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spiderplant

20-08-2014 13:36

Re: How Virgin TV works

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Originally Posted by steveh (Post 35723160)

So everything taken off satellite is reencoded?

Only HD channels, and maybe a few obscure ones like Euronews, are re-encoded.

Rankrotten

21-08-2014 22:48

Re: How Virgin TV works

I thought I read a while back that Virgin recieved an uncompressed HD feed direct from Sky which was encoded and send down the network, apparently not if the Reg are correct.

During Saturday's free Sky Sports day I compared the same Sky Sports HD channels via Sky+HD and TiVo flicking back and forth between providers on the same TV. The HD channels via Sky on satellite are noticeably superior in clarity to the equivalent carried on Virgin which would confirm that they are re-encoded by VM.

BenMcr

22-08-2014 15:10

Re: How Virgin TV works

Part 2
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08...to_the_server/

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In this second part, we pick up the story on how the customer tech interacts with what’s on offer, and what’s in store for the future – from the sofa to the server.

Bofrok

22-08-2014 21:46

Re: How Virgin TV works

Thanks Ben, another interesting read. Part 2 came round quicker than I thought.

Mad Max

23-08-2014 00:31

Re: How Virgin TV works

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Originally Posted by Bofrok (Post 35723692)

Thanks Ben, another interesting read. Part 2 came round quicker than I thought.

Common complaint from many wives I gather.....:D

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