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Originally Posted by ShadowTD
Intrigued...
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Ah yes, now I remember.
For some reason, each version of iPlayer appears to be using different streams.
In the following picture, the first shot is from my HTPC running iPlayer web version in Chrome, the second is the TiVo iPlayer app (as you can probably see from the giant
|| icon) and the third is iPlayer stream via EPG using regular TiVo interface. All frames are grabbed from roughly the same point in "Dragons' Den: How To Win In The Den Episode Two: The Art Of Negotiation". All of these are SD streams upscaled to 1920x1080 (progressive on the HTPC, interlaced on the TiVo).
Notice how the BBC logo/watermark is in a slightly different place each time? That's no accident. Each of these is the same program, yet the streamed file is different; there are three different copies of the same thing. The iPlayer web version is closest to correct 1.78:1 aspect ratio while the two TiVo ones demonstrate slight pillarboxing although it's hard to see this in the sample screengrabs.
Rather than using the regular iPlayer stream it appears VM have bespoke versions for reasons best known to them. (Is this part of what the £3/month pays for?)
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Originally Posted by New to cable
I must remind you this is a family forum!!!!!!!!!
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And I'm usually so good at removing anything remotely close to innuendo before posting.
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Originally Posted by DC_FC79
I see the tivo box has a scart connection on the back so i take it the tivo would work with a non hd tv. Its only till we get round to buying a tv.
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Yeah it does, but it's not RGB enabled, meaning the picture would be no better than if you hooked up the TiVo with one of these.
...um, wait, although it's yellow that's not what I wanted. Try again.
