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Originally Posted by jfman
There’s two versions of ITV HD in MPEG 2 in that table for a start.
Two multiplexes with two HD channels and background data. By your own admission the capacity limit is six per multiplex in MPEG4, giving theoretically eight additional HD channels on top of your one.
“Based on the current configuration“ is nothing but a red herring on your part. It’s entirely unsurprising that the Virgin network is set up to deliver exactly the services it needs to.
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On a point of order literally nobody has posted to agree my contributions are to the detriment of everyone.
Indeed, contributions have indicated the opposite. It is you seeking to end debate and reduce the information available to forum users.
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Yes, it's correct that some ITV HD channels are still in MPEG2 and weren't converted to MPEG4 as were the rest of the HD channels. I've already dealt with your point about ITV HD as in VM have different transport streams for different regional and national channels.
Only VM staff will know the reason for this, which is why I said that I hoped that SP saw this as he might be able to shed some light on why this is the case. VM do intend to make the remaining ITV HD channels MPEG4, but when and why they didn't do them at the same time as the rest of the HD channels is unknown.
"Based on current configuration" is entirely the point that you don't seem to be able to grasp. It's a fact that at this moment in time there is only room for one more HD channel on the current set up. Nobody is suggesting that VM can't or won't do anything to free up more capacity on their network and that this is it and that there won't be anymore HD channels added ever again!
What is open to speculation is what they will actually do to achieve their goal of freeing up more capacity to add any more HD channels. I personally think that, technical constraints aside, they will do a mixture of what has been suggested to utilise their resources to the maximum as it makes economic sense to do this before using capital expenditure to increase and update their existing infrastructure.
The current configuration policy is that no more than six HD channels should go on one mux, but it is entirely possible that they will accept a reduction in picture policy to squeeze more in. I suspect that if this became the only option that they would do this as Sky and Freeview have done, even OFCOM have noted that the public seem to prefer greater channel choice over picture quality.
Re: Your point of order. I didn't refer to any postings made, I referred to the fact that the way you expressed yourself the other day has led to the permission to post findings meant for another purpose being made available to the forum now being witheld and the time spent to analyse the data and present it in a user friendly way now no longer being spent.
Links to digitalbitrate have been provided to back up the claims made. As previously stated, it was noted that when this involves new channels coming or subscription packs changing, people were happy to take this on board as true. However, when the news wasn't what some wanted to hear, the validity of the information that they provided was (in a rude fashion) called into question by a minority. It is the behaviour of this minority that has led to the loss of an important source of information for this thread.
It was not my decision to limit the information available to forum users, it was the people that were kindly allowing their information to be used for the benefit of others simply to be helpful, but it's no wonder that they've now put a stop to this as have other contributors in the past.
It is to the detriment of anyone who visits this thread interested in what's coming soon to VM.
I am not "seeking to end debate", I simply can't seem to get it to sink in that the position at this moment in time is simply that- it's pointless discussing a fact in anything other than an objective way. A debate on how how VM will move forward to free up capacity appears to be the only way that this conversation can progress.