Ten HD and SBS HD does have some HD programing, but I think it’s safe to say that neither go to the effort that Nine does to make a decent majority of their content in HD.
Of course, I completely agree that Seven needs to get a HD simulcast of their main channel ASAP but with Seven’s SD-only primetime lineup usually outrating the Nine & Ten available in HD offerings (by quite a healthy margin too), I can’t see them rushing to launch Seven HD anytime soon.
No they’re not. People will tune in regardless. They might complain but Seven won’t care. We’ve seen that with AFL. Water off a duck’s back it seems.
But Seven is never in a hurry to launch seven HD anytime soon, is it?
They’ve been streaming it for months.
With the future of 4ME in doubt (after joint venture partner Brand New Media falling into administration yesterday), Seven should use the spectrum for the long awaited HD broadcast.
Hear hear! It would be missed opportunity to not go all out with an HD feed. Even if it doesn’t happen, I’d still watch regardless, as well as many other people. It’d just be a bit disappointing.
Like many MS members, I am holding my breath about the launch of 7HD. Hopefully it’s on 1 July to coincide with the Federal Election and the Olympics
At 1mbps?
Is there a reason that the catchup sites are in a poor quality resolution ? Is it to cater for people with bad internet connections or is it to prevent the internet version being better quality than the TV , so that people will watch it on the TV live instead ?
Ten is sort of the same .
As far as I know, the resolution/quality of the stream is based on how fast your personal internet connection at your house can handle.
The stream picks the best quality it possibly can based on your internet connection.
Hmm well it looks like an oil painting if you are close to the tv, on my new TV when I am getting 8Mbps.
But even the best quality on offer by Seven/Ten/ABC is barely SD at best. Certainly not the quality 9now offers.
Yeah is 9now in HD ? 9now on the Telstra TV looks impressive.
The Yahoo7 TV Guide now has a listing for a “7HD” channel. It’s showing the same programming as 7mate.
Ummmmm is it my eyes or is 70 now HD ???
Wish I was near a TV to check.
Just checked that Yahoo7 guide however and noticed that the listing for 7HD now has Seven programming in the guide.
Would 7 really have just snuck that straight in unannounced?
There is no difference to the programs being broadcast at this stage in Queensland - no new channels, no changes to format of existing, 70 still directs to 7 and is SD.
Is 7HD running in MPEG-2 or MPEG-4?
