Unnecessary HD?
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Was watching skyplayer the other night and saw an advert indicating that they are launching an HD version of Sky Sports News, now HD content is lovely and all but is it really worth the bandwidth for a channel that is essentially a news ticker with someone sat in a studio saying some stuff?
KaraK said:
Was watching skyplayer the other night and saw an advert indicating that they are launching an HD version of Sky Sports News, now HD content is lovely and all but is it really worth the bandwidth for a channel that is essentially a news ticker with someone sat in a studio saying some stuff?
Give it a couple of years and everything will be in unnecessary 3D.KaraK said:
Was watching skyplayer the other night and saw an advert indicating that they are launching an HD version of Sky Sports News, now HD content is lovely and all but is it really worth the bandwidth for a channel that is essentially a news ticker with someone sat in a studio saying some stuff?
At some stage I would think every channel will be hd ,although I could think of a few channels that it would be better having as hd now rather than sky sport news KaraK said:
Was watching skyplayer the other night and saw an advert indicating that they are launching an HD version of Sky Sports News, now HD content is lovely and all but is it really worth the bandwidth for a channel that is essentially a news ticker with someone sat in a studio saying some stuff?
Funny you should say that as I always thought to myself why they hadn't made it HD earlier. It is easy for them to do and the graphics/ticker take up a large part of the screen and would look very clear on your HD telly.MrV said:
KaraK said:
Was watching skyplayer the other night and saw an advert indicating that they are launching an HD version of Sky Sports News, now HD content is lovely and all but is it really worth the bandwidth for a channel that is essentially a news ticker with someone sat in a studio saying some stuff?
At some stage I would think every channel will be hd ,although I could think of a few channels that it would be better having as hd now rather than sky sport news 
Two different people involved in broadcast motorsport production have told me that Sky intention is to go completely HD for all it's programming, and it expects to insist on anything to be broadcast on SKy sports to be shot and submitted in HD, so it can be transmitted in both flavours.
Don't have HD at all. Just a very good TV with very good SD tuner. DVDs are upscaled and look great.
Have seen HD on a number of set ups. It's particularly impressive, in my limited experience, only when the SD functionality of a set up is poor, and/or you can do side by side comparisons.
As for 3D...
Have seen HD on a number of set ups. It's particularly impressive, in my limited experience, only when the SD functionality of a set up is poor, and/or you can do side by side comparisons.
As for 3D...
davepoth said:
Why are they doing it? I bet they're pushing it because they have the bandwidth, and really, really want to be able to offer everything in HD as a USP.
I was chatting to colleague at work today I was musing on why I'm paying £45 per month for a service I hardly watch, she said she was paying Sky £90 a month. HD... Thats why, viewed as a premium product, charged as a premium product, when thats saturated, well they've already started on 3D...Northern Munkee said:
davepoth said:
Why are they doing it? I bet they're pushing it because they have the bandwidth, and really, really want to be able to offer everything in HD as a USP.
I was chatting to colleague at work today I was musing on why I'm paying £45 per month for a service I hardly watch, she said she was paying Sky £90 a month. HD... Thats why, viewed as a premium product, charged as a premium product, when thats saturated, well they've already started on 3D...
No wonder Sky have a 1.1 billion pound profit. Its the 'must have'. A least there is a universal standard between all broadcasters.
Funny how the full surround sound never really caught on.
te on Freeview to want to line Murdoch's pockets further. Northern Munkee said:
davepoth said:
Why are they doing it? I bet they're pushing it because they have the bandwidth, and really, really want to be able to offer everything in HD as a USP.
I was chatting to colleague at work today I was musing on why I'm paying £45 per month for a service I hardly watch, she said she was paying Sky £90 a month. HD... Thats why, viewed as a premium product, charged as a premium product, when thats saturated, well they've already started on 3D...Gassing Station | TV, Film, Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff