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fox35 · 26-06-2018, 15:48

This may sound silly, but in the case of channels that simulcast in both SD and HD, then why do the broadcasters and providers show both? Surely it makes sense just to broadcast the HD only version of a particular channel and so the the viewers TV or box will show a downgraded SD version of the same picture to viewers without an HD subscription or equipment on the same channel number, and also freeing up space? and so obviously HD viewers will receive the full HD variant also on the same channel number....?

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fox35 cf.addict Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Liverpool Services: V6 x2, Bigger Bundle, Maxit TV & M350, Talk Wkends Posts: 191	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018) This may sound silly, but in the case of channels that simulcast in both SD and HD, then why do the broadcasters and providers show both? Surely it makes sense just to broadcast the HD only version of a particular channel and so the the viewers TV or box will show a downgraded SD version of the same picture to viewers without an HD subscription or equipment on the same channel number, and also freeing up space? and so obviously HD viewers will receive the full HD variant also on the same channel number....?