital...actually the whole damned broadcast system works so much better in digital.

HDTV has fuck-all to do with the DTV conversion. Zero. Zip. Nada. Zilch. Nothing. It's not paving the way for HDTV or anything else you wish to imply...it's ceasing to waste valuable public bandwidth delivering broadcast content in an inferior unreliable way. It has nothing to do with forcing people to get cable, it has nothing to do with package tiers or C-Span and almost nothing to do with Comcast. (It does affect Comcast as it changes the way they receive the content they send you through the cable lines. It does not affect you as the end user qua Comcast.)

I'm curious to see how many ways you can get the same questions answered and the process explained before you understand.