I have heard that cable HD does not have as high quality picture as OTA not counting the drop outs and failed transmissions of OTA. Has anyone been able to compare the two?
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I’m pretty picky about picture quality. I’ve compared Cox and OTA by watching the same program on OTA and then switch back and forth from/to the same channel on Cox. There is very little difference. I’ve got a Mits 65613 with the built in HD OTA tuner, and the Motorola 6200 from Cox. The only time I use OTA is if that station isn’t offered on Cox (such as UPN). I suppose if you had 2 identically calibrated TV’s side-by-side you might be able to tell a difference, but that difference would be quite small. Ocassionally on CBS or FOX I will see pixelating in the fast moving scenes, but I see this on Cox and OTA so the problem is apparently in the source feed.
I just switched from Cox HD to OTA and let’s just say I cancelled my Cox HD service because in my setp the OTA feeder is just sharper and has minimal pixelation compared to the compressed Cox HD signal. I am using a the cheap $200 HD Tuner from Walmart with an indoor Raadio Shack HDTV antenna connected to my Toshiba 57" HDTV. On the Tonight Show it would pixelate pretty badly on the panning scenes and fast movement, but on OTA it doesn’t pixelate at all and the colors also appear more vibrant on the OTA. ABC and CBS both look slightly sharper and have no pixelation compared to Cox’s HD signal. KSBI(HDNET) and PBS HDTV are spectacular beating the best feeds on Discovery HD on Cox in PQ. I noticed on Discovery HD on Cox the picture shimmered and it was very distracting. INHD channels are definitely COX’s best HD feeds with Discovery coming in 2nd in my opinion. I basically went from paying $101 a month for my HD service from Cox to FREE with OTA and get FOX, WB, UPN, KSBI, and PBS HDTV as an added bonus all for only the cost of the 2 HD Tuners.
Using Cox HD in Tulsa, there is no pixellation in Jay Leno on my system. I watch it every night.
hurtz777, I have Cox HD in Owasso and I have not noticed any of the issues that you mentioned. Discovery HD is clear as a bell, and the other channels are fine too. Maybe you had a signal-strength issue.
I am viewing Cox HD here in OKC so OKC might be compressing more who knows. I have also noticed on another Cox HD setup here in OKC so I know my lines are good.
OTA is free!
I am getting ready to take the plunge and buy and HDTV and I was out at the Tulsa UE and I asked the sales guy to switch it from the baseball game just to see how the other networks looked… this was like 7 something PM. Several of the other channels seemed to be passing no signal at all… the sales guy said something about the other channels must not be broadcasting digital right now. This was a surprise to me as I thought they broadcast digital most of the time especially in the evening. Was this guy just trying to explain away his bad antenna setup or do the major broadcast networks really have a narrow window for broadcasting DTV. I know only some shows are HD but I kind of assumed that the non HD shows like Survivor or Oprah are broadcast SD DTV. I know under the digital listings on Titan TV they list a bunch of normal programming. I just put up a monster antenna on the back of my roof aimed at BA from my location S of downtown Tulsa so I am hoping to not be watching the analog channels too much (even though they come in ok). I worry that my faint ghosting I get on my 27†tube will look really bad blown up to 52â€. Any input would help thanks.
In Tulsa there is no difference between OTA and Cox. I have noticed WAY more compression on the satellite HD.
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