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From: tmkk@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Cable Competition at Last!
Keywords: Direct Broadcast Coming Soon
Message-ID: <1991Jan26.013437.25836@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 26 Jan 91 01:34:37 GMT
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In article <1991Jan25.165057.671@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mas35638@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Odin) writes:
>> 480 lines
>
>525 is standard.  You're talking about a picture which is not as
>good as normal tv broadcasts.


He's talking about 480 HORIZONTAL lines, not vertical lines. This is 
considerably BETTER than broadcast (which is ~330 or so). This DBS sounds
like a great idea, but that "video tape inhibit" "feature" scares me a bit.
This great new DBS service won't be much good if the price of basic + "record
de-inhibit" together cost the same as or more than hardwired cable (unless, of
course, the wired cable companies decide to lower their price to keep people
from switching).


-- 
Scott Coleman                                                      tmkk@uiuc.edu

"Unisys has demonstrated the power of two. That's their stock price today."
       - Scott McNealy on the history of mergers in the computer industry.