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Old 15-09-2015, 11:43
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Is there an app or program that will let me watch freeview on my android tablet? I have the app filmon but that wants £150 a year to watch HD, are there any other options as SD does not look too good on a 10 inch tablet.

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Old 15-09-2015, 12:23
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Live or catch-up?
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Old 15-09-2015, 12:25
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Live or catch-up?
Are they apps?
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Old 15-09-2015, 13:32
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Is there an app or program that will let me watch freeview on my android tablet? I have the app filmon but that wants £150 a year to watch HD, are there any other options as SD does not look too good on a 10 inch tablet.

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Could it be the display which is at fault? I've an iPad mini and my wife has an iPad, and watching TV via iPlayer gives brilliant pictures. I also watch some films via Youtube, and usually the picture quality is very good.
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Old 15-09-2015, 13:52
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Could it be the display which is at fault? I've an iPad mini and my wife has an iPad, and watching TV via iPlayer gives brilliant pictures. I also watch some films via Youtube, and usually the picture quality is very good.
iPlayer will be in HD.

That was my question to the OP: Can he just use iPlayer, ITV Player, All4 etc.
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Old 15-09-2015, 15:22
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iPlayer will be in HD.

That was my question to the OP: Can he just use iPlayer, ITV Player, All4 etc.
Should be fine - I don't think any of the channels other than the big four terrestrial even do hd on freeview.
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Old 15-09-2015, 15:37
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That was a question, are you intending on Live TV or Catch-up TV?
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Old 15-09-2015, 15:37
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Should be fine - I don't think any of the channels other than the big four terrestrial even do hd on freeview.
HD channels on freeview;
BBC One HD
BBC Two HD
ITV HD
Channel 4 HD
BBC Three HD
BBC Four HD
BBC News HD
Al Jazeera English HD
Channel 4+1 HD
4seven HD
QVC +1 HD
QVC Beauty HD
CBBC HD
CBeebies HD
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Old 15-09-2015, 16:23
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iPlayer will be in HD..................
Will it? I hadn't realised that. I'd actually prefer SD, to reduce the broadband usage.

But I doubt whether 1950s b/w films on Youtube would be, and they're very sharp.
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Old 15-09-2015, 16:42
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HD channels on freeview;
BBC One HD
BBC Two HD
ITV HD
Channel 4 HD
BBC Three HD
BBC Four HD
BBC News HD
Al Jazeera English HD
Channel 4+1 HD
4seven HD
QVC +1 HD
QVC Beauty HD
CBBC HD
CBeebies HD

I can live without QVC in SD let alone HD!
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Old 15-09-2015, 17:58
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Will it? I hadn't realised that. I'd actually prefer SD, to reduce the broadband usage.

But I doubt whether 1950s b/w films on Youtube would be, and they're very sharp.
It depends on which version of iplayer you have. When HD is available (720p25) the SD version (576i) is also available. The Android version of iplayer on my Nexus 7 is only SD.
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Old 15-09-2015, 18:32
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It depends on which version of iplayer you have. When HD is available (720p25) the SD version (576i) is also available. The Android version of iplayer on my Nexus 7 is only SD.
Hang on 720 is SD (dvd quality). Sometimes, Freeview uses lower than SD (576).
Older SD freeview boxes could handle 576 (itv typically) or 720 (bbc typically)

HD is 1080, and only more modern boxes handle HD.
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Old 15-09-2015, 19:35
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Hang on 720 is SD (dvd quality). Sometimes, Freeview uses lower than SD (576).
Older SD freeview boxes could handle 576 (itv typically) or 720 (bbc typically)

HD is 1080, and only more modern boxes handle HD.
720p is HD by the official definition

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p
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Old 15-09-2015, 21:02
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HD channels on freeview;
BBC One HD
....
CBeebies HD
But not the whole picture. Not all transmitters in all regions transmit all those channels.
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Old 16-09-2015, 10:16
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720p is HD by the official definition

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p
Conversely, SD TV is defined as not being able to handle 1080 or later standards.
Semantics I guess, as virtually all tvs now are hd compatible or hd ready
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Old 16-09-2015, 13:38
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Hang on 720 is SD (dvd quality). Sometimes, Freeview uses lower than SD (576).
Older SD freeview boxes could handle 576 (itv typically) or 720 (bbc typically)

HD is 1080, and only more modern boxes handle HD.
SD is based on the old 625 line UHF standard. Which uses about 50 lines for none picture information, hence the 576 figure.

DVD has a horizontal resolution of 720 pixels, is this perhaps what you are thinking of?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video#Video_data

But SD/HD is normally defined by the vertical resolution. Which on Freeview (and satellite) means 576 for SD and 1080 for HD.
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