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Old 09-09-2019, 18:06   #1816
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)

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Can't say I find Sky's SD channel quality to be bad. But we have a Full HD 32 inch screen which we are perfectly happy with, maybe it's the bigger screens it becomes an issue.
Ours is a 43 inch TV.
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Can't say I find Sky's SD channel quality to be bad. But we have a Full HD 32 inch screen which we are perfectly happy with, maybe it's the bigger screens it becomes an issue.
Yes, its all about the screen size on my 49" tv piture quality in sd on sky is not the best.
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Old 10-09-2019, 09:39   #1818
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)

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Can't say I find Sky's SD channel quality to be bad. But we have a Full HD 32 inch screen which we are perfectly happy with, maybe it's the bigger screens it becomes an issue.
You may well be right. I've tried changing my V6 settings from 1080p down to the other resolutions including 576i, but noticed no real difference. However, when I switched my 43" TV screen size from 16:9 ratio to 4:3, I did notice PQ improved slightly on all the SD channels.
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Old 10-09-2019, 09:50   #1819
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You may well be right. I've tried changing my V6 settings from 1080p down to the other resolutions including 576i, but noticed no real difference. However, when I switched my 43" TV screen size from 16:9 ratio to 4:3, I did notice PQ improved slightly on all the SD channels.
Since you mention settings, the 32 inch Full HD screen I previously mentioned is set to 1080p. Our previous TV was set the same, and was also 32 inch, but it had a non-standard resolution that wasn't quite Full HD, but was higher than 720p and would happily downscale a Full HD signal to this in-between resolution. So I noticed a little difference when we got a new TV a couple years ago, but mostly for the better, as would be expected.
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Old 10-09-2019, 10:18   #1820
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)

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Since you mention settings, the 32 inch Full HD screen I previously mentioned is set to 1080p. Our previous TV was set the same, and was also 32 inch, but it had a non-standard resolution that wasn't quite Full HD, but was higher than 720p and would happily downscale a Full HD signal to this in-between resolution. So I noticed a little difference when we got a new TV a couple years ago, but mostly for the better, as would be expected.
Sounds like my TV is the same as your old one. It is a 9 year old Samsung plasma 768p HD ready, that manages to upscale and downscale usually fine. I do probably need to upgrade to a modern swish full HD/UHD led, but cant justify the cost yet until this one dies and its still going strong! Damn! LOL!
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Old 10-09-2019, 12:01   #1821
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Sounds like my TV is the same as your old one. It is a 9 year old Samsung plasma 768p HD ready, that manages to upscale and downscale usually fine. I do probably need to upgrade to a modern swish full HD/UHD led, but cant justify the cost yet until this one dies and its still going strong! Damn! LOL!
Quite.

Our Bravia was 10+ years old before it finally failed. There wasn't going to be regular UHD content, so there was no need for replacing with UHD screen, especially when UHD doesn't come in screens that small (not that I call it small), and a bigger than 32 inch screen wouldn't suit the living room. So we decided to save money on a replacement and just get an HD screen. It made sense to get a Full HD one rather than another in-between one, so we did upgrade. The funniest bit was the progress in LCD technology meant the new 32 inch screen was much smaller than the old one, simply because the screen frame was much smaller...and the unit much thinner too. So the added benefit was the living room felt bigger!

The replacement was a third of the £ of the original, and that's not inflation adjusted.
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Old 10-09-2019, 12:54   #1822
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)

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I can confirm that Notts TV is broadcasting on VM channel 159 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire on 9 September 2019
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I can confirm that Teesside TV is still broadcasting on VM channel 159
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NVTV still on in Belfast.
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159. Latest TV still broadcasting in Brighton. Picture quality is rubbish though.
Thanks for info.

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Still need information on the following local channels. Are they still broadcasting on Virgin Media?

EPG > Channel Name > (Channel broadcasting area)
159. London Live (In Croydon, Hersham, Hayes, Watford, Haringey, Seven Kings, Bromley and Lewisham areas only.)
159. Sheffield Live TV (In Sheffield areas only.)
159. Made in Bristol (In Bristol areas only).
159. Cardiff TV (In Cardiff areas only).
159. Leeds TV (In Leeds areas only).
159. Tyne and Wear TV (In Newcastle areas only).
159. That's TV Norfolk (In Norwich areas only).
159. Birmingham TV (In Birmingham areas only).
159. That's TV Cambridge (In Cambridge areas only).
159. That's TV Swansea Bay (In Swansea areas only).
159. KMTV (In Kent areas only).
159. That's TV Humber (In Grimsby areas only).

Again Thanks for any help.
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Old 10-09-2019, 18:21   #1823
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)

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Quite.

Our Bravia was 10+ years old before it finally failed. There wasn't going to be regular UHD content, so there was no need for replacing with UHD screen, especially when UHD doesn't come in screens that small (not that I call it small), and a bigger than 32 inch screen wouldn't suit the living room. So we decided to save money on a replacement and just get an HD screen. It made sense to get a Full HD one rather than another in-between one, so we did upgrade. The funniest bit was the progress in LCD technology meant the new 32 inch screen was much smaller than the old one, simply because the screen frame was much smaller...and the unit much thinner too. So the added benefit was the living room felt bigger!

The replacement was a third of the £ of the original, and that's not inflation adjusted.
So you could probably have got a 40" tv which would have been little difference in size to your old 32" set
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Old 10-09-2019, 19:02   #1824
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So you could probably have got a 40" tv which would have been little difference in size to your old 32" set
If 36 inch was still a standard size TV then maybe. But I prefer the room seeming bigger. The amount of time considered regarding buying a 40 inch screen was very little, and mostly about how to avoid buying anything bigger than 32 inches.
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Old 10-09-2019, 19:44   #1825
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Thanks for info.

---------- Post added at 11:54 ---------- Previous post was at 11:51 ----------

Still need information on the following local channels. Are they still broadcasting on Virgin Media?

EPG > Channel Name > (Channel broadcasting area)
159. London Live (In Croydon, Hersham, Hayes, Watford, Haringey, Seven Kings, Bromley and Lewisham areas only.)
159. Sheffield Live TV (In Sheffield areas only.)
159. Made in Bristol (In Bristol areas only).
159. Cardiff TV (In Cardiff areas only).
159. Leeds TV (In Leeds areas only).
159. Tyne and Wear TV (In Newcastle areas only).
159. That's TV Norfolk (In Norwich areas only).
159. Birmingham TV (In Birmingham areas only).
159. That's TV Cambridge (In Cambridge areas only).
159. That's TV Swansea Bay (In Swansea areas only).
159. KMTV (In Kent areas only).
159. That's TV Humber (In Grimsby areas only).

Again Thanks for any help.
Just checked....KMTV still there!!
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)

Some of you guys need bigger telly's.......
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Old 10-09-2019, 21:36   #1827
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Some of you guys need bigger telly's.......
Some frontrooms are space limited in the size of TV they can take.
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Some of you guys need bigger telly's.......
Now you've come to mention it, I've changed my mind, I think I'll get an even smaller TV.
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Old 11-09-2019, 00:20   #1829
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Some of you guys need bigger telly's.......
Projector is the way to go can range your screen from 12 inch to 200 inch
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Birmingham tv is still going
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