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RTÉ goes widescreen on ntl digital (at last)

  • 09-06-2005 11:44AM
    #1
    celticfc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Have only noticed it now...

    RTÉ One - 101, RTÉ Two - 102, The Den - 601 are all available in widescreen now, looking very good. :)


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  • #2
    Round Cable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 828 ✭✭✭Round Cable


    The picture quality is much improved, however the DOG's look terrible, get your act together RTÉ.


  • #3
    cgarvey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,890 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    So it has.. cool .. that's a welcome change. Home and away in anamorphic widescreen on RTE1 right now!


  • #4
    Round Cable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 828 ✭✭✭Round Cable


    Back to 14:9 again :confused:


  • #5
    spockety
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭spockety


    May depend on the program?

    Are ads going out anamorphic?
    Are stateside programs like "Lost" going out anamorphic?

    What are you seeing in 14:9 letterbox?


  • #6
    celticfc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭celticfc


    :mad: Don't know what they're playing at now, was fine earlier but now it seems it's back to the old analogue feed.

    .... & yes, all programming was in w/s, incl. ad's, bumpers, w/s shows etc.

    Hope it's back later....


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  • #7
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    testing maybe


  • #8
    spockety
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭spockety


    It was anamorphic?
    Or was it letterboxed?


  • #9
    celticfc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭celticfc


    Both, whichever you chose in the screen format menu.


  • #10
    chorus techy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭chorus techy


    I wonder are they testing the new fibre link they were supposed to be building from RTE to NTL HQ? Or maybe they're just pulling in and re-converting the satellite feed from Astra? I'd say they'd only be testing at this stage anyway...


  • #11
    channelsurfer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 742 ✭✭✭channelsurfer


    any word on when chorus digital will take the rte widesreen feed. I doubt if they will ever change bbc utv and c4 over to the sky feed as it could be a rights issue thing. Have to say I have the ftv card with itv and c4 on sky and there is absoultely no comparision to chorus digital picture of those channels . the sky ftv picture is 10 times better and so is the sound. so that would be one think I would hope chorus do . then I might consider getting chorus digital.


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  • #12
    chorus techy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭chorus techy


    Rights issues?! Nah, sure they pull in BBC3 and 4 and the rest from a satellite feed - AFAIK, the Irish & UK terrestrials are all MPEG converted analogue feeds and there doesn't seem to be any intention to receive otherwise so no widescreen for the moment...


  • #13
    channelsurfer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 742 ✭✭✭channelsurfer


    ok thanks for that. I just assumed it was for the same reason sky dont have itv and channel 4 in that they cannot broadcast the satellite signal only rebroadcast the analogue terrestrial signal.


  • #14
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    the cable companies use Sky broadcasts all the time when there other feed acts up


  • #15
    chorus techy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭chorus techy


    channelsurfer wrote:
    ok thanks for that. I just assumed it was for the same reason sky dont have itv and channel 4 in that they cannot broadcast the satellite signal only rebroadcast the analogue terrestrial signal.

    AFAIK, so long as they have the rights of the broadcaster, they can take whatever they like from wherever they like. But I really have no idea why BBC 1 and 2 are digitised analogue feeds - with NTL digital, you get the digital versions of BBC 1 & 2 - Chorus give you the analogue ones (even though its digital). I don't know where they pick UTV and Ch 4 up from, because the picture is pretty good for a terrestrial signal!


  • #16
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,261 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Certainly used to be the case that Chorus and NTL picked up their UK terrestrial channels off-air at the border from Divis. Chorus had a network to distribute them to their MMDS head-ends, which NTL also used.

    On NTL Digital, NTL get the UK channels from Langley. They are certainly all the digital versions, digital subtitling and all. That might change in the future as part of the demerger of NTL Ireland though.


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