BBC 1 HD @ Ch 215

MBSnr

So now that BBC HD has become BBC 2 HD, the Irish Sky EPG needs a reshuffle.

I'm not sure of the exact regions we now get on HD either
141 BBC 1 NI
142 BBC 2 NI
143 BBC 2 HD (Only one region - England?)
215 BBC 1 HD (I believe it's London and not NI - tomorrow @ 11pm the schedule for 141/215 differs)

Not that I'm complaining about BBC 1 HD being London, as some programming is at better times and not moved about as in the NI schedule.

Anyhow I'd have expected this to be resolved by now but it hasn't. So who is responsible for the allocation? I read in one place that it's the BBC as they 'own' the slot numbers and in another that it's up to Sky? The numbering at present isn't the most logical any more.

Anyone any numbering suggestions.....?

Gonzo

all i know is that both BBC1HD and BBC2HD are London versions to Irish customers while Northern Ireland gets BBC1HD Northern Ireland on their boxs... hopefully things will stay the way they are.

Mountjoy Mugger

MBSnr wrote: »

So who is responsible for the allocation? I read in one place that it's the BBC as they 'own' the slot numbers and in another that it's up to Sky? The numbering at present isn't the most logical any more.

Anyone any numbering suggestions.....?

Leave well enough alone, for goodness sake. BBCNI is bad enough in SD without us having it shoved down our throats in HD.

excollier

Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »

Leave well enough alone, for goodness sake. BBCNI is bad enough in SD without us having it shoved down our throats in HD.

I have the same hang up with RTE......

lertsnim

Gonzo wrote: »

all i know is that both BBC1HD and BBC2HD are London versions to Irish customers while Northern Ireland gets BBC1HD Northern Ireland on their boxs... hopefully things will stay the way they are.

UPC recently changed BBC One HD to BBC One NI HD so it's only a matter of time before it changes on Sky I'd say.

MBSnr

Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »

Leave well enough alone, for goodness sake. BBCNI is bad enough in SD without us having it shoved down our throats in HD.

I'm happy to leave it with the HD versions not being NI. What I'd like is the numbering to be consistent. The missus doesn't realise Ch215 exists and is forever setting series links on Ch141..... If the SD/HD versions happened to be together on one page in the planner it would make way more sense.

Dave_Dublin

MBSnr wrote: »

So now that BBC HD has become BBC 2 HD, the Irish Sky EPG needs a reshuffle . . .

141 BBC 1 NI
142 BBC 2 NI
143 BBC 2 HD (Only one region - England?)
215 BBC 1 HD (I believe it's London and not NI - tomorrow @ 11pm the schedule for 141/215 differs)

It's only non-HD subscribers that have them in the wrong order :

HD customers have 141 : BBC One HD // 142 : BBC Two HD // 143 : BBC2NI . . .

(the same numbers they're on in the UK - except 143 of course)

MBSnr

Dave_Dublin wrote: »

It's only non-HD subscribers that have them in the wrong order :

HD customers have 141 : BBC One HD // 142 : BBC Two HD // 143 : BBC2NI . . .

(the same numbers they're on in the UK - except 143 of course)

That's still arseways though. How's that differ from the SD lineup in Ireland? The two BBC SD chs are together but the two HD chs are not or vice versa. You see my point?

HD Customers - 141 BBC1 HD / 142 BBC 2 HD / 143 BBC 2 SD / 215 BBC 1 SD

SD Customers - 141 BBC1 SD / 142 BBC 2 SD / 143 BBC 2 HD / 215 BBC 1 HD

I know it may not be practical but they should aim to get the SD/HD so that they are like 141/142 and 2xx/2xx - depending on being an HD sub or not.

But having said that they know what box you have paired the card to, so surely it could load the HDs at 141/142 for those with a HD box, regardless of the HD sub being present.

basill

But having said that they know what box you have paired the card to, so surely it could load the HDs at 141/142 for those with a HD box, regardless of the HD sub being present.

You see where your argument falls down is in applying logic and customer service to anything from Sky. There are a number of reasons why they are happy for the status quo:-

- they want us to pay the 15euro for HD. In a truly competitive market HD would be a given and they would be forced to ensure that the product they sell is the highest quality as there would be competitors doing the same.

- if they grouped the channels in a logical order depending on your box spec then you just might realise that you actually don't view very many of Skys offerings and might change to freeview/sat.

Its also why they won't let you change the epg and restrict manually tuning in additional channels.

MBSnr

^^^^ Ah yes I forgot about their HD pack.... That would explain the reasoning to some degree.