HDNET Keeps Looking Better All The Time

[DarrellP]

Tonight's Bikini Destinations and A Minute With Stan Hooper are the best HD I have ever seen in my life! Those of you who know how I criticize Voom for their PQ know that this is no idle praise.

The picture was sharp, clear, vibrant and just POPPED! I was in Heaven. I swear, I could feel the surf on my face and feel the sweat dripping off those gorgeous models.

Way to go Dish, you are setting the benchmark for HD PQ.

 

[Petemc11]

HDnet

Maybe it was the subject matter?

 

[Harry]

Of the HD package, I've found that HDNET does have the best picture. I receive HD OTA via a separate STB and it out performs the 811 in PQ. I assume because E* is really compressing the HD stuff. Maybe with the new satellites, they'll quit compressing so much.

 

[DarrellP]

Maybe it was the subject matter?

I see your but that is not the case, I watch this show every time it's on and last night was just eye popping :shocked and the PQ was great too.

As far as compressing, Dish has HDNET and HDNET Movies on a single transponder, so they are not being crunched as much as they could. DiscoveryHD is sharing a single transponder with 2 other HD channels and it still looks better than any Voom channel. I hope that will change when Voom fires up the new encoders.

 

[dfergie]

The CBS-HD feeds generally have really good PQ also, NFL looks great and the primetimes look good...but as you say HD-Net has some of the best eye candy...

 

[DarrellP]

CBS is great, but as I said, the BD on HDNET Monday night has blown away ANY HD show from ANY channel, OTA or Sat that I have ever seen, and that is saying a lot.

 

[dfergie]

Im gonna have to visit the only local place ( a furniture store ) that has both HDTV's and D* and look at the PQ and check our the HD-net... only other place is Sears and they show the E* hd loop....