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Originally Posted by andy_m
So if this is possible, why, with the exception of those channels that have regional variations, why on earth do we continue to have an sd and an hd version of the same channel? If we only had hd versions, and these could still be watched by people with sd tv's, we wouldn't need to worry about hd swap. Would we?
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I guess the V+ downscales the HD channels to make this possible. I find the SD channels useful for recording as recording in HD just eats up disc space.
If VM were to get rid of the SD channels, they'd have to replace the box for customers still using SD boxes. As VM own their own network, they won't have to pay for the extra bandwith (unlike Sky), so it may be more cost effective for them to keep things as they are, unless capacity becomes an issue.
Does anybody know what % of customers are still using SD boxes?