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Originally Posted by blue666666
The delay appears to be due to Virgin testing reduced bit rates on HD channels to make some space. 4 HD channels are now being squeezed into 256 QAM multiplexes.
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Don't believe everything you read, especially on DS
. We've been putting 4 HD channels in a mux since 2011.
I was rather pleased when someone started
this thread - it confirmed there was no quality problem on the 4-per-mux channels.
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Originally Posted by blue666666
What is a 256 qam multiplexes
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrat...ude_modulation 
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I wonder if the fact that localised channels are carried on the main network, as opposed to being inserted locally, leads to wasted capacity (especially in the case of the BBC1 HD channels)??
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The capacity is there to be used. It would be wasted if we DIDN'T use it.