TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
07-10-2016, 13:59
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Of course you meant 1080i ,1080p broadcasts in the UK don't exist .  |
Yes they do as do 4k broadcasts.
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07-10-2016, 14:20
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Yes they do as do 4k broadcasts.
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Sky deliver 4K over a satellite and BT use the internet.
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08-10-2016, 09:58
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Of course you meant 1080i ,1080p broadcasts in the UK don't exist . |
Freeview HD channels often broadcast in 1080p. ITV and Channel 4 appear to use it most frequently. I was surprised the BBC didn't use it for the Rio Olympics.
It's been available of Freeview since 2011.
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08-10-2016, 10:39
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Originally Posted by nialli
Freeview HD channels often broadcast in 1080p. ITV and Channel 4 appear to use it most frequently. I was surprised the BBC didn't use it for the Rio Olympics.
It's been available of Freeview since 2011.
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Indeed, http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researcha...bc-hd-on.shtml caused a few issues at the time with sony tvs because they maintained different settings for each picture type mode.
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08-10-2016, 15:46
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Sky deliver 4K over a satellite and BT use the internet.
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no they don't
Sky is UHD not 4K Sky also say its UHD.
BT say its 4K but it really is UHD.
HD is 720 to 1080
UHD is 2160 to 3240
4K is 4320.
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08-10-2016, 16:11
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Originally Posted by nialli
Freeview HD channels often broadcast in 1080p. ITV and Channel 4 appear to use it most frequently. I was surprised the BBC didn't use it for the Rio Olympics.
It's been available of Freeview since 2011.
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Out of interest do VM honour 1080p broadcasts when they're available?
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08-10-2016, 16:25
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Originally Posted by yorkshireborn
no they don't
Sky is UHD not 4K Sky also say its UHD.
BT say its 4K but it really is UHD.
HD is 720 to 1080
UHD is 2160 to 3240
4K is 4320.
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Are you in agreement of the systems they use to delivery these higher resolution signals?
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08-10-2016, 16:54
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
they get the signal from the source its wot they do with the signal when they get it and resend it to us.
you could compare it to a tin of beans there all the same ingredients, but all taste different.
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08-10-2016, 19:32
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Out of interest do VM honour 1080p broadcasts when they're available?
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No, broadcast HD on VM is always 1080i. The V+ and V-HD boxes don't support 1080p.
The only 1080p available on VM is from Netflix.
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09-10-2016, 19:45
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
Have to say that Sky Sports 1 HD is bad today.
Not sure if its down to the host broadcaster as watching the football or down to VM
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09-10-2016, 20:39
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Originally Posted by yorkshireborn
no they don't
Sky is UHD not 4K Sky also say its UHD.
BT say its 4K but it really is UHD.
HD is 720 to 1080
UHD is 2160 to 3240
4K is 4320.
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2160 is 4K, 4320 is 8K
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09-10-2016, 21:35
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Originally Posted by david_w2k
2160 is 4K, 4320 is 8K
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plz link to prove me and the pros wrong.
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10-10-2016, 01:02
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Originally Posted by nomadking
The BBC is required to supply the same quality of broadcasts irrespective of provider(freeview, cable, satelite etc). Any differences will come from the TV itself via picture settings that are specific to the source of the images (internal freeview, HDMI etc). Eg my 3 year old Samsung has a "Game Mode" setting, which obviously doesn't apply to the internal Freeview picture.The option says that it may degrade picture quality. The TV may do the freeview decoding and upscaling in the same chip, which means the upscaling might be different between freeview and external HDMI source.
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I asked about how upscaling was done by the STB/TV on a technical forum and was told that the STB/TV plays no part in upscaling as this is done completely by the broadcaster and it just reproduces the feed it's given.
When I asked if upscaled material used the same HDD space as true HD material when recording, I was told that it actually uses more!
I have read people say on forums that XYZ box is good at upscaling though 
Last edited by RichardCoulter; 10-10-2016 at 01:05.
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10-10-2016, 09:15
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Originally Posted by yorkshireborn
plz link to prove me and the pros wrong.
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Or just Google it yourself.
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10-10-2016, 09:26
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Re: TiVo HD Picture Quality Vs Freeview HD
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Originally Posted by yorkshireborn
plz link to prove me and the pros wrong.
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Just type into Google - what resolution is 4K. Or to save you some time, here is a link from that search... Which shows it isn't 100% straightforward
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...the-same-thing
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Or just Google it yourself.
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Beat me to it :-)
Last edited by david_w2k; 10-10-2016 at 09:24.
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