Disappointing
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Probably for the best if they were going to leave it this late - wouldnât want people finding out their equipment isnât compatible the first time they go to watch an event.
Unless they could do 7Qld style and flip it to MPEG-2 HD and reshuffle some bits around.
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If theyâre going to shuffle bits can they just do it like metro and squeeze a 7mateSD and 7mateHD in?
Surely the bandwidth required for a decent MPEG-2 HD channel is roughly the same as an SD MPEG-2 channel and an HD MPEG-4 channel anyway.
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Itâs more that theyâd need another set of encoders in each market to add another channel. I donât know if Prime would be in a position to do that.
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Japan is both, NTSC-J 60 and 50 Hz country.
50Hz for the Eastern Side (Tokyo)
60Hz for the Western Side (Kyoto)
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Disappointing. It would have been great to see a commercial network flick the switch like this, despite the risk (which gets less as each day passes)
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Although itâs probably too risky to make such a switch at a time large swathes of the country canât go out and buy a new TV if their current one doesnât meet the test, even if they really wanted to!
Im guessing their trial in Canberra got some feedback that made Prime reconsider it - agree that the risk is diminishing, but Iâd imagine that the biggest event of the year is probably not the best time to test it!
If theyâre not going to go HD - at least allocate 7mate some more bandwidth, its shocking atm
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Even for just the duration of the games would have been a low risk strategy. 7Mate programs fans would be missing nothing and anyone who complained they couldnât watch Olympics on 7Mate could at least see it on Seven.
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At the moment where a large part of their viewer base is unable to go and buy a new TV the risk is probably a little higher than normal circumstances.
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On the contrary, I think a big event is exactly whatâs needed to drive such a change.
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Well a lesson learnt hear donât believe something until it actually happens, I was looking forward to 7mate having sport and movies in HD.
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Very strange if theyâve backed away.
Only a few days ago I saw an Olympics promo on Prime7 which mentioned something about the coverage being in HD on 7 and 7mate, and iâm pretty sure I can remember the Prime7 logo being on screen.
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Prime7 shouldâve at least kept 7mate as MPEG4 HD in Canberra.
While Sydney & surrounding areas (plus some other areas in NSW), Victoria & South Australia are locked down, the ACT & surrounding areas arenât, so thatâs not stopping anyone here buying a newer TV for the Olympics.
7mate on Prime is really bad compared to Prime7 in HD. Surely they could have temporarily dumped the shopping channel and taken a few bits from the SD channels to somehow squeeze in a HD version of 7mate.
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Did Prime7 dump 7Mate HD everywhere?
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I havenât heard any complaints of a downgrade to SD from WA (I gather 7mate has been HD in Primeâs GWN7 viewing areas for some time now).
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7mate HD via Prime7 (MPEG-4) only had a test run in Canberra the other week. 7mate HD (MPEG-2) is available in GWN7 markets. All other markets are MPEG-2 SD only.
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A shame really. Itâs clearly a massive struggle moving to MPEG4. The government needs to intervene to help move us forward with it, otherwise we will always be stuck.
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GWN7âs North-West market also has SD-only 7mate. Alongside SD-only GWN7. You east-coasters have got it good.
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