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Terrestrial Television, Digital and Analogue
Is it me or is it getting worse?
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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 872329" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>I don't really know if it's getting worse but some mainstream-ish SD channels on Sky can be quite dull looking. We recorded Sleepy Hollow on Universal Channel SD (to save disk space) and it's really like watching something from 80s. Quality is really bad. Not so much with blocky-ness but generally just dull.</p><p></p><p>Like you say, 2cv, downloaded videos in SD res/bitrate can look much better on the same TV. This is not limited to UK based channels but abroad as well. Have you seen the crap quality they pump out on Albanian channels on 16e and Eastern European ones on 1W? I find it hard to believe that some of them are paid-for channels.</p><p></p><p>Some countries are better than others. Russian channels on 11W in C-band are fairly good looking with only occasional blocking but the picture is sharper and more vivid. Scandinavian and especially French SD channels are streets ahead of UK counterparts.</p><p></p><p>While on the subject - does anyone remember TMF Belgium feed on 16e years ago? Now THAT was quality! It was easily as good as most DVDs and if I play the recorded clips now on the Uno, I am still astonished at how good the SD can look on a modern TV.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 872329, member: 243342"] I don't really know if it's getting worse but some mainstream-ish SD channels on Sky can be quite dull looking. We recorded Sleepy Hollow on Universal Channel SD (to save disk space) and it's really like watching something from 80s. Quality is really bad. Not so much with blocky-ness but generally just dull. Like you say, 2cv, downloaded videos in SD res/bitrate can look much better on the same TV. This is not limited to UK based channels but abroad as well. Have you seen the crap quality they pump out on Albanian channels on 16e and Eastern European ones on 1W? I find it hard to believe that some of them are paid-for channels. Some countries are better than others. Russian channels on 11W in C-band are fairly good looking with only occasional blocking but the picture is sharper and more vivid. Scandinavian and especially French SD channels are streets ahead of UK counterparts. While on the subject - does anyone remember TMF Belgium feed on 16e years ago? Now THAT was quality! It was easily as good as most DVDs and if I play the recorded clips now on the Uno, I am still astonished at how good the SD can look on a modern TV. [/QUOTE]
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