Picture quality on RTE

Cantona's Collars

Just watching the athletics on RTE2,switched over to BBC and imo the picture on BBC is superior.I noticed this aswell during the World Cup.Is the bitrate on RTE lower? Even during the GAA games it sometimes looks like watching Lego men.

SugarHigh

The bitrate of the BBC is the highest of all teh channels af far as I remember.

Cantona's Collars

It's shocking at times on RTE-the sport really shows it up,especially field games like football etc.I suppose with the arrangement they have with Sky beggars can't be choosers.

crosstownk

I've always found PQ on RTÉ to be poor compared to some (not all) other channels. It was very noticeable today watching live GAA. I find BBC to be one of the best with both SD and HD PQ.

John mac

Try it on BBCHD and rte2.

Minstrel27

The athletics looked pretty poor on RTÉ Two earlier. It is a shame as I considered them to have the best PQ on Sky a few years ago.

Cantona's Collars

John mac wrote: »

Try it on BBCHD and rte2.

I did that also just to see what it really looks like.But to be fair I wanted to compare the SD channels,the athletics were on RTE2,BBC and EUROSPORT- RTE had by far the worst picture quality,they can't blame the source as they're all the same. People complained about picture quality on MSK but RTE isn't any better at times.

Rippy

If you have a Mpeg 4 tuner in your Tv , an aerial and live within reach of a digital transmitter, tune in the digital terrestrial. You will see that the bit rate is significantly better than sky. And it's free!

Minstrel27

zerks wrote: »

I did that also just to see what it really looks like.But to be fair I wanted to compare the SD channels,the athletics were on RTE2,BBC and EUROSPORT- RTE had by far the worst picture quality,they can't blame the source as they're all the same. People complained about picture quality on MSK but RTE isn't any better at times.

RTÉ looked better than British Eurosport in fairness. That wouldn't be hard though.

Cantona's Collars

Minstrel27 wrote: »

RTÉ looked better than British Eurosport in fairness. That wouldn't be hard though.

Lego v Megabloks in the picture stakes there.:)

SugarHigh

It's also worth remembering that the bit rate changes all the time depending on the source material. I'd imagine that GAA is recorded on cameras that don't match what the premiership would have. Most channels also use a variable bit rate which changes depending on what's being shown not only on their channel but on other channels that share the same transponder. So if one channel is showing a slow paced sitcom it will have a lower bit rate than a channel showing sports.

STB

All GAA feeds are HD and have been for some time. They may not be broadcasting as such but you can bet your granny that they will available from the archives and broadcast in repeat GAA programs when RTE launch in HD next year.

ScrubsfanChris

STB wrote: »

when RTE launch in HD next year.

Who's your inside source?

As was said above the RTE picture quality through the MPEG4 DVB-T tests is much better than through Sky.

twig

STB wrote: »

when RTE launch in HD next year.

Bout time, Bbc Hd and itv Hd were amazing for the world cup didnt watch a single match on rte because it was very poor!

Minstrel27

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Who's your inside source?

RTÉ announced it a few weeks ago.

SugarHigh

STB wrote: »

All GAA feeds are HD and have been for some time. They may not be broadcasting as such but you can bet your granny that they will available from the archives and broadcast in repeat GAA programs when RTE launch in HD next year.

Are you sure? Why wasn't the rugby matches in Croke Park filmed in HD, they were the only matches of the 6 nations that weren't broadcast in HD on BBCHD like every other match?

Mr McBoatface

"RTE2 HD Lite" will be on the Saorview(DTT) and Saorsat, I don't think it will be on SKY or UPC.

JDxtra

Sport on RTE...

Minstrel27

SugarHigh wrote: »

Are you sure? Why wasn't the rugby matches in Croke Park filmed in HD, they were the only matches of the 6 nations that weren't broadcast in HD on BBCHD like every other match?

All Six Nations games from Croke Park were in HD this year.

crosstownk

JDxtra wrote: »

Sport on RTE...

LOL - but true. Where's the ball? Now imagine watching a hurling match!

RTÉ is still better than TV3 or 3e who a marginally worse.

Aside from sport which accentuates the poor RTÉ PQ, dramas and documentaries are not up the BBC standard which can be quite stunning for SD broadcasts.

Nice to hear that RTÉ are due to begin HD but disappointing to discover that it's not planned to be on the Sky platform :mad:

As for HD, I find Sky Sports, Sky 1HD, SBO HD, Eurosport HD and others quite good but ITV HD, while better than SD, is not up to scratch. I don't watch ITV HD all that often as it's an 'Other Channel'. Are there any plans to add it to the Irish EPG?

Cantona's Collars

JDxtra wrote: »

Sport on RTE...

And in close up..

Minstrel27

crosstownk wrote: »

Are there any plans to add it to the Irish EPG?

No.

Sponge Bob

Move to digital Terrestrial TV, the bitrate for satellite on all Irish channels is around 3mbits where it 'bursts' much higher on DTT. Furthermore the likes of ITV are throttling their own SD sat channels back to around 3mbits to gradually force everyone to upgrade to HD, sneaky hoors

You watch sport?? Go HD or Terrestrial.

al22

understand some broadcasts and old films especially are not in the wide screen format. So, plese? RTE, do not stretch old films or such a broadcasts to fill the screen! I HATE STRETCHED pictures/broadcasts!
Thanks.

theoneeyedman

al22 wrote: »

understand some broadcasts and old films especially are not in the wide screen format. So, plese? RTE, do not stretch old films or such a broadcasts to fill the screen! I HATE STRETCHED pictures/broadcasts!
Thanks.

Old films?????
They were new releases when this thread was active mate !!