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RTE 2 HD

  • 19-08-2011 8:23am
    #1
    banjacksed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 210 ✭✭


    does anyone know Is sky showing rte 2 in hd now for the gaa matches,


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  • #2
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,851 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    No only Saorview for the moment.


  • #3
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    No, surely they would have to setup an rte2 HD channel first?


  • #4
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,851 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    fionny wrote: »
    No, surely they would have to setup an rte2 HD channel first?
    There is one on Saorview, HD sports schedule for the next month - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=73872722&postcount=397


  • #5
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    Aye Sky i meant though, I havent seen it on the listings.


  • #6
    rlogue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭rlogue


    RTE are keeping RTE Two HD on Saorview only as they want to encourage people to switch to Saorview.


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


    Saorview is not a competing platform to Sky or UPC.


  • #8
    pegasus1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭pegasus1


    I suppose that our high and mighty..not, RTE, want people with sky to install an aerial on the roof and buy a another box for under the telly.

    just to watch RTE in Hd...

    Will go down this route i think not..


  • #9
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    Isn't choice a wonderful thing.


  • #10
    Rick_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,620 ✭✭✭Rick_


    In a rare moment of joy, the Saorview channels came in lovely on my TV last night for a while, and I noticed that while the show broadcast on RTE TWO was in HD and a HD logo was being shown, the DOG was very bright and fuzzy and obviously not also in HD. I hope that RTE get some sense soon and make the logo for the HD version much more discreet and make it in a HD resolution. It looks very amateur as it is.


  • #11
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    The DOG will be displayed in HD when the programme is HD. If it was fuzzy then what you were watching was upscaled.


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  • #12
    Michael Collins
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael Collins


    pegasus1 wrote: »
    I suppose that our high and mighty..not, RTE, want people with sky to install an aerial on the roof and buy a another box for under the telly.

    just to watch RTE in Hd...

    Will go down this route i think not..

    Well it's a choice between a once-off fee for RTE Two in HD quality or a monthly fee to Sky for SD quality RTE.


  • #13
    Ozzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 248 ✭✭Ozzie


    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    Saorview is not a competing platform to Sky or UPC.

    Disagree..... The amount of people ditching Sky and just watching FTA satellite channels (on their old Sky box!!!!) and Irish channels via Saorview is unreal. Officially they may not be competing but they are a viable alternative. And the big hook: THEY'RE FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D


  • #14
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    rlogue wrote: »
    RTE are keeping RTE Two HD on Saorview only as they want to encourage people to switch to Saorview.

    They are ignoring the Broadcasting Act by doing so. They are supposed to offer all of their channels on a "must offer-must carry" basis.

    Having said that, I think they will eventually offer the channels on other platforms. I believe at least one of the smaller cable players is carrying the Saorview channels (I think its Magnet but not sure right now). Its only a matter of time before they become available on UPC, at any rate, if not Sky. Public opinion will force them to. Their own staff (who, since they are headquartered in Dublin, are almost certain to be UPC or Sky subscribers) will force them to eventually.


  • #15
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,851 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    As per the Broadcasting Act 2009 the PSBs (RTÉ 1&2, TV3 and TG4) "must offer" their channels to other platforms UPC, Sky etc. Irish operators such as UPC "must carry" the PSB channels. For UK operator Sky it will be their choice to carry the channels. If Sky choose not to carry the channels any grievance will be with Sky.

    RTÉ said in a consultation last year its channels/services would be offered to all digital platforms following a short technical and market testing period.

    The Feb 2011 Ministerial Decision on the new RTÉ channels require
    2. RTÉ must act so as to ensure the new services and channels are made available on
    all platforms as soon as practicable in accordance with the “must offer”/“must
    carry” obligations set out in the Broadcasting Act 2009;


  • #16
    Fatscally
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭Fatscally


    pegasus1 wrote: »
    I suppose that our high and mighty..not, RTE, want people with sky to install an aerial on the roof and buy a another box for under the telly.

    just to watch RTE in Hd...

    Will go down this route i think not..


    Don't almost all new flatscreen tellys have a Digital Television Tuner in them now removing the need for an extra box?
    Also I don't to watch RTE meaning Rat Kenny and the likes in HD but I do want to watch the rugby world cup matches in HD :)


  • #17
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,851 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Fatscally wrote: »
    Don't almost all new flatscreen tellys have a Digital Television Tuner in them now removing the need for an extra box?

    Probably, DVB-T tuner but the problem could be the on board video decoder. Saorview requires MPEG-4 L4.0, some may only have an MPEG-2 (UK freeview) decoder.
    pegasus1 wrote: »
    I suppose that our high and mighty..not, RTE, want people with sky to install an aerial on the roof and buy a another box for under the telly.

    just to watch RTE in Hd...

    Will go down this route i think not..

    This from RTÉNL
    If you currently receive the four Irish Free-To-Air television channels (RTÉ One, RTÉ Two, TV3 & TG4) on your television via a subscription or pay service You May Choose To Move To SAORVIEW But You DO NOT HAVE TO. Analogue Switch Off (ASO) does not impact on your current method of television reception or television set.

    http://www.rtenl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/RTÉNL-SAORVIEW-FAQs-May-2011-Rev-3-0.pdf


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