RTE news now on Saorview

brick man

I thought it was my eye site but it seems that news now is broadcasting at 704 by 576 as picture is much clearer I checked on digital bit rate which gave me the figures . The side bar text is much clearer . Hopefully thr junior channel and the plus one channel's follow suit

The Cush

Confirmed by the bitrate monitoring website - http://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php?liste=2&live=44&lang=en

I wonder if this temporary, the Irish commentary for yesterday's All Ireland was carried on RTÉ News Now channel, same with the Hurling Final.

brick man

brick man wrote: »

I thought it was my eye site but it seems that news now is broadcasting at 704 by 576 as picture is much clearer I checked on digital bit rate which gave me the figures . The side bar text is much clearer . Hopefully thr junior channel and the plus one channel's follow suit

And since I posted this the picture gave a jump and its gone back to fuzzy again and it made a fair difference alright .,it also happened on Friday and went again it was also only normal last night but this morning is was full sd and dropped back again . I'm watching on a 55 inch tv and nearly unwatchable but full sd makes a fair difference

Johnboy1951

It would be nice to believe these were some tests and things will permanently improve soon.

I did not see the higher res pic but the present one is eye-straining.

The Cush

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

It would be nice to believe these were some tests and things will permanently improve soon.

I did not see the higher res pic but the present one is eye-straining.

The average bitrate was still quiet low, just above 2 Mbps, similar to the VM channels.

brick man

The picture resolution has been going backwards and forwards so must be testing it out

Ten Pin

It's been at the higher rate for over a week which suggests it was only for the GAA finals. Back at 544 now (from 720) since 11am
http://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php?brk=2&mux=PSB-MUX-1&pid=1105&live=44&sec=0&lang=en

The Cush

Ten Pin wrote: »

It's been at the higher rate for over a week which suggests it was only for the GAA finals. Back at 544 now (from 720) since 11am
http://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php?brk=2&mux=PSB-MUX-1&pid=1105&live=44&sec=0&lang=en

Back again in 2 weeks for the replay?

Johnboy1951

Ten Pin wrote: »

It's been at the higher rate for over a week which suggests it was only for the GAA finals. Back at 544 now (from 720) since 11am
http://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php?brk=2&mux=PSB-MUX-1&pid=1105&live=44&sec=0&lang=en

It was at the lower res at 10am this morning when I checked.

brick man

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

It was at the lower res at 10am this morning when I checked.

Indeed it was then went higher again and then down again

Ten Pin

NewsNow is available online without any of the messing required for the "Player". Wonder was it available unrestricted abroad during the All Ireland finals?

lertsnim

They blocked it. Know someone in Australia who tried it.

Ten Pin

Well that's a tacit admission by RTE that the player is sub standard since the Irish commentary was already available on RTE2 with better picture quality than NewsNow.

Bummer1234

lertsnim wrote: »

They blocked it. Know someone in Australia who tried it.

Yea they would try and get some money for this Gaa Go and get people to buy it.

Got a feeling this will be back up on Saturday for the replay and showing the game with Irish commentary.