It was upscaled to 720p.
Thereâs a few variations but that is the actual Nine HD logo, very commonly used on air too.
Yes, I believe that SBS does air promos, programing and ads in HD. Their news programs are still SD productions though.
As Iâve said before, it seems that Nine is the only Australian free to air network that can get itâs HD broadcasting (mostly) right.
Not that I ever saw it for myself, but apparently the NYE Fireworks were shown in native HD on News 24 for the past few years. Aside from that, yes upconverted SD for everything else.
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It doesnât really matter. KickIT. Just because its there doesnât mean we should always have HD content available straight away. It will take time to setup. And it really is no big loss if ABC HD isnât HD.
No but you have to ask why bother launching an HD simulcast if no programming is going to be in HD.
If itâs a matter of source material not being in HD then perhaps hold off launching an HD service until such content can be sourced and played.
Same questions could also go to Ten 
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I donât think the switch to HD playout has occurred yet. If it had, I would expect the watermark to be HD, but it looks upscaled.
As far as I can tell, thereâs a very slight difference in the quality between SD content on LCN 2/21 and 20 (possibly an MPEG2/MPEG4 thing?) but thatâs about it really.
Why would you even broadcast a HD channel without having HD playout?! I mean, even Ten was doing HD playout for Ten HD (even if only about two or three programs at the very most were in native HD on day 1) when it (re)launched back in March!
Fingers crossed that itâs just a âsoft launchâ (although why the ABC couldnât wait until at least some programing could be shown in native HD is beyond me) and that native HD content will arrive in 2017. Other than that, they may as well have just switched ABC News 24 to SD and called it a day until they were completely ready to broadcast their main channel (or any channel) in proper HD.
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Itâs easy to spot who in this forum doesnât have a big TV. 
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I think it is very absured and niave to think that we were going to get hd from the ABC and Ten straight away. 20% of the content on Ten is native HD (some movies) and rest is upscaled. I can see why Ten are not doing the full HD at this stage, but ABC donât have to launch HD straight away. They can do what ten do and provide certain stuff in HD, but not everything. Itâs their decision.
The question is why do we all feel the need to have everything in HD just because we want it? If you want native HD⌠Go source it out 
TV Cynic - And there is nothing wrong with having upscaled.
Do you honestly think that the US channels are broadcasting full hd? I seriously doubt it. So why does everyone expect Full HD here?
Thereâs nothing to say the switch wonât be thrown later today. I was thinking that the technicians were making sure they had all transmitters/multiplexes working first then the next stage would be the feeds.
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@Bluejays1985 I donât even understand this comment. âJust because itâs there doesnât mean we should always have HDâ - what does that mean?
âIt will take time to set upâ - yes - they announced in March. Itâs December. Theyâve had 9 months to set up. Or really - 10 years.
âItâs no big loss if ABC HD isnât HDâ - huh??
Is Dolby no big loss if itâs not Dolby? Is IMAX no big loss if itâs just 4:3 - is Diet Coke no big loss if they just put regular coke in the can?
Iâm sorry I donât follow your logic at all. The rest of the world has had HD for 10-15 years now. And ABC switches it on today - and guess what - no HD.
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Again - huh??? What do you mean âright awayâ - they announced in March - that was 9 months ago. An the rest of the world had HD 10 years ago. âGo source it outâ? The place to get ABC show sin HD - would be ABC HD
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Yes, US networks, Canadian networks, British networks, European networks, Local channels - all of them - they all broadcast in full HD 24/7. Ads, commercials, promos, local news, live crosses, graphics, programming - it is literally 100% in HD. And has been for 10 years,
Iâve lived in the us 10
Years - I can tell you television here has basically be 100% HD for over 10
Years. Even small
Local stations do all
Their news in HD
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Even considering the ABCâs limitations, I think not being able to broadcast even a single program (so far) in native HD on launch day is a massive fail. Especially for a national broadcaster funded by our taxes, no less.
Fingers crossed that the situation improves come primetime, otherwise itâs an even worse effort at (re)launching a main channel in HD than Ten HDâs was! 
Also, why does ABC HD seem to be slightly zoomed in compared to the SD feed? Iâm not sure about everyone elseâs but the watermark is partially cut off on my TV because of the overscan! 
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Has anyone considered that programs shown today werenât filmed or delivered in HD? Weâve had news, The Bill, Murder, She Wrote etc. I would assume these were long ago delivered to the ABC in SD.
The ABC said when a program is delivered in HD, it will be shown in HD.
The networks have spent millions in the last year to get HD rolling. To sit back and say âwho cares it will happen when it happens, leave poor ABC/Ten alone they try their bestâ is absurd and if I was a shareholder/stakeholder/politician wrapped up in this I would be bitterly disappointed.
Meanwhile HD on Netflix is a minimum expectation with 4K already starting.
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Thatâs something no network can avoid. There will always be content that simply isnât available in HD. But I think the people that donât even care about the actual HD content being available in HD need to wake up.
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Some of the world has had HD for 10-15 years . . .
A small amount of countries still donât have HD at all.
As has been posted before, there are several MS members who make a huge deal about HD
The majority of people outside of MS simply donât seem to care (or no where near as much).
We all hope that full HD transmission of the programs that are available in HD will happen sooner rather than later. Itâs just not going to happen in some peoples very narrow time frame.
The TV stations are simply doing what they always have - listening to the masses and not the extremists !!
I have never bought this argument. Like TVWest says a select few amount of countries broadcast. The only ones that I know of are US and UK and maybe New Zealand.
It doesnât matter whether ABC HD is going to cater for everyone because it isnât. itâs there just because it is there, and nothing else to appease those who are constantly winging about not seeing their precious stuff in HD on the TV.
It doesnât matter if the news service isnât HD, it doesnât matter at all. At least to me. I could careless about the ABC having news in HD. If it has some imports that will be in HD, but I am not going to loose sleep because its not 24 7 HD. Straight away. It will take time.
There are other ways to source out HD content. (Not through illegal means). Traditional TV is dead, and so is HD broascasting, as most of the catered audience will move online to source their HD obsession.