[NowhereMan 1966]

Wow, so much there, it's tough to cover it all. I know here in the U.S., our ATSC uses MPEG-2 compression. I'd like to see the old analogue 1125 line system, I think it was developed in Japan and was considered to be used here. I'm kind of curious on how sports will look on the HDTV system with compression and all, so far, it seems like it works well on NASCAR (stock car, well used to be) races plus it seems hockey does OK. I'm curious on how it will be when the Olympics come on and when our NFL season starts.

HDTV, I noticed a little more "blocking" from weak signals in the summer but we do have trees in the backyard and we have been having storms with a lot of wind lately.

I've seen an article from the early 1950's about the comparison between the 405 line British and 819 line French standards showing a grumpy British guy watching a terrible picture while a happy French guy was watching a great picture. Well, let's face it, the 405 system was developed in the mid-1930's, the 819 line was developed during and just after World War II. I think during World War II the Germans and the Vichy French developed a 1050 line system too.

I haven't had much experience in seeing 720 or 1080 line HD pictures although on my old sets, I can tell they are of higher quality.

I have three DTV boxes, my aunt didn't need her second one so she gave it to me. I have one hooked up to a 1982 Zenith console, 25 inch, the picture is good as the day we got it over 25 years ago although when the picture tube was tested in 1999, it was showing its age a little. Well, it does take a minute to warm up where it used to take 15 seconds, but it is still good and I'm willing to put up with that. I think because we keep the brightness down, our tubes last a lot longer, Mom hates it when a TV picture is too bright or the contrast is way up too high plus she likes the consoles as I do. The Zenith does show her age a little from time to time so when she acts up, we have a 1998 19 inch BPC TV, also a Zenith ready to go and we give the old one a rest.

My other setup is an ATSC box driving a Commodore 1702 computer monitor, my room TV and in the computer room, an ATSC box hooked up to a 1964? Sony B&W set.

I can't get used to TV's being flat pictures, I like the old consoles.