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<blockquote data-quote="atoz350" data-source="post: 2883174" data-attributes="member: 567484">Well first of all, picture quality is of direct relation to signal to noise ratio. HD channels (1080i) are actually the same clarity as a regular digital channel. The difference is in resolution (screen size) and noise floor. HD channels offer a substantially lower SNR to achieve its clarity. There is also less compression of the digital carrier.As for the gasoline comment? There have been reformulations of gas used today as opposed to say 30 years ago...but not so much 20 years. The increase of ethanol in our gas as well as using oxygenated gas in the winter has decreased our fuel economy in order to reduce emmissions. There has been less carbon build up in current engines as a result. It still does not justify the 3x cost increase.Cable on the other hand has introduced many new ways of communicating in the last 11 years.Their price increase matches the increase in services and technology. My mother pays Comcast $140.00/month. She has HDTV, all premium channels, phone and internet. And that&#039;s the regular cost. I think that is a deal. If you were to split those services up, it would cost much more. Look at the bigger picture. You are not paying for cable service. You are paying for communications services.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="atoz350, post: 2883174, member: 567484"] Well first of all, picture quality is of direct relation to signal to noise ratio. HD channels (1080i) are actually the same clarity as a regular digital channel. The difference is in resolution (screen size) and noise floor. HD channels offer a substantially lower SNR to achieve its clarity. There is also less compression of the digital carrier. As for the gasoline comment? There have been reformulations of gas used today as opposed to say 30 years ago...but not so much 20 years. The increase of ethanol in our gas as well as using oxygenated gas in the winter has decreased our fuel economy in order to reduce emmissions. There has been less carbon build up in current engines as a result. It still does not justify the 3x cost increase. Cable on the other hand has introduced many new ways of communicating in the last 11 years.Their price increase matches the increase in services and technology. My mother pays Comcast $140.00/month. She has HDTV, all premium channels, phone and internet. And that's the regular cost. I think that is a deal. If you were to split those services up, it would cost much more. Look at the bigger picture. You are not paying for cable service. You are paying for communications services. [/QUOTE]

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