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Freesat - HD channels

  • 22-10-2012 4:15pm
    #1
    hertz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭


    HI

    When you pick up the Freesat channels from the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 etc) are they broadcasting in HD (High Definition)? And if they are would you need a receiver box with a HDMI cable port to take full benefit of the signal going into your HD TV?

    hertz


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  • #2
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,413 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    You'd need:

    a) a HD Freesat box
    b) a HD TV (obviously!)
    c) a HDMI cable (or equivalent HD cable - componant etc).

    A HD box and HD telly getting video from a scart is a no-no! ;)

    Hope this helps.


  • #3
    IrishHomer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,031 ✭✭✭IrishHomer


    hertz wrote: »
    HI

    When you pick up the Freesat channels from the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 etc) are they broadcasting in HD (High Definition)? And if they are would you need a receiver box with a HDMI cable port to take full benefit of the signal going into your HD TV?

    hertz
    The HD versions are in HD and unless you have a newish tv with an inbuilt freesat decoder well then you would require a freesat HD box with HDMi in order to avail of the HD channels.


  • #4
    hertz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭hertz


    Thanks Guys
    I have a new TV, a Smart Samsung 5000 series. I'll check out the specs of the TV.


  • #5
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    Or a generic DVB-S2 satellite receiver will receive all fta HD satellite broadcasts, but a freesat one would be easier to use.


  • #6
    cjt156
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭cjt156


    To clarify; both SD and HD versions are broadcast on FreeSat. A FreeSatHD box will have 101 as BBC1 and 108(I think) as BBC1HD etc. (these are changing soon with HD becoming the main channel).
    A standard FreeSat box will decode only the SD channels. So if you don't have all the HD hardware, you'll still receive the full set of channels, albeit in SD mode.


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