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bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« on: 19 January 2010, 19:04:38 »
http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/blog/article/393834/

thank god i havent got a tv with built in freeview
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #1 on: 19 January 2010, 19:07:59 »
HD is crap. It's no better than SD on most tvs anyway.
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #2 on: 19 January 2010, 19:08:45 »
In that case then they will be breaking the law in calling themselves freeview, as it wont be free anymore.
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #3 on: 19 January 2010, 19:09:49 »
Looks like money for old rope ::)
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #4 on: 19 January 2010, 19:10:53 »
they obviously knew it was going to happen. another rip off to the consumer
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #5 on: 19 January 2010, 19:13:17 »
*sigh* old news.  This has been floating around since late spring when it was decided MUX B would go to DVB-T2. Keep up.
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #6 on: 19 January 2010, 19:14:10 »
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they obviously knew it was going to happen. another rip off to the consumer
It has been common knowledge for over a year, and ratified several months ago.
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #7 on: 19 January 2010, 19:16:01 »
Is freeview and freesat basically the same thing then?  (Apart from the way the signal arrives)
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #8 on: 19 January 2010, 19:19:26 »
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they obviously knew it was going to happen. another rip off to the consumer
It has been common knowledge for over a year, and ratified several months ago.

ive only just seen it on the news  :(
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #9 on: 19 January 2010, 19:44:57 »
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Is freeview and freesat basically the same thing then?  (Apart from the way the signal arrives)
Generally more channels on Freesat, including HD channels. No HD channels on Freeview, and when they arrive, will be on a multiplex that no current decoder available can decode.
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #10 on: 19 January 2010, 20:09:11 »
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HD is crap. It's no better than SD on most tvs anyway.
Even on "HD Ready" sets there is a marked improvement when fed with an HD signal (providing the HD interface is actually being used).
Those that can't see it have either got worse eyesight than they thought, or that cheap television really was a cheap piece of chinese shit.
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #11 on: 19 January 2010, 20:16:17 »
Doesn't really matter - TVs don't normally come as PVRs anyway
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #12 on: 19 January 2010, 20:16:49 »
Huge difference between HD and SD on mine and SD looks pretty good as it is
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #13 on: 19 January 2010, 20:22:59 »
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HD is crap. It's no better than SD on most tvs anyway.
Even on "HD Ready" sets there is a marked improvement when fed with an HD signal (providing the HD interface is actually being used).
Those that can't see it have either got worse eyesight than they thought, or that cheap television really was a cheap piece of chinese shit.
Yup :y

That said, there are some not-so-great HD sources.
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Re: bad news for HD tvs with freeview
« Reply #14 on: 19 January 2010, 20:27:07 »
Let me get this straight. I am assuming that the programmes transmitted in HD will also be transmitted in SD? If so, who cares. If not, then I'll be asking for a reduction in my license fee.
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