How did you hear that Ch9 channels are going HD tomorrow? Was it an ad running on Ch9/WIN?
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9Gem on WIN is going MPEG-4 SD this month, but won’t turn HD until late July.
9Go! on WIN will be going MPEG-4 SD in June, but no HD transition.
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In Toowoomba
9HD is H.264 1920x1080I HD
9SD is MPEG2 SD
9GEM is H.264 SD
9GO is MPEG2 SD
9Life is H.264 SD
TVSN is H.264 SD
GOLD is H.264 SD
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The Ashes starts tomorrow night so I’m a bit disappointed by this. Might have to stream using 9Now to get HD until late July. By then it will be the 5th and final Ashes test anyway.
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Noticed tonight it is now H.264 SD in Toowoomba
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19 June
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Any word on wether it will be going HD?
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9Go is not planned to be HD. 9Gem is supposed to go HD next month.
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SBS ONE and SBS VICELAND are now streaming in full HD via SBS On Demand. The remaining SBS multi-channels are now 720p, however all of them except World Movies look to be upscaled from 576p unfortunately.
| Channel | Free-to-air | Online streams |
|---|---|---|
| ABC TV | 1080i | 720p |
| ABCKids/TVPlus | 576i | 720p |
| ABC ME | 576i | 720p |
| ABC NEWS | 576i | 720p |
| SBS ONE | 1080i | 1080p |
| SBS VICELAND | 1080i | 1080p |
| SBS World Movies | 1080i | 720p |
| SBS Food | 576i | 576p |
| NITV | 576i | 576p |
| SBS WorldWatch | 576i | 576p |
| 7 | 1080i | 720p |
| 7two | 576i | 720p |
| 7two Qld | 1080i | 720p |
| 7mate | 1080i | 720p |
| 7Bravo | 1080i | 720p |
| 7flix | 576i | 720p |
| Channel 9 | 1080i | 1080p |
| 9Go! | 576i | 1080p |
| 9Gem | 1080i | 1080p |
| 9Life | 576i | 1080p |
| 9Rush | 576i | 1080p |
| 10 | 1080i | 720p |
| 10 Peach | 576i | 720p |
| 10 BOLD | 1080i | 720p |
| Nickelodeon | 576i | 576p |
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SBS Upfronts: NITV to go HD on 5 December.
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I wonder if SBS will have to reduce the bitrate of other channels to allow for NITV to go HD? Will it affect picture quality of WorldWatch and SBS Food?
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SBS leading the way. That just leaves Food and World News.
They wouldn’t have enough spectrum to supply all their channels in HD would they? (Including the removal of SBS SD)
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Maybe being a Government assisted national broadcaster, they might get extra bandwidth.
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Plus can probably steal some from/get some extra as compensation for their radio feeds.
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Slightly off topic of NITV going HD, but it reminded me that there was talk last year of 7two going HD. Has anyone heard anything more about this?
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SBS will be simulcasting NITV in HD and SD on both 34 and 36 respectively. This is surprising as I didn’t think they’d have enough bandwidth to launch a new HD channel on top of the existing 3 HD’s without sacrificing something. It’s also interesting to see them remove a double-digit radio simulcast for NITV SD, but not do it for SBS ONE SD in Tasmania.
Source: TV Tonight
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9Go! is in HD in Toowoomba via WIN.
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These are the bit rates in Queensland - 9Go is higher than 9HD
| 8 | 9SD | 2.18 |
| 80 | 9HD | 4.99 |
| 81 | Gem HD | 3.12 |
| 82 | Go HD | 5.31 |
| 83 | Life | 1.53 |
| 84 | TVSN | 1.50 |
| 85 | Gold | 0.98 |
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I guess it is, as said above it is HD in Illawarra and it is also HD in Bendigo. Can @WAtvVideos check if it is HD in WA?
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