I've been downloading a lot of TV shows lately, and a few SVCD encodes have been really, really good.

The main reason for this is obviously a great source. I'm wondering what everyone's experience is with various delivery systems and picture quality. Here are my observations:

- OVER THE AIR: If you get good reception, this can give you a very clean, good picture - but it's rare to get a signal free from analog noise.
- CABLE: Can be good, but usually has some noise and other degredation.
- C BAND: Absolutely the best picture. Clean, pure, analog with no digital artifacts. But no one has them anymore!
- DIGITAL SATELLITE: The media always talks about the 'great digital picture," but every time I've seen either Dish Network or Direct TV in action I'm appauled at how bad the image is. Yes, it's 'clean,' but the bitrate is so low you can see MPG artifacts everywhere. And god forbid there is a dissolve or fade - it looks like crap!

So I am left wondering WHAT is the source for these clean captures??


Mojo