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Poor picture quality on Oireachtas Report on RTE TV

  • 07-05-2009 06:21PM
    #1
    Antenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,444 ✭✭✭


    Most of the time I happen to watch Oireachtas Report on RTE the picture quality, to me, is appalling - due to very 'lossy' digital compression in the recording.

    Even with fairly static scenes the picture is noticeably 'blocky', picture becomes very blurred if there is a lot of movement or the camera pans, and lip-movement of a speaker is unnatural.

    Oireachtas Report is not the only programme broadcast on Irish TV which suffers from these affects in a significant way.

    picture standard does not stoop this low on anything produced by or for the main UK channels.

    Do viewers here not care?


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  • #2
    Antenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,444 ✭✭✭Antenna


    picture quality last night on Oireachtas Report was OK
    - but the previous night it was horrific quality (which prompted me to post)

    Maybe its editing can be done at alternate locations, with one producing very 'lossy' output?


  • #3
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    Im suprised you were able to stay awake long enough to notice :D

    But seriously Low bitrates may be acceptable on dedeciated news/parliament channels due to the nature of the programming (fairly static pictures with the audio being the important bit) but I agree its a bit sloppy to have such poor pictures on a mainstream terrestrial channel


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