Thread: What cable/dish do Sky installers fit?

Quote: Originally Posted by BKM For the <1 millionth time here!!! Freeview BBC HD will be stat-muxed and will be thus better quality than on Sky/Freesat! Aren't they both going to be from exactly the same source?, and isn't it entirely true that the reduction in quality is exactly as stated, readying it for Freeview HD.

Quote: Originally Posted by technoguy For the 1 millionth time: The reason they have reduced BBC HD on freesat/sky is so that it matches the Freeview BBC HD channel. For the <1 millionth time here!!! Freeview BBC HD will be stat-muxed and will be thus better quality than on Sky/Freesat!

Quote: Originally Posted by fmradiotuner1 WOW the PQ on Hot Planet is shocking. Is the worst I have ever seen. I admit it wasn't brilliant. Some of the worst bits were (IMHO) pieces of old stock footage which seemed to be SD. Given the nature of the documentary this was understandable (in fact, unavoidable).

Quote: Originally Posted by tt1986 It was definately upscaled, and it looked great. Correct. The studio is to get a revamp in the New Year so it will probably be the end of 2010 before we see it fully in HD. Probably before Eastenders. ITV1 HD should be on Sky on the EPG before long anyway.

I once saw an analogue 16:9 transmission in d-mac and it was the best picture I'd ever seen until 1) A digital SD transmission on sky 1 where there was no compression at all 2) Virtually all HD broadcasts (even BBC HD) LCDs and plasmas don't do black as well as crt but colour and resolution are better.

Quote: Originally Posted by TaylorWJ Over the past six months BBC SD TV had picture quality issues that seems to have been overcome now BBC HD has had its bitrate significantly reduced. ( You wouldn't be saying that if you'd seen last Saturday's rugby match on BBC1. It was reminiscent of Setanta - on a bad day .

Not trying to slap your wrist at all, apologies if it seemed like that. It is a very common spelling mistake. I just thought the correct spelling might help you if were you going to do a search on this forum. Thousands of us have gone through this PSU problem before you, a good few of us post on here, so there is lots of help available. Feel free to ask for advice as and when you need it. Good luck.

Quote: Originally Posted by justpootling I might be wrong here, but given that bitrates on BBC and ITV SD are only marginally better (ie just as bad) on Sky as they are on Freeview, won't BBC HD on Sky be just as bad as Freesat? I've always assumed that Sky/Freeview just carry the one and the same signal that's issued by the BBC, and that there are no seperate signals for each platform. It IS just one feed, so Sky and freesat...

Quote: Originally Posted by FusionLad That's not good! Not good at all the engineer needs shooting!

Quote: Originally Posted by sodafountain How long have you had HD on your main box? If it's 12 months, then you can add HD to your multiroom box, then cancel on your main box in January, then swap the boxes over. Just a word of caution - I am sure you are aware that you will not be able to watch any HD recordings (except non-subscription channels) left on your original HD box if you cancel the HD sub on it. Obviously this also applies to...