[mythtv-users] Another BBC HD Audio variance.......

[David Knight]

On Tue, January 25, 2011 12:20 am, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> On 24/01/2011 21:35, David Knight wrote:
>> C4 HD is on FreeSat from Sky.... ahem... ;)
>
> Presumably you can't pick that up with a DVB-S2 card though?
>
>> and Five HD is OK.
>>
>> I still have a recording from the early days of BBC HD (Top Gear Arctic
>> Special) which still looks impressive.
>>
>> I really wish Andy Quested and that woman on the BBC Blog had listened
>> to
>> the complaints instead of just looking for ways to wriggle out of it
>> when
>> people complained of a drop in quality with the new encoders.
>
> Do did it really used to be better. I've had Freesat as a source
> only fairly recently, and thought BBC HD and BBC 1 HD were great.
> Certainly miles better than ITV HD, which is usually difficult
> to distinguish from SD.
>
> Paul.
>
>

In my opinion it used to be way better - I think I began watching it
during the 16Mb/s days just before it dropped to @9Mb/s. It looked
stunning on my 9400GT > Panasonic 42PX80B @ 720p, as soon as the drop to
9Mb/s the picture was less sharp and more grainy.

CH4 HD can be viewed by DVB-S2 but requires decryption - won't discuss
this further on here as its forbidden. I do however have a valid
subscription card from Sky for this purpose.

I watch some downloaded TV shows encoded to 720p mkv files and the quality
of some of these appears better than broadcast from BBC. Most of these are
american shows recorded from american channels @ around 1.2GB for 45mins -
1hr.