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This is now getting confusing. 🤣 I thought all the channels would drop the CBS brand, given Paramount have sold their share in the partnership to AMC. Guess this now means Paramount can fully focus its efforts on Paramount+.

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That's a Freeview error, I think. The channel's new name is just 'Reality'.

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Or the breakup of the CBS/AMC joint venture is resulting in CBS keeping 1 channel, hence it keeping the branding and Reality Xtra (formerly CBS Drama) not. The latter me be remaining with AMC.

Just a thought, I've not read anything.

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I think there's a little bit of people of reading speculation on forums and repeating it as fact going on here. AMC aren't good at issuing press releases until after the event, so that's not going to help.

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There's lots of people doing that unfortunately, on other forums too. Read it often enough, or with enough conviction, and they think it's true. I've not seen anything official that's clear, so until I do I'm taking it all with a pinch of salt.

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The following channels has all been moved to CO73:

Absolute Radio - moved from SID 2115 to 2206
Classic FM - moved from SID 2114 to 2205
Planet Rock - moved from SID 2116 to 2207

You will need to readd them to your Favourites.

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Not on 360 or Stream you won't ;)

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They'd have to find them first. :D

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All channels on CO58 (SID 6XX) is in a middle of being move to about:

Here is a list of channels on C058 as of June 24th:

*BBC Red Button 2
*BBC Red Button 3
*Quest Red
*BBC Red Button 4
*SONY MAX2
*BBC Red Button 5
*BBC Red Button 6
*Movies 24
*Movies 24+

All channels on CO69 (SID 10XX) is in a middle of being move to about:

Here is a list of channels on C069 as of June 27th:

**5ACTION
**ITVBe
**Kids TV On Demand
**Gems TV
**Nightly Television X
**Food Network
**PBS America
**Store
**Sky Arts
**NDTV Good Times
**TCM +1
**Utsav Bharat
**ITV2
**ITV4
**40+
**Nightly Adult Channel

The following channel has move from CO69 to CO68 (SID 21XX) - as of 2am on June 28th:
Utsav Bharat (SID 2102)
Gems TV (SID 2105)
ITV2 (SID 2107)
PBS America (SID 2108)
Store (SID 2109)
ITV4 (SID 2110)
NDTV Good Times (SID 2111)

If you have TiVo or V6 Box - You will need to readd them to your Favourite Channels list.

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A correction - I was thinking of Reality Extra.

It appears that CBS Reality retains its name.

Sorry about that - just realised my error.

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TiVo has still to get listings for Legend (Channel 149) and Horror Xtra (Channel 192) from July 1st.

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UPDATE:

Now been updated.

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These changes have now happened.

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I can confirm that DaveHD is on free service of stream as well

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Interestingly In The Nordics where Paramount+ exists for now until it becomes Sky Showtime , Paramount recently agreed a content licensing deal with Viaplay
https://tbivision.com/2022/06/30/via...across-europe/

FBI International was also previously sold TV2 in Norway so it isn't mentioned.

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So they did Kept CBS Reality, I wonder why.

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Its not Sky Showtime, its the US premium network Showtime (owned by Paramount).

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Sky Showtime is upcoming streaming service launching in 20 European and is replacing Paramount+ in the Nordics aswell.
https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2022...ramming-chief/

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Amazon close to deal over Champions League rights in UK

https://www.theguardian.com/business...medium=twitter

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So how many years will it take VM to move E4 Extra from the music section to the entertainment section?

An entertainment channel that broadcasts two hours of music videos a day, is not a music channel.

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When C4HD moves to Ch104 (aside from London). So whenever C4HD Regions are completed.

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It will happen when Virgin Media need to sign a new deal with Channel 4 (I feel sometime by 2024).

Rumour to be Channel 4 HD tests appear on Sky late last month:

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discus...ment_101138379

Last deal was signed in early 2019 when Channel 4 HD was moved to Channel 104 in London.

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I’m beyond caring about channel numbers. Surely it doesn’t matter when you can choose your favourite channels.

