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Will Virgin media channels ever go HD on saorview?

micks_address · 2020-07-25 20:39:21

Hi folks, As per title. Any sign of the vm channels to go HD? Cheers, Mick

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#52 03-02-2022 3:25pm

khumbu

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I have to disagree. I think saorsat was a great solution. It killed 2 birds with just one stone.
A. Backup to transmitters when their feed goes down
B. Reception for areas without saorview reception. They my not be densely populated but they do exist.
Both without much/any over-spill outside of target reception area ie island of Ireland.

My only criticism of service is 2rn don't maximise its potential. Reducing bandwidth was short sighted. They could have used it to 1. increase resolution of all channels to full HD including TG4. 2 Increase FEC to allow reception from smaller dishes. Even without VM channels more saorsat dishes or saorsat/astra installations even in saorview reception areas would appear. No switching required between terrestrial/satellite tuners if used with FTA receivers.

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