RTE HD coming soon?

Irishdudedave

Was just on www.rtenl.ie where it shows news stories from RTE on the front page...much to my surprise it included the following:

High-definition television, or HDTV, is the ultimate home entertainment experience, bringing sound and picture quality to a whole new level. HDTV’s or HD ready TV’s are already in the shops. All we are waiting for is content and a transmission service. Nearly all major events are now recorded in HD and a number of services like Sky are already running some HDTV channels, showing events such as the world cup and the Ryder Cup, later this year. RTÉ as part of its strategy is moving to HD. Any development of the DTT platform has to include capacity for a number of HDTV services

zilog_jones

I doubt they'll be running anything regular any time soon. I heard someone saying RTÉ already have at least one HD camera - don't know if it's a studio camera or a portable one or what, nor if they're actually using it for any broadcasts or recordings.

Since the BBC don't even have a proper full HD channel yet (I know they have one, but there's not an awful lot on it), I doubt RTÉ are going to have anything substantial any time soon either.

Of course they'll eventually have to go HD, but who knows how long they'll take?

Ulsterman 1690

Wouldnt they be better off concentrating on getting nationwide DTT (not to mention proper widescreen) up and running first. :rolleyes:

Or maybe theyre going to leapfrog SD-DTT and go straight for HD (actually If they hold off on DTT much longer the notion might start to make sense)

Mossy Monk

Ulsterman 1690 wrote:

Wouldnt they be better off concentrating on getting nationwide DTT (not to mention proper widescreen) up and running first. :rolleyes:

why cant they do both at the same time? last time i checked RTÉ have gone widescreen

BowWow

Ulsterman 1690 wrote:

Wouldnt they be better off concentrating on getting nationwide DTT (not to mention proper widescreen) up and running first. :rolleyes:

Or maybe theyre going to leapfrog SD-DTT and go straight for HD (actually If they hold off on DTT much longer the notion might start to make sense)

Hardly fair to blame RTE on the lack of DTT - If provided with the budget/responsibility they would have provided same.

david23

The BBC have an HD channel running on satellite which shows stuff like live sport, Robin Hood and Planet Earth. An increasing amount of their output is being recorded/transmitted in HD so they will probably open another channel soon. As I understand it at the moment the only means of access to it is by shelling out for Sky's HD box.

The BBC are lobbying the UK Government to let them use the two spare DTT multiplexes which will become available after DSO for HD transmission, but at the moment the UKG seems hell-bent on auctioning this spectrum to the highest bidder with the cash going to the Treasury. Therefore it could end up in the hands of mobile phone companies and HD may never be transmitted on DTT in the UK. Time will tell but hopefully Ireland will adopt a more public service-orientated approach to the freed-up spectrum.

digiman 2007

Have The BBC decided to dicontinue their HD 2 yeartrial after its completion in a few months?

DMC

The BBC are very non-committal to the HD project beyond 2008. The BBC wont launch a second HD channel for some time and not part of the current trial. They have barely enough content to make an active service.

What we are seeing here is something akin to what happened in the 1960's and ITV. ATV, ABC and some other ITV companies were successfully selling programmes to the US, but to keep selling and making money, they had to film them in colour, incurring extra expense in filming. Colour on ITV only appeared in November 1969, yet a lot of ITV drama as far back as 1963 was made in colour, yet not seen until the 1970's.

With the likes of Planet Earth, Robin Hood etc, they are being recorded for sales to the US and for HD-DVD and Blueray.

Foggy43

Recently the BBC didn't get the license fee increase they wanted. 'Experts' said they would cut back on some services and move more departments out of London.
I suppose this gives them an excuse to stop trials.

superdudeman007

Keep in mind that this is the broadcaster that planned to have 5 fully interactive channels (News, Kids and Edu as well as ONE and TWO) on the air in widescreen by 2002.....

sat1

A HD OB is available to RTE in Ireland when ever they need to use it.

This unit is currenly used by both RTE and SKY.

blast05

AM getting a Sky HD box tomorrow. Would i be right in saying there is still no progress from RTE on when they will actually start broadcasting in HD ?

slegs

Yes, you would be correct. No RTE HD anytime soon in current climate.

watty

BowWow wrote: »

Hardly fair to blame RTE on the lack of DTT - If provided with the budget/responsibility they would have provided same.

Nearly 9 years ago too!

It would be MPEG2, but given how few Irish channels there are, that wouldn't matter.

fat-tony

watty wrote: »

Nearly 9 years ago too!

It would be MPEG2, but given how few Irish channels there are, that wouldn't matter.

Watty, shurely shome mishtake there - MPEG2? Or are you referring to 9 years ago (prior to HD).

watty

If it had started when RTE was ORIGINALLY ready, we would be MPEG2 today.

bob11

See the attached link:

http://www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2007/0716/hdtvsportjuly07.html

Was this really High definition broadcast or was this just the start of the dtt trial ??

slegs

bob11 wrote: »

See the attached link:

http://www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2007/0716/hdtvsportjuly07.html

Was this really High definition broadcast or was this just the start of the dtt trial ??

Yes, it really did happen!!

radiospan

I think they were broadcasting that an a loop for a while afterward as part of the HD Ireland trial channel?

slegs

They also had a loop broadcast of various content the rest of the time but this was a live test broadcast on that day

Apogee

bob11 wrote: »

Was this really High definition broadcast or was this just the start of the dtt trial ??

See attached pics in post #33 for screenshots of the Kilkenny v Wexford hurling match.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055128190&page=3