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RTE 2 Broadcasting in HD now

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    #152
    seanp_25
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭seanp_25


    higgz wrote: »
    Gavin and Stacey also looking very clear right now?

    It's upscaled SD.


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    #153
    The Cush
    Registered Users Posts: 15,492 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    ladder wrote: »
    that makes sense but when it comes to live sport would it be true HD ?

    For sports to be transmitted in true HD they have to be shot in HD. Even if shot in HD they have to be downscaled to SD for analogue, UPC/Sky transmission.


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    #154
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    Anybody know if the football between Kerry and Limerick will be shown in HD this Sunday evening?


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    #155
    mossym
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭mossym


    i'm not sure using the DOG as a test for true HD is a valid test or not. depending on if the DOG is added post or pre scaling is all a fuzzy or clear dog can tell you.

    for example, native HD material, DOG is rendered in HD and overlaid.
    for SD, two options, DOG is rendered in SD on top of HD picture, and entire picture is scaled, giving less sharp DOG
    or picture is SD, is scaled, and then DOG is rendered in HD and is applied on top of scaled picture, giving the exact same HD DOG as the first case, but on a picture that is not native HD

    flicked on Blue bloods at start of week, to see ass it was a new program and HD was launched would they show it in proper HD, and all i can say was if that was HD then RTE's compression algorithm sucks. Not overly impressed with the HD offering at the moment, compared to SD the true HD stuff looks good, but compared to the other available HD offerings, it's poor. we can get into the whole debate about sat bandwidth versus terrestrial bandwidth, but on a poor quality comparison, RTE not winning the race


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    #156
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    I rang the Saorview helpline today and they told me the Match tomorrow between Kerry and Limerick is to be shown in High-Def :) Fingers Crossed


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    #157
    The Cush
    Registered Users Posts: 15,492 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Stinicker wrote: »
    I rang the Saorview helpline today and they told me the Match tomorrow between Kerry and Limerick is to be shown in High-Def :) Fingers Crossed

    I saw an Observe OB truck in Limerick today, I believe they did the matches last weekend - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72476479


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    #158
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    The Cush wrote: »
    I saw an Observe OB truck in Limerick today, I believe they did the matches last weekend - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72476479

    I'll be going to the match tomorrow evening so will try and get some photos of it. I'll be recording the match on my Technomate and external hard drive at a friends house as my own Saorview reception is crappy. This will be the first time a Kerry (or Limerick for that matter!) match has ever been recorded in HD I think.


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    #159
    The Dark Knight
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭The Dark Knight


    Stinicker wrote: »
    I rang the Saorview helpline today and they told me the Match tomorrow between Kerry and Limerick is to be shown in High-Def :) Fingers Crossed

    Just started...... Not in HD


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    #160
    Souriau
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭Souriau


    RTE2HD is using a lot of bandwidth now running between 6 and 8.2mbps


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    #161
    The Dark Knight
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭The Dark Knight


    Souriau wrote: »
    RTE2HD is using a lot of bandwidth now running between 6 and 8.2mbps

    Good quality upscaled SD (much much better than sky or upc), but defo not HD.
    Anybody know why? Is there only 1 HD OB unit, and that may be in Dublin for the Meath vs Kildare game tomorrow?


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    #162
    sob1467
    Registered Users Posts: 776 ✭✭✭sob1467


    Will the Ireland Macedonia match be in hd on RTE tonight. The match is been broadcast in hd on Sky Italia and UK. So the match must be going to be filmed in HD so surely RTE will broadcast it in HD?


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    #163
    barnicles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭barnicles


    Stadium shot didn't look HD there


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    #164
    STB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭STB


    The Dark Knight wrote: »
    Good quality upscaled SD (much much better than sky or upc), but defo not HD.
    Anybody know why? Is there only 1 HD OB unit, and that may be in Dublin for the Meath vs Kildare game tomorrow?

    how do you know its not HD ! You might know if you were feed hunting. Otherwise you would not.

    Most if not all OBs these days are outsourced to observe and the likes. Most are HD units.


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    #165
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    STB wrote: »
    how do you know its not HD ! You might know if you were feed hunting. Otherwise you would not.

    I am assuming that he was referring to the RTÉ Two HD feed on Saorview. And it was glaringly obvious that it wasn't in HD.


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    #166
    barnicles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭barnicles


    Match isn't in HD on Sky Sports either


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    #167
    sob1467
    Registered Users Posts: 776 ✭✭✭sob1467


    barnicles wrote: »
    Match isn't in HD on Sky Sports either
    It is on Sky Sports HD 1 according to http://www.sky.com/. It is also on Sky Italia on HD


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    #168
    Foggy43
    Registered Users Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭Foggy43


    The game is on Sky Sports 1 but not in HD. Even if you look at the Sky Sports Logo you can see the 'HD' has been removed.


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    #169
    higgz
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭higgz


    Foggy43 wrote: »
    The game is on Sky Sports 1 but not in HD. Even if you look at the Sky Sports Logo you can see the 'HD' has been removed.

    A lesson on proper use of HD logos. RTÉ should stop getting our hopes up and do the same!


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    #170
    Racket
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭Racket


    The game is actually in HD on Sky, even though it isn't flagged as such in the EPG and doesn't have the HD DOG. Granted it wasn't HD when I first compared the picture with Saorview at the start of the game, Sky had some dreadful feed when I compared. But when I came back a few minutes later it was an HD feed.


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    #171
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    Watching the match on rte2hd, anyone else notice it's freezing a bit ever so often?


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    #172
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    Racket wrote: »
    Sky had some dreadful feed when I compared. But when I came back a few minutes later it was an HD feed.

    They had the international feed with the score in the middle of the screen. They then switched to a clean feed.


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    #173
    Foggy43
    Registered Users Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭Foggy43


    What I have noticed with Sky is with games outside the UK they always have one or two of their own cameras there. Studio and interviews mostly. Yes the Sky picture quality has improved since the game has started.


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    #174
    The Cush
    Registered Users Posts: 15,492 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Nothing on screen to indicate either match was in HD, no "available in HD on Saorview" as per the Magners League Final

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72481452#post72481452
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=72488398&postcount=139


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    #175
    STB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭STB


    GAA/Irish based Sport

    Best place to find out is probably the guys doing the work. They do like to blog about it!

    Observe (they have several HD trucks)
    http://www.screenscene.ie/index.php?/observe_facilities/

    Digital Space do a lot of the provincial GAA ob's (afaik Megalink is their HD Truck)
    http://www.digitalspace.ie/ds/index.php?/news_articles

    http://www.digitalspace.ie/flyer.htm


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    #176
    JDxtra
    Registered Users Posts: 5,870 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    So, apart from one rugby match - has anything else been in HD since launch??


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    #177
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    JDxtra wrote: »
    So, apart from one rugby match - has anything else been in HD since launch??

    Tipperary v Cork was HD last weekend.


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    #178
    JDxtra
    Registered Users Posts: 5,870 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    ...anything else for those not into sport?


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    #179
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    An episode of Law and Order was shown in HD in the early hours of the morning last week, it wasn't advertised as such so was probably a test.


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    #180
    Machinehead
    Registered Users Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Machinehead


    :confused: I would have thought that the full launch was an indication the testing phase was over


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    #181
    OldRio
    Registered Users Posts: 5,919 ✭✭✭OldRio


    FFS RTE. Get it sorted.
    How fecking long has it taken ???
    Can we take them to court ?
    Displaying dogs that say one thing and then broadcasting in a different definition. Surely thats misleading advertising ?


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