-=> Jasen Betts said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "{at}%^{at}#$%^ VEROBOARD" on 03-19-04  23:43.....

 JB> I get those on analog.  (typiclly when there's a electric weather near
 JB> the repeater)

That means that the repeater must be using digital techniques,
with frame storage and so on, if the picture freezes. There is no
way that kind of thing can happen with analog.

 JB> yeah, if you get multipath reception on digital what looks like a
 JB> strong signal
 JB> on a regular meter can be full of hash.

Exactly. Signal strength is not a good indicator by itself, even
with analog.

The digital signal with multipath interference might be full of
hash, but what would you see on the screen? Probably a perfect
picture that jumps and freezes all the time.

From what I have heard, this is supposed to be the "advantage" of
digital, that it doesn't let you view a picture that is not 100%
perfect.

 JB> hmm, yeah. they'll rent you a pay system for about 3 times the HP on a
 JB> set-top box.  (totoally made-up figures there)

But possibly in the ballpark...

 JB> ABC (Australia) has less addverts than some pay channels anyway.

I've never seen the pay channels so I can't comment.

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