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To: Kirk © who wrote (96)1/8/2016 1:34:23 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round   of 418
 
I may cut the cord for the land line... after I get Comcast. DSL is too slow here for HD streaming so I can't get old shows "on demand" in HD over the slow line...
The nice thing about cable Internet is how fast it is. Comcast occasionally increases the speed at no additional cost, and I think even the slowest connection you can get is more than fast enough to handle HD video streams. I pay extra for their Blast high speed service and I can get up to 15 MB/sec. Comes in handy for downloading OS updates and such. If you have at least wireless N available inside your house, there's no need to run Ethernet cable either. Wireless AC is even better. I have a PlayStation 3 that only does wireless G, so it's not reliable for HD video, but my 3rd generation Apple TV has been outstanding.
With Dish, I can skip forward 30 seconds with each click and back 10 with the other button, nearly instantly. I don't recall it worked nearly as well when I had DirectTV long ago....
I forgot that the X1 remote does have a 15 second or so rewind button, but I use a Harmony One remote and its rewind button doesn't do anything on the X1 for some reason. I never have to use that button on DirecTV's remote though (I think it has one), since it jumps back automatically when I stop fast forwarding. It's never more than a few seconds off.
I believe both compress the signals but not as much as Comcast so you get better quality
That's odd, I seem to recall that Comcast and cable in general compress the signal less than satellite providers, and my brief Google search bears this out. Supposedly the best signal you can get is with an HD antenna, but that only works with local TV. I do know that in the past when I've watched shows on DirecTV that have a scene with a color gradation in it or a light to dark transition – say, a shot of the sun – there were noticeable bands in the picture. I've seen it on DVDs too. That's due to compression. Same thing with graininess. I don't notice anything like that when viewing on cable, but I'll pay closer attention.
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