BBC HD

pd101

I know very little about these kind of things so I was wondering could some one help me. Is it possible to get BBC HD without having a Sky HD box?

Hogzy

just tried it with my sky+ box and the answer is no

John mac

a freesat hd box will get it

bugfreebob

Hogzy wrote: »

just tried it with my sky+ box and the answer is no

Yes - no problem - with any HD capable Free-to-air box - eg Combo receivers for DTT/Satellite such as Clarke-Tech, MVision, Technomate etc. Also possible to get Free-to-air Satellite-only box such as Freesat HD. Loads of info on Satellite & Terrestrial boards.

I am receiving HD on Clarke-Tech Combo box. I get all Irish & main UK channels free to air, including BBC HD.

Zonda999

Yep, bbc hd can be got on any hd capable stb. Same goes for Itv HD

Hogzy

bugfreebob wrote: »

Yes - no problem - with any HD capable Free-to-air box - eg Combo receivers for DTT/Satellite such as Clarke-Tech, MVision, Technomate etc. Also possible to get Free-to-air Satellite-only box such as Freesat HD. Loads of info on Satellite & Terrestrial boards.

I am receiving HD on Clarke-Tech Combo box. I get all Irish & main UK channels free to air, including BBC HD.

I stand corrected, Apologies OP

watty

A non HD box has nowhere to output it.

Also HD only transponders use DVB-S2 rather than the older DVB-S, so most non-HD boxes can't even tune it.
DVB-S HD channels (non-DVBS2) will "tune" on a non-HD satellite receiver, but you can't watch or listen.

cnocbui

As well as HD capable boxes, you can get several brands of TV with built-in freesat and freeview receivers which have mpeg-4 decoders that are required to decode HD.

I have a Panasonic plasma with such a receiver and watched the stunning BBC Yellowstone (winter) program in HD last night.

positron

cnocbui, pardon my ignorance, but are you saying I can plug the cable coming from the sky disk direct to TV if the TV is capable of tuning and decoding it?

How do I find out if my TV can do it? Its a LG427000, and I've a normal coax from rooftop antenna plugged into it and it shows four blank channels as "HD Service' - RTE1, RTE2, TV3 and something else.

PS: Googled a lot and I don't think LG427000 has freeview..! I wonder if I can find a TV tuner card that can do HD from the sky dish? That would save me from having another box under the tv..!!

mjsmyth

At the moment, only Panasonic have freesat enabled tv's available to buy. LG will be launching their range soon.

Take a look at the column on the right of this website to see the current complete range of freesat receivers including the panasonic tv's:
http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/

The following are links to the LG products:
http://uk.lge.com/products/model/detail/lcdtv_32lf7700.jhtml
http://uk.lge.com/products/model/detail/lcdtv_37lf7700.jhtml
http://uk.lge.com/products/model/detail/lcdtv_42lf7700.jhtml
http://uk.lge.com/products/model/detail/lcdtv_47lf7700.jhtml

Hope that helps.

mj

John mac

positron wrote: »

cnocbui, pardon my ignorance, but are you saying I can plug the cable coming from the sky disk direct to TV if the TV is capable of tuning and decoding it?

How do I find out if my TV can do it? Its a LG427000, and I've a normal coax from rooftop antenna plugged into it and it shows four blank channels as "HD Service' - RTE1, RTE2, TV3 and something else.

PS: Googled a lot and I don't think LG427000 has freeview..! I wonder if I can find a TV tuner card that can do HD from the sky dish? That would save me from having another box under the tv..!!

the new range of panasonics have both built in (the G series in the UK)

pd101

The receivers mentioned above can get both standard definition and HD channels but are there any that can get just HD? We have a normal sky box so we already have the other channels.

John mac

pd101 wrote: »

The receivers mentioned above can get both standard definition and HD channels but are there any that can get just HD? We have a normal sky box so we already have the other channels.

there are only a few hd channels available at the moment.

why would you want another box for just hd channels?

the tv i mentioned above have both digital terrestrial tv and satellite (hd capable) tuners.

1 from Aeriel and 1 from satellite dish.

pd101

John mac wrote: »

there are only a few hd channels available at the moment.

why would you want another box for just hd channels?

I thought they would be cheaper if they just did HD instead of both SD snd HD. I didnt realise they were so expensive. Are they all €150+ or are there any cheaper models?