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To: hmaly who wrote (143007)	3/1/2002 12:30:37 AM
From: brian1501	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574843

I assume you are unfamiliar with Direct TV.; but one of their 9 HBO channels is broadcast in high density digital all of the time, so all of their movies on that channel would be broadcast in the 1080i format. Yes, I am very familiar with HBOHD. Unfortunately, it is not the best source to give you the "jaw dropping" effect of HDTV. Here is a discussion about this very topic: avsforum.com Just because it is a "HD" channel and it comes out of your decoder at 1080 lines of resolution does NOT mean that the original source of the broadcast was created with 1080 lines of resolution. Regular TV is routinely upconverted on HD channels. The result looks slightly better than the original regular tv, but you can't get something for nothing...you still only have 480 lines of "real" resolution there. There are still relatively few shows that are produced in HD. The Tonight Show is one, along with much of the CBS lineup like CSI. If you turn on the Tonight Show on regular NBC, then turn on a NBC HD feed, your jaw WILL drop. It will look like you are sitting in the audience. The effect is different for video than for audio. If you were to play one of those new DVD-Audio discs for the average person, they may think it's a bit better than a CD (surround effects aside). If you show the average person true HDTV, they are astounded. I have not seen a single person who wasn't very impressed with HD. Brian