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Old 29-10-2016, 17:24   #2711
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
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Originally Posted by Horizon View Post
But if that means to access the HD channels you have to go their SD versions first, then I wouldn't be keen on that. I much prefer my method, I choose to put them wherever I want and on whatever number I want.
There are many issues with the PSB channels that currently stop an HD swap:

BBC1 has no english regional HD varients, so the SD channel is placed first in england, HD in Scotland, Wales & N. Ireland. With VM/Sky/Freesat 101 is the top of the EPG so has to carry the SD version. Freeview has the only type of box allowing single digit EPG numbers, so is tied to channel 1.

Conversely BBC2 is the other way around, as there are no HD varients in the national regions.

ITV is quite simply a mess. Some regions or parts thereof have HD, some don't, & they also differ between the platforms (ITV Anglia east is available in HD on Satellite, but not Freeview or cable, so viewers on these platforms get Meridian SE ITV HD instead).

Then channels 4 & 5 carry targetted advertising on their SD channels (5 regional varients for channel 4, & 4 for channel 5).
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