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**Chris** · 25-10-2005, 13:46

I noticed that ITV seemed to be utilising less bandwidth per channel on NTL than the BBC. I thought it would change when I got $ky but I think ITV is still more compressed than the Beeb. Still, it's infinetely better than some of the 'channels' I now have access to. I am very surprised, though, at how pixellated the Sky Sports channels can get ... I reckon you can't choose anything better than a football pitch to judge the quality of a digital TV picture and the Sky Sports pictures, to my eye, are no better than watching a game on ITV or C5 ... when the camera moves even a little, the players look like they're wading around on a bright green duvet instead of a grass pitch.

Offtopic, but I remember a similar discussion on here a while ago about DAB quality - that on digital radio, even the Beeb is going for quantity over quality and broadcasting streams that are effectively sub-FM standard on certain channels.

25-10-2005, 13:46	#3
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,387	Re: NTL Digital Video Compression I noticed that ITV seemed to be utilising less bandwidth per channel on NTL than the BBC. I thought it would change when I got $ky but I think ITV is still more compressed than the Beeb. Still, it's infinetely better than some of the 'channels' I now have access to. I am very surprised, though, at how pixellated the Sky Sports channels can get ... I reckon you can't choose anything better than a football pitch to judge the quality of a digital TV picture and the Sky Sports pictures, to my eye, are no better than watching a game on ITV or C5 ... when the camera moves even a little, the players look like they're wading around on a bright green duvet instead of a grass pitch. Offtopic, but I remember a similar discussion on here a while ago about DAB quality - that on digital radio, even the Beeb is going for quantity over quality and broadcasting streams that are effectively sub-FM standard on certain channels.