Clearly, VM don’t treat such matters as a priority.

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You've got TV360 were you can reorder channels so that's hardly a surprise.

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All day today E4 Extra has got a same EPG information as 4Music on Virgin Media.

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werent the V6s going to get new software as the tivo deal had ended? Wasnt that two odd years ago now? I assume the v6s will never get new software?

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It's already here and has been for a while now. I upgraded my two V6s to the new 360 software. It is fine and stable with some nifty new features like voice control. However, not everyone likes it as it works in a very different way from the TiVo software on the V6. Also, it is a one-way street - once you have converted your box(es) you cannot go back to the TiVo software and you will lose all of your recordings and will need to remake all of your series links. I am pleased I switched but you need to read all the info about switching very, very carefully before you take the plunge.

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Now been fixed.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KruQsQbPMsw

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Hi heavyside, have they added the 'recycle bin' yet to the 360 software? So you can recover deleted shows.

This was a strange omission from day one, just wondering if they've added it.

Thanks

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You're right, this is a strange omission and a feature that many people crave, me included. It's not in the current software (version 4.39) but the 360 is due a software upgrade about now. I'm not holding my breath that it will be included. Crazy.

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Thanks heavyside.

Hopefully this comes in a future update. I may take the plunge when it does, just have to rattle through my recordings before then though :)

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All channels on CO58 (SID 6XX) is in a middle of being move to about:

Here is a list of channels on C058 as of July 5th:

*BBC Red Button 2
*BBC Red Button 3
*Quest Red
*BBC Red Button 4
*SONY MAX2
*BBC Red Button 5
*BBC Red Button 6
*Movies 24
*Movies 24+

All channels on CO69 (SID 10XX) is in a middle of being move to about:

Here is a list of channels on C069 as of July 5th:

**5ACTION
**ITVBe
**Kids TV On Demand
**Food Network
**Sky Arts
**TCM +1

The following channel has move from CO58 to CO69 (SID 10XX) - as of 1.30am on July 6th:
TCM +1 (New SID Number) - Channel still need to be add to your Favourite.
Sky Arts (New SID Number) - Channel still need to be add to your Favourite.
SONY MAX2 (SID 1004)
Quest Red (SID 1008)
Movies 24 (SID 1009)
Movies 24+ (SID 1010)

The following channel has move from CO69 to CO68 (SID 21XX) - as of 1am on July 6th:
No movers tonight (SID 21XX)

If you have TiVo or V6 Box - You will need to readd them to your Favourite Channels list.

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Sky Witness HD to broadcast FBI franchise over two nights every week from July 21st.

FBI (TV series) - Thursdays at 9pm.
FBI: Most Wanted - Thursdays at 10pm.
FBI: International - Fridays at 9pm.

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CBS ran them all on a Tuesday night at 8pm, 9pm and 10pm.
All three would have finished their run of the latest series by now - except one FBI episode got pull last minute and is still to air.

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It’s not a ‘Changes to Virgin TV (2022)’ this thread goes way off that with posts like this.

Just random.

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Seems that again the description on shows is up the creek , FBI / and most wanted listed as new , was from 2020

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Sky will have a "FBI night" like CBS did on Sunday Nights from July 24th on Sky Replay.

@ScottishSteve

UKTV is set to launch Yesterday HD on Sky soon.

No word on if Yesterday HD will also launch on Virgin.

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Will see I suppose , Virgin last carriage deal with UKTV was in August 2018 (when the channels returned after being removed in July) , I suspect that's been renewed recently going by recent UKTV changes.

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Virgin Media may has signed a new deal early this year due to W. Alibi, Dave and Eden SD Channels being axe on June 30th.

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How is that relevant to coming soon to Virgin Media in 2022 though?

Crime drama channel shows crime dramas.

What next will you be telling is Comedy Central will take a day off showing friends.

MTV gonna start showing music again?

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That's what I think.

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So far in July has been bad for media news.

Bar that Yesterday HD is testing on Sky.

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Yes but if it’s quiet the forum doesn’t need your fillers. It’s a forum not a magazine.

