Yes, in Wollongong both LCNs just reference the same HD stream, so next to no additional bandwidth is used for the additional LCN.
LCN 8:
LCN 80:
Both refer to VPID 130 and APID 530.
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I see, thankyou.
Wonder if the spare bandwidth they now have will be used to convert 9Life to HD or they carry 9Rush on an additional LCN?
Do Seven Regional and WIN9 need to keep LCN60/80 active anymore?
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No, not really. Even @tvcl removed Channels 60 and 80 from the Sydney/Wollongong DVB-T Webserver since the MPEG-4 HD upgrades there.
Networks seem to generally have the duplicate up there to ensure that when you’re flipping with the channel up/down buttons you have all the channels from the network together. Makes it look nicer in an EPG view as well if you press the guide to see all the channels together rather than next to the competition.
Given it’s of no cost to do it, the benefits seem to stack up. Especially as a lot of people who appreciate decent picture quality will long have trained themselves to punch in channel 80 etc for the HD version.
There’s also the minor benefit of assisting those with DVRs who have done channel based schedules, but obviously that’s a fading market.
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Nine is now MPEG4 HD instead of MPEG2 SD on channel 8 in Queensland.
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