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  • #102
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Saorview charge through the nose for carriage - RTE can't select a free ride from Sky.


  • #103
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,031 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    JDxtra wrote: »
    Saorview charge through the nose for carriage - RTE can't select a free ride from Sky.

    You reckon RTE are paying Sky presently?


  • #104
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,805 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    JDxtra wrote: »
    RTE can't select a free ride from Sky.

    But they already do.


  • #105
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    You reckon RTE are paying Sky presently?
    No. I think they pay nothing or a nominal fee.


  • #106
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    lertsnim wrote: »
    But they already do.

    That's the legacy agreement. We're taking about capacity for new services.


  • #107
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭Apogee


    JDxtra wrote: »
    Saorview charge through the nose for carriage - RTE can't select a free ride from Sky.

    Why not?

    Given that they are considering charging Pay-TV providers for carrying their content, it seems unlikely that they anticipate paying Sky into the future.


  • #108
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,031 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Apogee wrote: »
    Why not?

    Given that they are considering charging Pay-TV providers for carrying their content, it seems unlikely that they anticipate paying Sky into the future.

    Yes it appears that both in UK and here a decision might be made to charge the likes of Sky for carrying FTA channels .....
    Page 14:
    While the report isn’t complete yet, much like in Britain, the analysis is telling us that the financial benefits of the relationship are currently completely imbalanced in favour of the Pay-TV operators.


  • #109
    bbability
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,504 ✭✭✭bbability


    So how come UTV Ireland are on Sky in HD and RTE 1 is still SD?


  • #110
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    bbability wrote: »
    So how come UTV Ireland are on Sky in HD and RTE 1 is still SD?

    Exactly. Such a farce.

    And don't no one come here, and say it's because they're paying for it.


  • #111
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    They're paying for it! :)

    Seriously though, it's true.


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  • #112
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    bbability wrote: »
    So how come UTV Ireland are on Sky in HD and RTE 1 is still SD?

    It's been explained here plenty of times, RTE have a deal for carriage and encryption on a transponder, that transponder is now full. RTE One HD will need to go on another transponder, which means they'll have to work out a new deal. It's up to Sky, they'll have to pay or offer space.


  • #113
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,805 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    mad muffin wrote: »
    Exactly. Such a farce.

    And don't no one come here, and say it's because they're paying for it.

    But they are payimg for it. There is no other reason.


  • #114
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    I realise this. It's still a farce that a year later and no rte 1hd on sky.


  • #115
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,031 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    mad muffin wrote: »
    I realise this. It's still a farce that a year later and no rte 1hd on sky.

    If Sky wants it, it is available - obviously.

    What do Sky have to say about it?


  • #116
    pegasus1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭pegasus1


    rte1 happened to be on when we powered up the box one night this week...talk about tv3 being bad picture wise...ur wun doing the announcement for something or other, standing to one side of other graphics and mid stage, her face had no detail in it at all..just a blob of pixels on the screen...:eek:


  • #117
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,305 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    pegasus1 wrote: »
    ur wun doing the announcement for something or other, standing to one side of other graphics and mid stage, her face had no detail in it at all..just a blob of pixels on the screen...:eek:
    That was just Evelyn Cusack so dont worry about the picture quality :pac:


  • #118
    Dinarius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,408 ✭✭✭Dinarius


    Is it possible to manually tune in RTE1 HD on a Sky box?

    Thanks.

    D.


  • #119
    eugenecanna
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭eugenecanna


    Dinarius wrote: »
    Is it possible to manually tune in RTE1 HD on a Sky box?

    Thanks.

    D.
    Not possible sorry


  • #120
    emmetlego
    Registered Users Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭emmetlego


    eugenecanna wrote: »
    Not possible sorry

    I've had been at Sky Ireland for over a year about RTE1 HD, and never got a satisfactory response. So I went to saorview and free sat service. I watch mostly Irish channels anyway, so no big deal.

    What really struck me though, was the quality of the HD on the freesat. Far far superior to the sky HD. Probably down to the quality of the box sky provide, but genuinely, the HD is far better.

    So now I have free to air TV, and the HD quality is far better.

    Maybe if Sky had fixed the RTE1 HD problem earlier, I would have stuck around… No way I'm going back now!!!


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  • #121
    hatchman
    Registered Users Posts: 317 ✭✭hatchman


    emmetlego wrote:
    What really struck me though, was the quality of the HD on the freesat. Far far superior to the sky HD. Probably down to the quality of the box sky provide, but genuinely, the HD is far better.


