Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

You can buy the bunting . l will buy the confetti and OB can supply the champagne and caviar.:D

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

I will fetch the sick buckets

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It may be available in UHD, but not necessarily on Virgin Media.

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Wonder if BT will put the CL final on Youtube in 4K like they did last year when it was in Cardiff

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Really don't get the obsession with UHD. We should be asking for an increased quality of content rather than PQ. Go outside and look at the Spring if you want Ultra Ultra HD :).

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Well, you guys with 9 inch black and white TV sets will never 'get it', Mr K!

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Size isn't everything OB ;)

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That's not what my wife says. :erm:

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I tend to agree with this comment. I've got a Samsung 65" 4k tv and when watching say the grand tour 4k the picture seems almost fake because of the crispness. Sounds crazy I know but that's just me.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Standard definition must look pants with a 65"!

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But many of us don't have a 65" TV.

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I know, but I was replying to i am not a scouse, who does!

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Standard does OB, HD is very good but as I said I find things in 4k HDR just a bit to much

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Not really sure how you can consider an even sharper picture with more depth of colour as 'just a bit to(o) much'.

Isn't the search for lifelike TV pictures the point of HD/UHD being introduced?

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BT Sport to show the champions league final in 4K/UHD on Youtube

https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/a...s-league-final

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Yet more frustration. The World Cup is unlikely to be screened in UHD by the Beeb.

https://www.whathifi.com/news/bbc-co...d-theres-no-4k

🎼Why are we waiting....? 🎶

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No surprise IMO OB..

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It's pretty annoying, though, Den. Other countries can do it, why not us?

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Not sure anyone besides Germany and Switzerland will be broadcasting it in UHD.

Comment from a Beeb blog from last month says it’s not going to be easy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/...8-7f20575ae2b5 He also provided an update in the comments And I’ve just had a chat with an friend who works at the Beeb (in the technology space), and he said they are planning (but subject to change) to stream the 4K to Sky and iPlayer.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Well, at least viewers will be able to see the UEFA Champions League in UHD on YouTube.

https://www.a516digital.com/2018/05/...champions.html

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Lets hope it does not end in tears.:bigcry::bigcry:

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It is being reported in another forum that at least one, and possibly three UHD channels are currently being tested on VM.

Could be some good news coming soon. :)

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Proof OB? as it would be nice if you posted a link to ascertain whether there is any truth in this..

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What are those UHD channels as at the moment I'm struggling to think of any permanent UHD channel worth having. I'm currently being subjected to the Royal Wedding in UHD.:rolleyes:

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The only one I can realistically think of would be Eurosport UHD

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Even then i doubt it will be a permanent channel but who knows. Probably just certain events.

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Had a quick look on the Iplayer Beta and I can't find any UHD coverage hidden away for the FA Cup final

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

That's because it's not on there.

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I guess you looked too early - I checked at half time and got a prompt to watch UHD live.

This was on my Panansonic tv with the beta iPlayer.

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I found the picture quality on the BT Sport Europa Final YouTube 4K feed terrible.

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The HD picture wasn't much better I don't think the amount of smoke in the stadium helped things

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As with all new technology, it takes a while to iron out the teething problems. Maybe that's why it's taking the beeb so long to launch their UHD fayre. I don't think it would go down too well if they launched an inferior product.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Have to agree, I switched back to BT sport channel which was better.

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Eurosport will be launching a temporary UHD channel to cover the French Open. Virgin Media will be carrying it.

https://www.a516digital.com/2018/05/...ch-on-sky.html

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VM confirm the Champions League final WILL be in UHD for V6 customers

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2018...nal-in-4k-uhd/

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Yes, getting some movement at last. Hopefully, Virgin Movies and the Virgin Exclusives On Demand will follow soon. Looking forward to that!

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Dutch satellite pay-TV platform Canal Digitaal is to air matches from the World Cup in 4K Ultra HD

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2018...uhd-world-cup/

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UHD test to be carried out tomorrow:

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discus...-channels/p131

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Don't see anything on that page other than what we already know with the Champions League final in UHD tomorrow night

:confused:

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There is additional info.

