1080p Broadcasts

[chudleighpaul]

Recently seen some 1080p broadcasts on BBC HD channel.

Absolutely stunning, best quality TV broadcasts I have ever seen.

 

[The_Lhc]

A) really? And b) how do you know?

 

[bigblue235]

The best Ive ever seen was back in the days of the BBC HD trial. Still haven't seen anything better.

 

[chudleighpaul]

A) really? And b) how do you know?

My TV info said 1080p. Easy.:clap:

 

[sonycentre]

Yes Bbc-hd does broardcast in 1080p they changed to a diffrent codec to allow this,and it does look fantastic.

 

[The_Lhc]

Ah FreeviewHD only and not everything is progressive, I think.

 

[chudleighpaul]

Your right, not all progs. are 1080p but they are increasing the amount.

 

[micks_address]

are they planning to go 1080p on freesat or sky?

 

[chudleighpaul]

As far as I know, it is Freeview only.

 

[bigblue235]

I thought Torchwood would be on in 1080p and indeed it was. It wasn't night and day better than 1080i on Sky, but it was an improvement. I didn't think there would be much difference, but I guess there could be other differences too, such as bitrate?

Thanks for highlighting this, chudleighpaul. I thought it was still in the testing phase, didn't realise full shows were being transmitted in 1080p 🙂

 

[sonycentre]

Have a look at this. :wave:

http://www.whathifi.com/news/update-bbc-experiments-with-1080p-broadcasts-on-freeview-hd-but-viewers-complain-of-audio-dropo