I chose to post this on "Science" because there is no "Media and Technology" group. Perhaps someone who works in the media can answer my question. Given that we have had access to television reception in our homes since the 1950s and have always taken for granted that the audio and video transmission were always synchronized, ie. when someone is talking their lips appear to be forming the words they emit, why, then, with the advent of Digital, High Definition, is this no longer the case? I have both cable and direct access
( using the traditional antenna connection) in my home and an ever increasing number of programs are out of sync. In fact, sometimes with the antenna connection at can be as much as 1/2 second or more off, but both services are often poorly synchronized. I find this very annoying, especially considering how much I pay for the service. Frankly, modern technology seems to be getting worse for the consumer while at the same time costing more. I guess young people don't even notice this phenomenon because they don't know, as I do at 73 years of age, how it used to be. I'm sure it all comes down to computers. Computers make everything faster, but not necessarily better!