Hi.

Just from experience, what do you guys end up doing for your HDTV source information.

I have a lot of theater equipment with 1080P resolution however not a lot of things to watch.

I was just wondering what works best for you when dealing with HDTV.

Satellite( Directtv or Dish Network), Comcast, Netflicks DVD rental or media streaming services like VUDU, etc...

Thanks.

In terms of Picture Quality.

Blue Ray DVD
Fios
Direct or Dish Satellite
Comcast or other Cable.
Standard DVD
SDTV
Online Streaming.

In terms of Picture Quality.

Blue Ray DVD
Fios
Direct or Dish Satellite
Comcast or other Cable.
Standard DVD
SDTV
Online Streaming.


What exactly is the Fios? I never heard of that one.

Also, have you tried the VUDU box that lets you stream movies at close to DVD quality or the netflict streaming video box?

Which is better as far as Satellite is concerned? Direct or Dish?
( or is that a questions that is up to debate?)

Thanks.

What exactly is the Fios? I never heard of that one.

Also, have you tried the VUDU box that lets you stream movies at close to DVD quality or the netflict streaming video box?

Which is better as far as Satellite is concerned? Direct or Dish?
( or is that a questions that is up to debate?)

Thanks.

Never heard of Fios?

http://www22.verizon.com/content/FiOSTV/

You have to have Version as your ISP for this right?

In terms of Picture Quality.

Blue Ray DVD
Fios
Direct or Dish Satellite
Comcast or other Cable.
Standard DVD
SDTV
Online Streaming.

In most cases, OTA HDTV will beat out DirecTV or DISH image quality.

You have to have Version as your ISP for this right?

You have to have Verizon fiber optics in your neighborhood. But otherwise, you don't have to use their internet service to get FIOS TV. Although you'd be crazy to not use their internet service IMO.

What exactly is the Fios? I never heard of that one.

Also, have you tried the VUDU box that lets you stream movies at close to DVD quality or the netflict streaming video box?

Which is better as far as Satellite is concerned? Direct or Dish?
( or is that a questions that is up to debate?)

Thanks.

Verizon FIOS is a content provider that uses Fiber-to-the-Home infrastructure from their headend, though because its fiber all the way through, in theory, the picture quality 'should' be a close representation of what's actually going out from the broadcaster. AT&T's U-Verse is a similar service, but uses Fiber To The Node infrastructure, which gets fiber signal to your neighborhood, but uses existing infrastructure to get to your house, this may not result in a dramatically better picture (it certainly shouldn't exceed MPEG4 satellite).

D* vs. E* is open for debate though currently D* offers the most HD channels (notice I didnt say HD content as many of the HD channels have very little actual HD content). Comcast for example, doesnt offer near what D* does, but of the Comcast HD channel lineup traditionally it has been 60% - 100% actual HD content (TBS & NFL Network notwithstanding, and this trend is changing with the additions of AMCHD and Animal Planet HD.) D* launched a new bird and offers many channels in the more robust MPEG4 compression scheme, eliminating many of the MPEG2 compression artifacts (mosquito noise, macroblocking, pixelation, motion blurring, etc) that plague HD broadcasts.

Often times terrestrial OTA HD from your local affiliate can beat out everyone, though it depends on the affiliate, and the network and a host of other things. Some markets have pristine OTA HD, others are less desirable.

Also, and I'm sure you know, DVD quality IS NOT HD quality. At best it's 480p. So if you're using VUDU to stream, your display is going to be upscaling SD video up to 1080p, which depending on the display may look awful. If you really want to show off the horsepower of a 1080p display, then from a consumer standpoint, your only option is Blu-Ray disc (though even then not all Blu-Ray discs are MPEG4 encoded at 1080p).

Verizon says they will have 150 HD channels by the end of the year.

(And then there's Comcast's "500 HD choices":rolleyes:.)