Since you mention pixelation, I'll take my turn to rant on that. I hate satellite because of it. Especially if there are a lot of things moving in the picture. The system has to throw away so much that it looks awful. You know the look. BAsketball games look like you're watching through a light rain of sand as they players run back and forth. I worked in a small studio as junior engineer (very junior) back in about 1980, and I would have been fired on the spot if I had sent that quality down the line. Same thing with so-called "analog" tvs. Especially projection sets. They may be an analog set, but there's some digital going on on the signal board, and I can spot it a mile away. YUCK!
First time I noticed the loss on satellite was at a customers house in about 1995, and he had CNN on. Reporter outside the fence at the white house, and 2 people walking in the distance, beside the building. They would pop in and out of existence as they passed details of the building. I thought I was loosing my eyesight for a second.
I think I already said something about frame delay, so I wont again. (oops. I just did)
Time to go to work