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is ITV 1 available in HD through SKY

  • 01-07-2010 9:15pm
    #1
    irishh_bob
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    on the verge of signing up for sky HD but am getting conflicting reports on whether itv is available in HD through sky , sky themselves tell me it is available but a retailer ( in northern ireland i might add ) told me the other day that only BBC is availabe in HD through the sky service


    ps , is HD really all its cracked up to be :)


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  • #2
    cupthehand1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭cupthehand1


    BBC HD is on Channel 143

    ITV HD is available but not on the EPG so has to be tuned in manually (easily done using details in the sticky above ) thus it cannot be recorded on your SKY+ Box

    As for HD being worth I can only give you my opinion and thats a resounding yes but its mostly sports I watch on it and it does makes a massive difference. Some will say it makes no difference, others will say they will never watch SD again.


  • #3
    paultf
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    BBC HD is available on the Sky EPG (menu and you can record it), while ITV HD is accessible on Sky thru FTA (you have to access it thru 'Other Channels' and therefore you can't record from it).

    Both BBC HD and ITV HD don't offer a full programme schedule so alot of the time it just shows repeats. It's good at the moment for the World Cup or Wimbledon.

    Overall I think HD is good. Its very good if you have the premium pacakges i.e. sports and movies.

    From reading other posts Sky are going to make changes to HD. At the moment if you have HD you get access to a number of channels like Nat Geo HD etc (for free) even though you might not subscribe to the package that has that channel. Now Sky are only going to allow you to view in HD the channels you have subscribed to. This change is coming in soon.


  • #4
    irishh_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭irishh_bob


    thanks for the info , having read other posts regarding this topic , it seems sky are using crappy amstrad boxes ( no wonder they install them for 30 quid ) and this is resulting in SD chanells suffering , so i think i might buy the box off someone private


  • #5
    Mr McBoatface
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,579 ✭✭✭Mr McBoatface


    ITV1-HD and STV-HD are running a full service and has been for some time http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055935664.

    I think there are a couple of regional HD variants for ITV1 but basically It has all the same programs as ITV1 SD.

    ITV1-HD London and STV-HD if not on your EPG can be tune in manually on Frequency 10.936 Polarisation Vertical Symbol Rate 22000 F.E.C. 5/6 .These channels run at 1920 X 1080 which gives better PQ than some other HD variants of ITV whch run at 1440x1080. These are also available of Freesat systems too and not just Sky.

    Programs filmed in HD look much better than programs film in SD and then upscaled to HD. Upscaled SD can look really good and much better than SD but it all depends on the picture source.

    I'm not sure if Sky customers in the north get Channel 4 HD on thier EPG, I've been impressed with it's picture quality. FIVE HD is testing at the moment too - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055936080&page=2, again I not sure if this will be on your EPG.

    C4 HD and Five HD can be got without a sub using a Sky Free To View card and a SKY HD box, they can not be manually tune in due to the symbol rate on their broadcast signal.


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