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japitts · 12-09-2018, 19:38

Wasn't there an issue a while ago, that you needed to have an HDMI lead connected to your Tivo in order to view HD channels? Or to flip it round, if you only had an SD TV and therefore no HDMI lead, you couldn't view HD variants? This, I assumed, was one reason why Gold HD hadn't just replaced Ch124 but was now going to be a new EPG slot.

Which I guess would mean the question is how many VM TV viewers only have SD TVs...

Also in jfman's list above, National Geographic is included. Not sure this is entirely right, NatGeo is in Fun and above according to my current channel guide (August 2018 V6), NatGeo HD is only Full House. Same with Nickelodeon I think.

Totally as an aside, we do still record in SD sometimes - where the program content isn't going to hugely benefit from HD it does give the benefit of disk space. But that's only a small proportion of our viewing, to be fair.

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japitts cf.geek Join Date: Apr 2008 Services: V6 with Maxit, Sky Sports HD, TNT Sports, Sky Cinema. 250Mb broadband, Talk Anytime. Posts: 601	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018) Wasn't there an issue a while ago, that you needed to have an HDMI lead connected to your Tivo in order to view HD channels? Or to flip it round, if you only had an SD TV and therefore no HDMI lead, you couldn't view HD variants? This, I assumed, was one reason why Gold HD hadn't just replaced Ch124 but was now going to be a new EPG slot. Which I guess would mean the question is how many VM TV viewers only have SD TVs... Also in jfman's list above, National Geographic is included. Not sure this is entirely right, NatGeo is in Fun and above according to my current channel guide (August 2018 V6), NatGeo HD is only Full House. Same with Nickelodeon I think. Totally as an aside, we do still record in SD sometimes - where the program content isn't going to hugely benefit from HD it does give the benefit of disk space. But that's only a small proportion of our viewing, to be fair.