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Originally Posted by jfman
The quick explanation is that 256 QAM offers an extra 30% capacity over 64 QAM. Until recently Virgin only used 64.
Scaremongering on forums had no capacity for HD channels at all at one point in 2007. Closing analogue back in the day, moving to 256 QAM, MPEG 4 for HD all represent a constant evolution of the cable network. To the average user they will have been unaware for the most part.
There are under utilised frequencies in use, there are frequencies out of use that would be activated if required.
Beyond that in the far future there’s plenty of quick wins: reducing legacy boxes moves the on demand content into the “internet” bandwidth from TV, duplicate SD and HD channels (BT Sport and Sky Movies being obvious candidates), plus one channels (necessary in the 6 tuner and on demand world?).
I can’t imagine there’s much value in the porn channels or music channels as viewer behaviour changes (online).
Add into the fact there’s very few “new channels” on the horizon anyway.
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Absolutely, nobody is "scareongering" at all, just presenting things as they currently are. There are things that VM can and probably will do to alleviate the situation, some of which we have already discussed.
I have already covered your point about there not being a 'magic new frequency tree' as it were and the QAM change was done a long time ago.
I agree that that there isn't that many new channels to actually add, so don't see what all the fuss is about.
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Originally Posted by Mick
I find this post fairly unreasonable Richard, you could have had a better tone. You'd take umbrage if someone else had referred to one of your posts as "Nonsense". Think about this in future please.
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True, it's just frustrating to have someone continually challenging undisputable evidence of the situation as it stands today. Nobody has ever suggested that the situation couldn't or wouldn't change as VM seek to maximise use of their assetts.
We have now also lost a valuable source of information because of some of his posts and the way he sometimes expressed himself, which is a shame for everybody else. Two wrongs don't make a right though, which I fully accept and acknowledge.