Joined
·
7 Posts
I'm getting terrible macroblocking (which I was erroneously calling pixelation until recently) on most HD channels. I had a technician over, he checked the setup, said everything was fine, and claimed he didn't notice the problem and that it was the same quality as his setup at home. I went to a local dealer that sells both Shaw Direct and Bell, and watched them side by side for an hour. I rarely noticed macroblocking on the Bell setup, while it was as prevalent on Shaw as at my house.
Several people I've mentioned this to, who have Shaw Direct, say the HD is great. I'm beginning to think I'm taking crazy pills here; is it possible that nobody else notices or cares how bad the compression is on Shaw Direct? I've read lots of anecdotal reports that Bell has poor HD picture quality, but the setup at the dealer, and at a friend's place where I watched it recently, are hands down better than Shaw.
Does everyone just find this acceptable? Most of the poor Bell reviews I've seen are a couple years old; maybe the launch of Nimiq 4 helped the situation? Or have Bell already made the transition to MPEG-4 while Shaw haven't? Or maybe Bell compression or decoding is introducing other compression artifacts that I personally find less objectionable than macroblocking? Does anyone have a similar experience to mine?
Several people I've mentioned this to, who have Shaw Direct, say the HD is great. I'm beginning to think I'm taking crazy pills here; is it possible that nobody else notices or cares how bad the compression is on Shaw Direct? I've read lots of anecdotal reports that Bell has poor HD picture quality, but the setup at the dealer, and at a friend's place where I watched it recently, are hands down better than Shaw.
Does everyone just find this acceptable? Most of the poor Bell reviews I've seen are a couple years old; maybe the launch of Nimiq 4 helped the situation? Or have Bell already made the transition to MPEG-4 while Shaw haven't? Or maybe Bell compression or decoding is introducing other compression artifacts that I personally find less objectionable than macroblocking? Does anyone have a similar experience to mine?