Anyone noticed that there will be 24 (twenty-four!) dedicated HD BBC Olympics channels ? Wow, just seen them poised on Virgin, ready for action.
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you are a bit late daveh75 mentioned it last week.
http://www.whathifi.com/forum/freesat-freeview-sky-and-virgin/freesat-confirms-olympic-stream-channel-numbers-151-174
http://www.whathifi.com/forum/freesat-freeview-sky-and-virgin/freesat-confirms-olympic-stream-channel-numbers-151-174
bigboss
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I must say that the title of this thread is more catchy. 🙂
Channel numbers 450 - 473 on Sky HD.
I must say that the title of this thread is more catchy. 🙂
Channel numbers 450 - 473 on Sky HD.
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They've actually been testing off EPG for the last 7 weeks or so ( the SD ones anyway, HD about 4 weeks), but there was little point of mentioning at the time since,
A, the Olympics haven't started...
B, they've largely been txing a test card and the same short video loop
C, Sky boxes are sh#te, and wont let you manually tune DVB-S2 channels ( though Freesat boxes/IDTVs can)
A, the Olympics haven't started...
B, they've largely been txing a test card and the same short video loop
C, Sky boxes are sh#te, and wont let you manually tune DVB-S2 channels ( though Freesat boxes/IDTVs can)
simonlewis said:
Sorry - tried to search, but didn't pick up the catchy thread title. Anyhoos...looks like the BBC are covering the Olympics 🙂
They are broadcasting 3D highlights from 11pm each night on BBCHD for one hour.
This may be a daft question but if we are able to 24 extra HD channels during the Olympics , why can't we get more freesat hd the rest of the year
This may be a daft question but if we are able to 24 extra HD channels during the Olympics , why can't we get more freesat hd the rest of the year
Hmm, I'm questioning whether it's worth upgrading to Freeview HD then.
So if Freesat has all these extra channels, why on earth have they not been banging on about it? Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't Freesat sales been somewhat poor? wouldn't adverising this fact have sold zillions of 'em for the Olympics?
So if Freesat has all these extra channels, why on earth have they not been banging on about it? Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't Freesat sales been somewhat poor? wouldn't adverising this fact have sold zillions of 'em for the Olympics?
roger06 said:
Well they have been advertising the fact:
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Diamond Joe
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I know it's small consolation to Freeview users, but there is a new HD channel for the Olympics on ch 304. It's only Channel 301 in HD, but it's something.
I don't have Sky or Virgin, so I get the extra 24 HD Olympic channels through my Humax Freesat box. I don't know what anyone else thinks, but I am very impressed with how clear the pictures are on these 24 Olympic HD channels. While watching the table-tennis, volleyball (the proper 6-players-per-side kind, not that "beach" nonsense) or basketball and they do a close up of the net, the basket or of the players' faces, it seems at least as sharp as the image from a Blu-Ray disc! However, using the 24 channels on Freesat (151 to 174) gives only stereo sound. To get 5.1 surround sound I have to use BBC One HD or BBC HD, on Freesat channels 108 and 109.
Son-of-sj
The 5.1 sound on the HD channels is pretty awful - have a look at the "volume levels" thread. It appears that maybe the BBC aren't being given the 5.1 feed from OBS and are transmitting some awful fudge instead.
The 2 channel sound on the extra Olympics channels sounds much better.
The 5.1 sound on the HD channels is pretty awful - have a look at the "volume levels" thread. It appears that maybe the BBC aren't being given the 5.1 feed from OBS and are transmitting some awful fudge instead.
The 2 channel sound on the extra Olympics channels sounds much better.
Son-of-sj
The 5.1 sound on the HD channels is pretty awful - have a look at the "volume levels" thread. It appears that maybe the BBC aren't being given the 5.1 feed from OBS and are transmitting some awful fudge instead.
The 2 channel sound on the extra Olympics channels sounds much better.
The 5.1 sound on the HD channels is pretty awful - have a look at the "volume levels" thread. It appears that maybe the BBC aren't being given the 5.1 feed from OBS and are transmitting some awful fudge instead.
The 2 channel sound on the extra Olympics channels sounds much better.
Son_of_SJ said:
I could not agree more.
To my eyes, the velodrome - and most particularly the swimming - PQ has been nothing short of absolutely stunning. The swimming has been a total revelation in broadcast quality to me, and yes, it easily compares to any of my Blu Rays. I love watching the swimming in any case, but even if I didn't I would have had to have watched it for the sheer jaw dropping PQ.
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daveh75 said:
this is interesting - does it costs lots more to run a HD stream than a SD one? Do you need special satellite slots? I'd be interested in knowing what the financial/logistical barriers are to actually doing away with SD (ignoring you need to shoot everything in HD before you broadcast in HD!).
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OneBoxSystem said:24 channels too many. Thank god the Drug-Olympics is nearly over......
Only a handful of the 11,000 athletes - who took part in London 2012 - have proved positive in dope testing. (Every single athlete was tested, some more than once.) Even the horses were tested.
I challenge you to find any other group of 11,000 people, from any age-group or walk of life, who (when subjected to the same battery of tests) would come out anywhere near that clean.
A sensible, reasoned response. My initial response consisted of two words, but they would not have got past the filter.
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