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jfman · 12-09-2018, 22:09

On cable I suspect they'd average out at 2 SD channels / 1 HD channel. HD seems to average about 6-7 Mb/sec. The standard definition versions of Sky Sports channels are higher than this at one extreme at 8 Mb/sec, others go as low as 1.3 Mb/sec.

I agree each individual channel won't save much space, but 38 of them certainly adds up.

I would imagine that the numbers with SD sets are low - but I suspect the SD only STBs have been withdrawn and there's no technical reason the remaining STBs with scart couldn't downscale the HD variant if this restriction is still in place. There will probably be a point it's more cost effective to give away HDTVs than maintain an SD service if that's the reason!

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jfman Architect of Ideas Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,366	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018) On cable I suspect they'd average out at 2 SD channels / 1 HD channel. HD seems to average about 6-7 Mb/sec. The standard definition versions of Sky Sports channels are higher than this at one extreme at 8 Mb/sec, others go as low as 1.3 Mb/sec. I agree each individual channel won't save much space, but 38 of them certainly adds up. I would imagine that the numbers with SD sets are low - but I suspect the SD only STBs have been withdrawn and there's no technical reason the remaining STBs with scart couldn't downscale the HD variant if this restriction is still in place. There will probably be a point it's more cost effective to give away HDTVs than maintain an SD service if that's the reason!