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BBC Scotland channel - service to also launch in HD

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Inspector Sands
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Sounds like a missed opportunity to launch it as HD only and see if anyone notices they can't get it. There can't be that many SD-only set top boxes around still, can there?

I'd have thought there are a lot of SD only receivers around. Most people don't change their TV that often, any one who bought a new telly in anticipation of or around the time of DSO might well have got an SD only one
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Markymark
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Sounds like a missed opportunity to launch it as HD only and see if anyone notices they can't get it. There can't be that many SD-only set top boxes around still, can there?


This should encourage anyone vaugly discerning about picture quality, to go and get themselves an HD telly. SD on any channel looks bloody awful
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noggin Founding member
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Sounds like a missed opportunity to launch it as HD only and see if anyone notices they can't get it. There can't be that many SD-only set top boxes around still, can there?


There are a reasonable number of SD-only DVB-T equipped IDTVs - even HDTVs were sold for a reasonable length of time with DVB-T MPEG2 SD-only tuners.

Of the 5 HD/UHDTVs in our house - only 2 have DVB-T2 tuners (the UHD sets).
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TIGHazard
noggin posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Sounds like a missed opportunity to launch it as HD only and see if anyone notices they can't get it. There can't be that many SD-only set top boxes around still, can there?


There are a reasonable number of SD-only DVB-T equipped IDTVs - even HDTVs were sold for a reasonable length of time with DVB-T MPEG2 SD-only tuners.

Of the 5 HD/UHDTVs in our house - only 2 have DVB-T2 tuners (the UHD sets).


Sometimes even sets in the same range have a difference.

I bought two Samsung TV's at the same time in 2014. Both the same model number, except the last two digits which is the screen size.

The 52 inch model for the living room? DVB-T only.

The 22 inch model for the bedroom? DVB-T2.

Now this isn't a problem because Virgin is hooked up in the living room so it can get the HD channels now, but both sets were advertised as "HD Ready". But only one was advertised as "Freeview HD".

I can see people getting confused between the two.
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noggin Founding member
TIGHazard posted:
noggin posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Sounds like a missed opportunity to launch it as HD only and see if anyone notices they can't get it. There can't be that many SD-only set top boxes around still, can there?


There are a reasonable number of SD-only DVB-T equipped IDTVs - even HDTVs were sold for a reasonable length of time with DVB-T MPEG2 SD-only tuners.

Of the 5 HD/UHDTVs in our house - only 2 have DVB-T2 tuners (the UHD sets).


Sometimes even sets in the same range have a difference.

I bought two Samsung TV's at the same time in 2014. Both the same model number, except the last two digits which is the screen size.

The 52 inch model for the living room? DVB-T only.

The 22 inch model for the bedroom? DVB-T2.

Now this isn't a problem because Virgin is hooked up in the living room so it can get the HD channels now, but both sets were advertised as "HD Ready". But only one was advertised as "Freeview HD".

I can see people getting confused between the two.


Yes - and there are still people who watch Freeview SD on their HD Ready TVs and think how good the HD is...

34 days later

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A former member
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-46303070

Quote:
he new BBC Scotland TV channel is to launch on 24 February next year and will feature the first episode of the final series of comedy Still Game.

The corporation has now officially confirmed the start date of the multi-million pound channel for Scotland.

The ninth series of Still Game will debut on the first night and will be on BBC One at a later date.

Star Greg Hemphill said: "Jack and Victor are a bottle being smashed on the bow of a beautiful ship."



Thats one way to get the viewers in...................
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Charlie Wells Moderator
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Sounds like a missed opportunity to launch it as HD only and see if anyone notices they can't get it. There can't be that many SD-only set top boxes around still, can there?

There are an awful lot of TVs which despite being HD TVs only have standard Freeview built in, and not Freeview HD. (When I replaced my lounge TV a couple years ago I got caught out by this, but thankfully it's connected to a Virgin box.)

I think a lot of people would be annoyed if they found they could only access the channel by either buying an additional Freeview HD boxes for their TVs or alternatively replacing their TVs which may only be few years old.
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A former member
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davidhorman
623058 posted:
You can get on for as little as £16...


As the actress said to the bishop.
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Spencer
Charlie Wells posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Sounds like a missed opportunity to launch it as HD only and see if anyone notices they can't get it. There can't be that many SD-only set top boxes around still, can there?

There are an awful lot of TVs which despite being HD TVs only have standard Freeview built in, and not Freeview HD. (When I replaced my lounge TV a couple years ago I got caught out by this, but thankfully it's connected to a Virgin box.)

I think a lot of people would be annoyed if they found they could only access the channel by either buying an additional Freeview HD boxes for their TVs or alternatively replacing their TVs which may only be few years old.


Sometimes though, such moves are a good way of giving the progression of technology a bit of a helpful nudge forward, like BBC2 launching on 625 line UHF only which encouraged people to upgrade from their 405 VHF sets.
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rob Founding member
623058 posted:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-46303070

Quote:
he new BBC Scotland TV channel is to launch on 24 February next year and will feature the first episode of the final series of comedy Still Game.

The corporation has now officially confirmed the start date of the multi-million pound channel for Scotland.

The ninth series of Still Game will debut on the first night and will be on BBC One at a later date.

Star Greg Hemphill said: "Jack and Victor are a bottle being smashed on the bow of a beautiful ship."



Thats one way to get the viewers in...................


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