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UHD coverage is now available via the Red button on channel 528

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Not working here.

Is it for only a few testers?

Hooray, working now.

Thanks.

Btw, it is via Red Button from channel 100.

Now it is only showing in 1080 with BT 4K logo.

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Also red button on 100

Leeds North West

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Allows me to view it. Says BT Sport 4k in the corner. But it's only outputting 1080p

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I beleive you should only have the two 2160p options set. Switching hasn't seemed to work correctly for a while.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Ok. Will try that. Although switching does work for Netflix and YouTube, as trying the 4k YouTube stream switches to 2160p output

p.s. Thanks for replying on here and the Virgin forum, wasn't sure if I'd get a reply in either

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Is that an option which needs changing from the V6 box?

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Yes. In the video output settings

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It seems to work for YouTube.

Trying 2160 only output now.

Does this work, or is the box only upscaling?

Are they broadcasting it, or streaming over internet?

Ads look like 480P!

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

The UHD picture on YouTube was pants for the Europa Final watch it on the channel in UHD.

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Picture looks very crisp in UHD

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Yup.

You can see the LED’s in the ad displays.

No HDR though.

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I removed my (quite old) Panasonic surround sound system from the loop, and the game came up on the Sony TV as 4K, when it was in the loop the V6 would only output at 1080p maximum, removing it gave me both 2160 options.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Just watched a bit of footy in UHD on the V6. Superb picture!

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It will be on the channel , I've not seen BT Sport 4K but I hear it's very good. The YouTube 4K stream is generally poor however in my opinion.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

It is on par with Sky Q UHD.

BBC UHD might have the edge with their HLG HDR though.

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Yeah, it's definitely at least on a par with Sky Sports UHD. Really impressed with the PQ.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

I have a friend who has the BT 4K box he always says it's good quality , I've been impressed so far with Sky Sports UHD but it would be nice to also have my BT Sports available in UHD.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

That howler looked even better in UHD

;):D

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And what a howler :D

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WHAT A GOAL by Bale!

Best goal i have ever seen.

The overhead one.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Unbelievable goal

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I watched the Liverpool game in the UHD. And l could not see any difference between that and HD quality.

I think its the normal crap coming from a second rate company.

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'Emperors New Clothes' as with most of these things Arthur. Sod all difference for most people who have a normal sized TV .

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

It did look a bit crisper.

Couldnt pause/rewind though, which is a bit backward.

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Best I have ever seen!

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Or two..:td::(

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I thought it was brilliant. A noticeable difference to HD. I was very impressed with how close you could get to the screen without any noticeable difference in the quality. Should I have changed anything on the tv or V6 settings?
I just pushed the red button and watched it from that

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

There was nothing wrong with the quality of the UHD picture, Arthur. The problem is your second rate TV.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

The picture was brilliant on my tv too. I have an OLED LG
when I switched back to HD, there was definitely an improvement with the UHD.

I also didn't change any settings on the tv or v6 , I just pressed the red button.

Hopefully virgin will be testing more things. I don't follow tennis, but I'll watch some on europsort. I guess via the red button too

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Yes V6 box has to be in 4K output only, as i don’t think it can auto switch to 4K from Red Button.

Tennis looks great too btw.

You get a lot more finer detail.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

I just checked, my v6 was set to all formats on the video output settings.

I'll have a look at the tennis. Is it accessed via red button too?

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Yes.

Your tv would have upscaled to 4K watching footy, so you didn’t see true 4K then.

Have a check of ad displays, you can see each LED.

Eurosport 4K Wimbledon?

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Wouldn't the tv recognise the format anyway without having to select just the uhd video settings on the v6?

If the tv knows it's a uhd feed, I assume the v6 would output in that same format too?

Next time I'll select just the uhd settings to see if the picture appears any better. It was a very good picture last night if the tv was upscaling. Definitely crisper and clearer than HD

Eurosport is the French open in 4k.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

It’s the V6 not selecting 4K output, unless you select 4K only.

Eurosport have been showing Wimbledon alongside the BBC recently and Wimbledon is being filmed in 4K this year.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

That's strange. You would have thought it would auto select the best possible format.

