Bravo in HD? Surely 7Flix deserves HD more than Bravo.
To be honest Bravo gets a lot more new content so I would put Bravo in HD first.
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Bravo launched in HD at its inception. Iâm still surprised 7Flix isnât HD yet.
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Wait Until all of Seven Channels are in HD! Maybe switching All Commercial Channels to MPEG-4 can make the Picture Quality Improve.
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7flix probably canât go HD unless they get rid of TVSN and Racing (which probably wonât happen since that would bring in money for them by carrying them) - I canât see there being enough space for all of thatâŚ
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On Saturday there is racing on 7Two HD with a bit rate well above 7Mate that has Bathurst and the cricket on the main channel that is again 3rd, just above 7Bravo
| Main HD | 3.7 |
| 7Two HD | 6.2 |
| 7Mate | 4.3 |
| Bravo | 3.6 |
| 7Flix | 1.9 |
| TVSN | 1.4 |
| Race | 2.1 |
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I wouldnât be surprised if 7flix still outrates 7Bravo more often than not but because of their recent expensive NBC-U output and are desperate to push Bravo and get as many viewers there as possible. Itâd also make sense with the bitrates, marketing and first run content, in fact a lot of 7Plus and even promos on other m/c are all for Bravo.
It doesnât help both channels have a similar target demo or at least get viewers from that younger female group. Makes you wonder if both channels have kind of been cannibalising each other and where that leaves 7flixâs future.
Seven would want to be careful though, as what if they lose the NBC deal eventually, perhaps theyâve invested too much now and would to anything to stop (e.g.) Nine from getting rights back.
I donât think weâll see flix get more attention with better quality picture/audio or content, until all of Sevenâs other channels have become HD and been getting consistent ratings.
I mean thereâs not even specific promos (movies) for 7flix anymore and hasnât been for a few years, just generic âweeklyâ or ânightlyâ ones and the Law & Order ones are more than 2 years old now.
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Is the Seven and 7TWO channels in Adelaide MPEG4 HD yet? Canât check as I donât live there but that was meant to change today.
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Nothing had changed at ~6-7am before I left for the day, but itâs HD now.
When I get a moment Iâll put together some bitrates.
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Could they axe the 7HD simulcast on 71 and flick 7Flix to HD?
Or bump mate to 71 and flix to 73/74?
The one video stream can appear with multiple channel numbers without taking up extra bandwidth.
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Thereâs no simulcast - 71 just points to the same HD stream as 70.
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Here are some specs, averaged over 30 mins (18:00-18:30).
| Ch | Name | Video | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7/70/71 | 7HD Adelaide | 4.5Mbit 1920x1080i | 384k Stereo AC3 |
| 72 | 7twoHD Adelaide | 3.7Mbit 1920x1080i | 192k Stereo AC3 |
| 74 | 7mateHD Adelaide | 4.5Mbit 1920x1080i | 384k Stereo AC3 |
| 75 | 7Bravo Adelaide | 2.9Mbit 1920x1080i | 48k Stereo HE-AACv2 |
| 76 | 7flix Adelaide | 2.0Mbit 720x576i | 128k Stereo MP2 |
| 77 | TVSN | 0.9Mbit 720x576i | 48k Stereo HE-AACv2 |
| 78 | RACING.COM | 1.5Mbit 720x576i | 48k Stereo HE-AACv2 |
7two certainly looking significantly nicer than SD at a similar bitrate.
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The advantage of MPEG4, itâs been said that it is 50% more efficient than MPEG2, so Iâm not surprised⌠7two HD is looking quite nice here in Nth NSW too
Why do 7mate and 7Bravo have two different audio systems, even though they have the same screen resolution?
7mate is probably more likely to carry programs with Dolby 5.1 audio or something more than just straight stereo?
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Is 10Bold in HD in Sydney? Iâm staying in Sydney this week and 10Bold is the only SD channel with the aspect ratio not cropping the watermark. Also the WM on Bold is much clearer than the peach and Nic.
10Bold has been in HD in the 5 cities since 2021.
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Could just be the show on 10Bold was an older one not made in HD.
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Yeah it was. I was totally unaware of Bold being HD until nowâŚ
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