    What box have you for freesat and saorview ? I'm thinking of ditching sky for the same the HD quality isn't good on my sky box. I will miss the record function tho !


  • #122
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,527 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    hatchman wrote: »
    What box have you for freesat and saorview ? I'm thinking of ditching sky for the same the HD quality isn't good on my sky box. I will miss the record function tho !

    if you buy the a high quality freesat box you still can record.


  • #123
    emmetlego
    Registered Users Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭emmetlego


    hatchman wrote: »
    What box have you for freesat and saorview ? I'm thinking of ditching sky for the same the HD quality isn't good on my sky box. I will miss the record function tho !

    To be honest, I can't think of the full name of it!!! But I bought if from a satellite tv shop in Fairview, Dublin. He gave me great advice on what my needs were, and he gave me a demo of a few boxes. All of which, had much better HD than my sky box had. He said the quality of Sky HD was less than 720p (I think) and that all the boxes he sold were 1080p (again, I think!!)

    I think my box is an Amiko and it has a record facility built in. It was less than 250 euro if I recall.

    I've been under the weather lately, so have been bed ridden a fair bit, hence the lack of clarity.


  • #124
    pegasus1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭pegasus1


    emmetlego wrote: »
    He said the quality of Sky HD was less than 720p (I think) and that all the boxes he sold were 1080p (again, I think!

    There are no transmissions in 1080P..less than 720P so 480P which is SD..

    Think he was having you on there...


  • #125
    emmetlego
    Registered Users Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭emmetlego


    pegasus1 wrote: »
    There are no transmissions in 1080P..less than 720P so 480P which is SD..

    Think he was having you on there...

    Whatever it was... Can't remember clearly (which is why I said "I think")

    All I can say, is that the HD quality is far superior than the sky box.


  • #126
    pegasus1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭pegasus1


    emmetlego wrote: »
    Whatever it was... Can't remember clearly (which is why I said "I think")

    All I can say, is that the HD quality is far superior than the sky box.

    Were all the boxes on the same tv, in the same hdmi port with the tv on the same screen settings??


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  • #127
    emmetlego
    Registered Users Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭emmetlego


    The very same. Simply unplugged the sky box, threw it in the bin, and added new box, to same port. Instantly a better picture... And it wasn't the Sky box being faulty, as I had changed sky box about 3/4 years ago for a HDD fault, and there was no change to quality on that change over. This was instantly obviously a huge picture upgrade on the HD channels.


  • #128
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    emmetlego wrote: »
    The very same. Simply unplugged the sky box, threw it in the bin, and added new box, to same port. Instantly a better picture... And it wasn't the Sky box being faulty, as I had changed sky box about 3/4 years ago for a HDD fault, and there was no change to quality on that change over. This was instantly obviously a huge picture upgrade on the HD channels.

    Scart methinks


  • #129
    satelliteman20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭satelliteman20


    the alien 2 with its sh4 chip is known to have one of the best hd and sd pics of any box including most broadcom e2 boxes which cost much more such as the tm 3t or vu + and comparing it to a sky hd box it has a sharper more vibrant hd picture with more detail


  • #130
    emmetlego
    Registered Users Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭emmetlego


    mass_debater wrote: »
    Scart methinks

    Do you really think I'm that simple?


  • #131
    emmetlego
    Registered Users Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭emmetlego


    satelliteman20 wrote: »
    the alien 2 with its sh4 chip is known to have one of the best hd and sd pics of any box including most broadcom e2 boxes which cost much more such as the tm 3t or vu + and comparing it to a sky hd box it has a sharper more vibrant hd picture with more detail

    Layman's terms please? :-)


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  • #132
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    emmetlego wrote: »
    Do you really think I'm that simple?

    Had to ask. I've had phone calls about tv's not working, when I asked was it on I was told "of course it's on, I can see the red light"


  • #133
    ussjtrunks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭ussjtrunks


    Is there anyway to tune rte 1 hd through the sky hd other channels?


  • #134
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,305 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    ussjtrunks wrote: »
    Is there anyway to tune rte 1 hd through the sky hd other channels?
    Nope, not that Im aware of anyhow.


  • #135
    total former
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭total former


    ussjtrunks wrote: »
    Is there anyway to tune rte 1 hd through the sky hd other channels?

    No.


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