I'll just select the 4k setting on the v6 to see if there is any difference.

Cheers for the info

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Sounds like it was a success, shame I couldn't get it to work on channel 100, when I pressed Red I just got a "Bridge unavailable" error constantly (red button usually works fine).

Watched it on youtube instead, loaded first time and was stable for the entire match.

Virgin TV = Fail
Virgin Broadband = Win

:)

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

YouTube wasn’t in 4K on all platforms. Xbox One X worked i read. My tv app was only 1080. Didn’t try my Xbox One S.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

My TV app was also only in 1080p . Computer was fine 4K .

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Never thought to try 4K YouTube on V6 though.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

I just used the YouTube app on my android tv, confirmed it was 4K and didn't stutter once.

Red Button is back to working on channel 100 now, i assumed the service was under too much load

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

It couldn’t have been under load if it was broadcast and not streamed over the internet, like with BT Vision.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

UHD won't work for me unless you can record!

I came in around 8:15 so would have missed the first 30 mins

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

So if you select 4K only, will the V6 still show SD and HD material?

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Yes, all material will be upscaled to 4K.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

More likely the problem is his screen size, viewing distance, eyes, or some combination of these. I have a 47" UHD TV about 3 metres from my desk, and I can't see the difference on that either. But I have seen plenty of stunning UHD on larger or closer TVs.

The behaviour might vary depending on whether you have the new V6 software that's currently on pilot. I know OLD BOY has it, and I suspect Ultimate.Conj does too (being in Berkshire)

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Mine did seem to switch to uhd automatically as I could see the difference when switching back to the hd channel.

The picture on my tv was really clear, in my opinion it was a success.

I accessed the uhd feed via the red button on ch 528

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Did we get a Dolby Atmos test to go with it?

I hope new software soughts out Dolby drop outs bug.

Using Freeview Dolby 5.1 until.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

I'm thinking the BT 4K feed had no 4K signal 'flag' embedded within it so our TVs still say '1080p' or whatever they said before we pressed the red button. The football last night was definitely better than HD, the sharpness, clarity, and movement were all improved. Colours seemed improved as well. My TV is a 55" Sony XD93 I think 55" is the minimum you need to get at least reasonable benefits from 4K. The French Open was also improved but not as much as the footy to my eyes, the players looked more 'lifelike' though. Overall though I think Wimbledon will look even better in 4K, if we get to see any.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

I can see the BBC showing Wimbledon in UHD HLG, as they have been trialing UHD for years now and not had the chance yet to show it to the masses. All them blades of grass.

Clashes with the World Cup though.

Trooping The Colour might be in UHD too.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

The planet earth trial in UHD HLG looked amazing. The clearest picture I'd seen with so much detail and vibrant colours.

I also heard good reviews about the other trials the BBC did for the rugby and football matches.

Hopefully they will be able to show some of the world cup in UHD too.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

Not forgetting, of course, VM didn't get access to the planet earth series trial in UHD HLG

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

I was under the impression the Red button stuff needed an internet connection?

If not then I'm not sure why it wouldn't work during the match, but works perfectly now.

Also hoping for some world cup 4Kness, be nice to see some more UHD broadcasts in the future

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

That's true. The 4k world up might have to be accessed via the tv app instead

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I thought I saw somewhere in this forum that the World Cup will not be in UHD in UK - however, I hope you are right.

If not it would seem to be a huge opportunity missed

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

The BBC would be silly if they didn't. Even if they classed it as another trial.

But you're right, it's not guaranteed.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

If they aren't confident their servers can cope with the demand, they'd be silly if they did.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

There’s not many sets that can access BBC HLG anyway.

Was Cup Final broadcast or streamed?

I suspect it is broadcast, as might be the tennis.

Sky broadcast theirs.

BT Vision is streamed, as they have no capacity on Freeview for 4K.

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

You don't need HDR to access HLG. If you have a UHD TV you should be able to get the full benefit of HLG.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/high-dynamic-range

Re: UHD on Virgin Media
 

I posted this a fortnight ago.