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Lew Crippen · 09-11-2006, 04:03 PM

It is not at all surprising that FTA PQ is worse than Dish—after all, Dish (like DirectTV) is competing in the marketplace for paying customers and needs to strike a balance between cost and quality. Unencrypted reception via FTA is only concerned with cost.

What you are now clearly seeing with your new display is how bad regular NTSC really is—of course you may wish to calibrate your display.

On the plus side, Dish has a pretty good HD package.

09-11-2006, 04:03 PM	#4 of 5
Lew Crippen Member Location: Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexíco Join Date: May 2002 Local Time: 09:21 AM Local Date: 12-01-2008 Posts: 11,439	Re: HDTV QUALITY It is not at all surprising that FTA PQ is worse than Dish—after all, Dish (like DirectTV) is competing in the marketplace for paying customers and needs to strike a balance between cost and quality. Unencrypted reception via FTA is only concerned with cost. What you are now clearly seeing with your new display is how bad regular NTSC really is—of course you may wish to calibrate your display. On the plus side, Dish has a pretty good HD package. ¡Time is not my master!