Other months there is much more, filling it with random nonsense about programmes being shown on is off topic and just clogs up the board.

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Sky has reveal that Summer Red Button Channels is set to this coming Tuesday:

BBC RB 2 (Virgin 992) closes
BBC RB 3 (Virgin 993) closes
BBC RB 4 (Virgin 994) closes
BBC RB 5 (Virgin 995) closes
BBC RB 6 (Virgin 996​​) closes

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UKTVs long term plans are to have all their channels on freeview and freesat aswell as UKTVplay, but the HD variants will only be available via pay tv aka SKY/Virgin.

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I wonder if at some point, Eden will close and it's programming moved to Yesterday.

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I sincerely hope not. Eden is one of the better channels with lots of natural history shows worth seeing again. I like the shows on Yesterday too, but the SD-only picture quality is dire.

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it'll probably morph into Yesterday with yesterday having a name change to something like "knowledge"

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Yesterday have been showing BBC Natural History programming for many years now, so there's no moving required.

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Far too logical for UKTV. Although they could change the name to K or, maybe, Kevin...

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Sorry I know I go off piste, but what has this got to do with coming soon to virgin :confused:

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I think MB is thinking because they are being removed on Sky on that day, the same will be the case on VM.

I wouldn't be surprised if VM remove them tomorrow. Not that it makes a jot of difference.

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Nobody mentioned anything about anything 'coming soon to Virgin'.

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The closures of the red button channels is what’s coming, not that it’s of much interest, given that Wimbledon is now over.

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Head up:

FIVE HD Channels testing with Channel 4 EPG data on Sky.

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discus...ment_101233543

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The HD swapout on Ch104 for those of us not in London area can't be far off, VM unlikely to be far behind.

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Base on "How to launch a HD Channel on Sky" rules - the new tests may launch anytime from August 22nd to September 5th.

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Very pedantic and of course it's not coming it's going:D

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Reports that BBC1 went down in some areas mid afternoon today.

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That was during the one o’clock news. Only affected the BBC1 broadcast as the news channel simulcast was Ok.

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epsilon on DS Forum is reporting that Virgin Media UK are set to move GB News HD from Virgin UK Channel 626 to Virgin UK Channel 604 soon.

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Money talks I suppose.

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Crock pot chat TV isn't a news channel. Money does indeed talk

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And I wouldn't imagine it'll make too much difference. Not the sort of channel you look at the Guide info for, or to get access.

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RXTV says a following channels are testing on Sky UK:

*Yesterday HD
*Classic Hits
*BBC Two NI HD - On Virgin right now.
*Channel 4 HD [Scotland]
*Channel 4 HD [NI]
*Channel 4 HD [North]
*Channel 4 HD [Midlands]
*Channel 4 HD [South & East]
*Sky Sports Main Event UHD

https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/five-new-c...testing-on-sky

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BBC Parliament will close on Friday at 6.30pm for it Summer Holidays and will start broadcast BBC News until September 5th.

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When is vm getting sky sport uhd

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When Sky says so, I guess. If I remember correctly, there has been an agreement that VM can have the sport in UHD for some time now. However, they have been taking their time making this available to their own subscribers.

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Sky Sci-Fi will launch at 11am tomorrow (26th) on channel 138 rebranding from Syfy

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hopefully it can be on same day as sky get it but we will have to wait and see

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Doesn't Sky have UHD already?

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yes on red button there getting a sky sports main event UHD linear channel

https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/sky-sports...nch-in-uhd-hdr

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Ok, thanks.

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Rumour:

Base on Sky Media information I have work out that GREAT! movies christmas is set to launch on September 16th.

"Join the 100-day countdown to Christmas with the package that includes all the festive films on GREAT! movies christmas"

https://www.skymedia.co.uk/opportuni...rship-2-2-3-2/

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Oooooft

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BT Sport ESPN will rebrand as BT Sport 4 on 1st August.
https://www.mediamole.co.uk/entertai...-4_489865.html

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...and another rebrand in the not too distant future once the Warner Discovery co ownership kicks in.

