Seem to be some sound problems (crackling) on BBC HD just now - it wasn't evident during HIGMNFY, but that was in stereo unlike A Little Later which is in 5.1 - could the lack of 5.1 on BBC One HD's Doctor Who tonight be related?
What lack of 5.1 on Doctor Who? No problems when I watched it today (Sky+ HD box).
New problem since the update to DVB-S2, at least on some Sky boxes, is the loss of BBC One HD and BBC HD - just error 25 "No satellite signal is being received".
I've lost them, and by the looks of various forums, so have rather a lot of others...
I got it back my retuning it's using some odd parameters which maybe is what's throwing some boxes, it still looks the same to the viewer though no visible improvements
I had to do a retune of my Humax Foxsat PVR to get BBC One HD and BBC HD back. It seems I'm not the only one with this. Some (non-approved) free-to-air satellite boxes it seems aren't DVB-S2 compliant at all and people are complaining that the BBC only gave days notice of the change. Can't help but feel they shouldn't have much grounds for comaplaint given that they're not using Freesat standard equipment...
They're going to change to broadcasting BBC HD in 1920x1080 on 13th June (on Freeview HD, Freesat, etc. I think) to allow for 3D Side-by-Side (for Tennis), and then back normal (1440x1080) on 6th July.
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They're going to change to broadcasting BBC HD in 1920x1080 on 13th June (on Freeview HD, Freesat, etc. I think) to allow for 3D Side-by-Side (for Tennis), and then back normal (1440x1080) on 6th July.
Yep - side-by-side in 1440x1080 would only give 720x1080 resolution for each eye - rather than the 960x1080 you get with 1920x1080. Not unexpected. Presumably they can bump up the bandwith a bit for the duration now they have switched to S2?
The BBC News article said the 3D tennis would be available to anybody with a 3D able to receive HD broadcasts. Surely that's not true? Can ANY Freeview HD box output 3D pictures?
I think this is right, yes - because it is the telly set that handles the conversion to a 3D picture (compatible with the right glasses), not the box, which merely sends out a side-by-side image. '3D' packages, like those on Sky, presumably simply allow the viewer access to the dedicated 3D channel which still only outputs a side-by-side image.
