Thread: Freeview-HD to launch in 2009
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Old 26-10-2008, 18:27   #11
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Re: Freeview-HD to launch in 2009
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ View Post
I believe the plan is for them to use DVB-T2 as this lets them have a bit more space for more channels. It's a shame because i've just bought a tv that has DVB-T tuner in it which most of Europe already use.
Well they have to. The multiplexes currently use 18Mbs or 24Mbs depending on which QAM. They'll all be 24Mbs post switch over. By using DVB-T2 you can get it upto 31Mbs and noises coming out recently make it sound like the figure may even be 35Mbs. It has to be this figure as on 24Mbs you couldn't possibly get 3x High Definition channels on there. BBC HD would be screwed (they already use poor codecs as it is). Even for 35Mbs I wonder about quality on MPEG-4.
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