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It would be brilliant if it did laumch before the new season starts Dave.
After all, it was promised way back in May 2019.

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I hear that Sky Sports Main Event Ultra HDR has today launched as a standalone (i.e. not red button) channel on Sky. You know what's coming... does anyone know when will this channel be on VM V6?

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all we can do is hope but don't hold your breath

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2023.

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I am hearing that BT Sport is set to change it name to Discovery Sports once Warner Bros. Discovery joint venture with BT Group is completed.

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Several programmes on Eurosport are already using 'Discovery Sport' captions and banners.

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how long should that take?

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No timeline was given.

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XXX Mums will close on August 1st on Virgin on Demand.

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Oh bloody hell. Gutted

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BBC3 & BBC4 failed to start at 7pm this evening, thus messing up the recordings I had of them as they started late.

No idea if this was down to the BBC or another Virgin cock up. I suspect a Virgin cock up as one of their (box generated?) 'This channel is currently unavailable' messages came up at the bottom.

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BBC3 started on time on freeview.

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Closing on Sky too.

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BBC Three and BBC Four fail to appear all night last night.

The two BBC kids channels appear at 5.30am.

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I have since been told that XXX Mum did close on Virgin somepoint in 2016.

But programmes from XXX Mum are still on Virgin on Demand for you to pay to watch.

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In the past, I have found an issue with not recording, where if you set to record at 7pm, and the recording starts a few seconds earlier than the channel starts. Never tried to repeat it.
Could be related to off-air, BBC3&4 are broadcast in SD, but after 7pm, in HD. Mixing SD and HD in the same recording is never going to be a good idea. VM probably need to switchover to HD, a few minutes before.

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Nothing to do with the other Mr Rooney moving to America as manager of DC United FC?

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It is currently on 918 of Sky (just checked) and closes tomorrow - https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-...2/td-p/4061607

The company behind some of these channels just keep changing the names so most likely the name has been used before - and may again.

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thought you were talking about me then bizarrely hahah as i used to manage DC United on football manager....then i realised how the heck would you know that hahaha

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VM have a standard "Off-air" slate showing when these channels are not broadcasting. These are used on many other channels & are time switched in and out daily without problems. The latest issue only affected some headends & not others, so may be an encoding issue when switching from the slate to the live channel.

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But they are broadcast in SD and then switch to HD. Check what your TV says if you tune in. Do those other channels switch from a SD slate to a HD broadcast? UHD channels(999&228) always broadcast in UHD, even just the slate.

If the switchover to HD occurs after the recording starts in SD, might that not cause problems? Or perhaps the recording starts in HD because of the epg, but the broadcast is still in SD at the time. Going to try it. Also going to check the switchover from HD to SD after the last programme of the night.

What do the freeview channels for BBC3/4 do before 7pm? Does VM gain anything by broadcasting the BBC3/4 slates in SD?

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BBC3 and BBC4 SD timeshare with CBBC and CBeebies respectively.

On Freeview the only difference is BBC4 HD and CBeebies HD, at time of writing, haven't relaunched since the recent closure of COM7, and BBC3HD is replaced by S4C HD and BBC Scotland Channel HD in Wales and Scotland respectively.

All VM are doing is pointing the channel number to an information slate channel out of hours. The broadcast channel will be broadcasting one of the BBC's children's channels so something else needs to be shown.

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Virgin uses a "one size fits all" slate (static video image). Any off-air service will be redirected to the same slate.

Freeview uses a bespoke off-air slate for each channel, which is text based rather than a video image and generated using MHEG for older TVs or hbbTV for newer models.

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Doesn't matter what is or isn't broadcast. My question is over what might happen when its broadcast in SD, on a channel that changes to HD. Can the VM boxes cope with the change in resolution/format?

Performing tests, so should know soon. Also set up tests for end of the days programmes, where it should change from HD to SD.


I'm not trying to state it as fact, just raising the question of whether it might be the cause of the recording issue.

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Anyone else getting sound dropouts on main BBC1 HD channel?