Compression ... I have been harping against this for 3 or 4 years now. I am glad to see that some other people are starting to notice and complain too!
6 years ago, when my brother had his first 42" EDTV (720p or 1080p wasnt out yet), the HDTV looked incredible. Shaw had 2 HD channels that they used to grab any aired HD content from the US, and it wasnt compressed at all. We watched the Superbowl that first week - you could see the little stars on the american flag on the refs jersey and you could see the little holes in the player's jerseys when they lined up for the snap. It was truly awesome. I looked way better than my 1080p "HD" now.
Also, I have noticed Bell has gotten even more compressed the last couple of weeks. The TSN game this afternoon was horrible.
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