I am positive the picture quality broadcast by the BBC HD channel is not as good as it was a couple of months ago. The sharpness is no longer there. Any ideas?
Bbc Hd Quality
They have switched to new encoders that (they claim) have allowed them to reduce bandwidth without compromising quality. For the past couple of weeks they've been broadcasting at around 9Mb/s instead of 12Mb/s.
There's been a lot of debate here and in the Sky HD forums. It seems that most people think it's reduced the quality. There is also some debate about why the BBC has done this. Some think it's to make room for more HD content.
There's been a lot of debate here and in the Sky HD forums. It seems that most people think it's reduced the quality. There is also some debate about why the BBC has done this. Some think it's to make room for more HD content.
Originally Posted by bampsam:
“I am positive the picture quality broadcast by the BBC HD channel is not as good as it was a couple of months ago. The sharpness is no longer there. Any ideas?”
“I am positive the picture quality broadcast by the BBC HD channel is not as good as it was a couple of months ago. The sharpness is no longer there. Any ideas?”
They have got a new encoder and dropped the massively dropped the bitrate from 16 to about 9.4- already been long discussions on the Freesat forum, the Sky HD forum and the BBC blog.
Originally Posted by Andrue:
“They have switched to new encoders that (they claim) have allowed them to reduce bandwidth without compromising quality. For the past couple of weeks they've been broadcasting at around 9Mb/s instead of 12Mb/s.”
“They have switched to new encoders that (they claim) have allowed them to reduce bandwidth without compromising quality. For the past couple of weeks they've been broadcasting at around 9Mb/s instead of 12Mb/s.”
The video bitrate used to be 16Mbps actually not 12.
Originally Posted by Andrue:
“There's been a lot of debate here and in the Sky HD forums. It seems that most people think it's reduced the quality. There is also some debate about why the BBC has done this. Some think it's to make room for more HD content.”
“There's been a lot of debate here and in the Sky HD forums. It seems that most people think it's reduced the quality. There is also some debate about why the BBC has done this. Some think it's to make room for more HD content.”
If it's for more HD content that almost certainly means they'll be stat muxing/varying the bitrate which brings the question why they are now fixing it at such a low fixed level and thus letting themselves in for flak unnecessarily. Alternatively they may be able to fit two SD channels in the freed space (Fiver/Five USA?).
Or is the space for ITV1 HD, which according to the Channel List on Join Freesat, is due to launch Dec 2009. See here.
Originally Posted by David500:
“Or is the space for ITV1 HD, which according to the Channel List on Join Freesat, is due to launch Dec 2009. See here.”
“Or is the space for ITV1 HD, which according to the Channel List on Join Freesat, is due to launch Dec 2009. See here.”
Could be, Five would probably have to move to an ITV transponder to allow that.
We were one of the first households to have SkyHD installed, and the first footie match I recorded on BBC HD took up 25% of the disk!
I don't see any difference in the picture quality recently tho
I don't see any difference in the picture quality recently tho
Originally Posted by Rojcrad:
“We were one of the first households to have SkyHD installed, and the first footie match I recorded on BBC HD took up 25% of the disk!
I don't see any difference in the picture quality recently tho”
“We were one of the first households to have SkyHD installed, and the first footie match I recorded on BBC HD took up 25% of the disk!
I don't see any difference in the picture quality recently tho”
You are in the minority then!
I suggest a visit to the SPL referees sponsor
When I first came to HD, the BBC channel was superb but, like most folk, I have seen a marked deterioration over the past weeks. In particular, artifacts have, at times, made the programmes unwatchable.
However, I found last Sunday's episode of 'Rivers' was good - very few artifacts and a good picture. On Tuesday 'Coast' was awesome. - No artifacts and an incredibly sharp, clear picture. As I think I said elsewhere, BBC HD can outshine any other source - Keep up the good work.
Brian.
However, I found last Sunday's episode of 'Rivers' was good - very few artifacts and a good picture. On Tuesday 'Coast' was awesome. - No artifacts and an incredibly sharp, clear picture. As I think I said elsewhere, BBC HD can outshine any other source - Keep up the good work.
Brian.
'Rivers' was very good on SD at my parent's house as well. I suspect it was just very well filmed and didn't require much bandwidth.
