On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:06:19 -0000, NY wrote:

I'm sure if we could see studio-quality PAL and studio-quality digital,
before transmission, and compared them with what the viewer sees at
home, we'd weep at the loss of quality along the way.

PAL was PAL, a good signal, receiver and tube could produce a high
quality and watchable picture in the home, within the limits of PAL
and SD.

SD DTTV produces, at best, pictures that are barely watchable then it
just gets worse. With very little (tending to zero) that you can do
in the way of improving picture quality by improving signal, reciever
or display.

Digits at orgination, even in SD(*1), are very good and way superior
to PAL. Pity they get so badly mangled by the time they arrive in the
home via DTTV(*2).

(*1) Pretty much everything is orginated in HD or 4k these days.
(*2) DSAT is much better but still shows some artifacts over
orgination.

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Cheers
Dave.