BBC HD launch in May

watty

Exciting or deadly waste depends on your interests.


BBC launch one month after SkyHD starts to roll out?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/24/geek_tv_bbc_goes_hd/


I wouldn't get HD TV for this, but then I don't watch sport at all.

Skyuser

This will be the big push for Sky HD. Lots of world cup fans will buy HD for this.

slegs

Skyuser wrote:

This will be the big push for Sky HD. Lots of world cup fans will buy HD for this.

yup...I think this will make Sky HD alot more appealing...the ability to watch WC games in HD would be worth the extra cost or early adoption for an awful lot of people

Mossy Monk

but surely you could buy a non Sky HD box and still watch

Skyuser

Mossy Monk wrote:

but surely you could buy a non Sky HD box and still watch

Really? I want that. I thought Sky were the first HD retailer?

Zaphod

Skyuser wrote:

Really? I want that. I thought Sky were the first HD retailer?

In Europe, euro1080 have been transmitting DVB-S MPEG2 HDTV for over 12 months using QualiTV and Zinwell receivers. More recently, Premiere have started DVB-S2 MPEG4 HDTV transmissions with Humax and Pace receivers available.

L1011

More like 24 months for Euro1080 - went public on 1/1/2004, and it was running before that.

There are also FTA MPEG4/DVB-S2 broadcasts in Germany from their commercial broadcasters - Pro7 and Sat1.

daveirl

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watty

Try any of the German web sites for non-Sky HD boxes. About 450 to 750 Euro (most are PVRs too).

Humax do have an MPEG4 box and I'm sure Dreambox and Reelbox real soon.

Telewest on Cable beat Sky in UK. Telewest will of course have all the Sky HD channels soon as well BBC HD and their own HD. They have a HD PVR.

Zaphod

daveirl wrote:

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Reviews of the Humax and Pace boxes in German:
http://www.areadvd.de/hardware/2006/Humax_PR-HD1000_01.shtml
http://www.areadvd.de/hardware/2006/Pace_DS810_KP_01.shtml

These units are geared primarily for Premiere, so wouldn't be especially good as general MPEG4 DVB-S2 receivers e.g. they have trouble processing channels with SRs>30,000.


This box looks potentially more useful:
http://www.satplaza.com/wordpres/?p=849

Ulsterman 1690

I take it that these "FTA" Hi Def boxes will recieve the BBC but not $ky.

Personally I dont think Ill be rushing out to buy HiDef I was a late adaptor (1996) to COLOUR :eek: and although I have now have Widescreen I find it more of a curse than a blessing due to broadcasters/set designers making a total b@**s-up of 16:9/4:3 switching

marksi

Ulsterman 1690 wrote:

I take it that these "FTA" Hi Def boxes will recieve the BBC but not $ky.

Personally I dont think Ill be rushing out to buy HiDef I was a late adaptor (1996) to COLOUR :eek: and although I have now have Widescreen I find it more of a curse than a blessing due to broadcasters/set designers making a total b@**s-up of 16:9/4:3 switching

What's your problem with widescreen switching? It works perfectly well.

L1011

marksi wrote:

What's your problem with widescreen switching? It works perfectly well.

...when the broadcasters configure everything properly. Which the Irish ones, for one thing, don't ever, and some of the other ones around too.