Adam792
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Apparently the German WDR regional services are to all go HD from 3rd March on Astra 1.
The current HD versions on the two DVB-S transponders share with the corresponding SD version, and the regional opt-outs currently (except for Köln) just drop back to that SD stream.
This article on a German media website says that to launch the HD versions, they’ll be using new capacity on Transponder 21 - 11523H (currently empty). Presumably it’ll be DVB-S2 8PSK as the other ARD HD transponders are. The current DVB-S WDR HD channels will be marked as “old” once this launches, and will then be turned off at some point.
m.dwdl.de
Probably 720p, although WDR is the only ARD company that transmits in real 1080 via terrestrial now in Germany, so who knows! Maybe it’ll be 1080.
Apparently all of ARD’s internal production is in 1080i, which gets converted to 720p at playout. Although this 720p50 version is what goes out on satellite, nowadays on German digital terrestrial all channels are transmitted as 1080p50, so you get the slightly mad situation where the signal is being processed as 1080i in production —> de-interlaced and downscaled to 720p at playout —> finally re-upscaled to 1080p by the HEVC encoders, before the viewer sees it via their TV. WDR have now removed the second step for terrestrial, so the signal stays 1080 (with a separate downscale done for satellite).
The current HD versions on the two DVB-S transponders share with the corresponding SD version, and the regional opt-outs currently (except for Köln) just drop back to that SD stream.
This article on a German media website says that to launch the HD versions, they’ll be using new capacity on Transponder 21 - 11523H (currently empty). Presumably it’ll be DVB-S2 8PSK as the other ARD HD transponders are. The current DVB-S WDR HD channels will be marked as “old” once this launches, and will then be turned off at some point.
WDR: Bald alle "Lokalzeit"-Sendungen in HD - DWDL.de
Ab Anfang März sind alle "Lokalzeit"-Sendungen des WDR über Satellit in HD zu sehen, bislang war das nur für die Kölner Ausgabe möglich. Um das neue Angebot nutzen zu können, sind aber auch die Zuschauer gefragt.
m.dwdl.de
Probably 720p, although WDR is the only ARD company that transmits in real 1080 via terrestrial now in Germany, so who knows! Maybe it’ll be 1080.
Apparently all of ARD’s internal production is in 1080i, which gets converted to 720p at playout. Although this 720p50 version is what goes out on satellite, nowadays on German digital terrestrial all channels are transmitted as 1080p50, so you get the slightly mad situation where the signal is being processed as 1080i in production —> de-interlaced and downscaled to 720p at playout —> finally re-upscaled to 1080p by the HEVC encoders, before the viewer sees it via their TV. WDR have now removed the second step for terrestrial, so the signal stays 1080 (with a separate downscale done for satellite).
