Freesat on Freeview HD
Freesat, commenting on today's Ofcom announcement that it has awarded two licences for HD channels on Freeview from 2010, Freesat would like you to note that:
- Roll out of Freeview HD channels will be linked to digital switchover, currently taking place in the UK which means that HD will only become available in the UK on a region by region basis from launch until 2012
- In order to view HD channels on Freeview, consumers will need to replace their existing Freeview receiving equipment (either a set top box or a television with a Freeview receiver built in) by purchasing entirely new equipment
- Freeview coverage in the UK currently stands at 73%. Even after digital switchover there will still be a proportion of UK households which will not be able to view Freeview and it's HD channels whilst Freesat reaches 98% of UK homes now
"Due to the way we broadcast our service, via satellite rather than traditional aerial, HD is available now to 98% of UK homes via Freesat. Freesat homes don't have to wait until Digital Switchover reaches their region to get HD for free which for large parts of the country is still over three years off."
And they didn't mention that Freeview HD is limited to 720-line services (2.5 times SD in terms of pixels), whereas Freesat is already 1080-line (5 times SD's pixels).
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Monday, 14 November 2011
Les Nicol
2:51 PM
2:51 PM
Jan - I should have pointed out that the 320GB Humax HDR doesn't have to be motorised it's simply an additional feature - it can be utilised or not. Doesn't feature at all used with a static dish nor make the receivers normal operation in any way more complex.
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012
john: Of course, connect it using an HDMI or SCART cable to the set.
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Monday, 5 March 2012
Josh
4:58 PM
4:58 PM
Freeview HD is 1080 line as well, so the statement about it being limited to 720 line is incorrect.
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Josh: It was when it was written, "Published on 17th October 2008".
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Friday, 6 April 2012
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alan9:32 AM
cant get freesat on samsung d8000 plasma. Set has built in freesat but when tuning says it is searching fir information, and then cannot fiind it
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Monday, 9 April 2012
alan: You will, of course, need to connect the set to a working satellite dish...
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Thursday, 17 May 2012
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Andrew Lees10:59 AM
I have a Panasonic tv with freesat. I would like now to purchase a Panasonic DMR-EX99VEBK VHS/DVD RECORDER with FREEVIEW. My question is will it work?
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Andrew Lees: Yes but you will obviously need a terrestrial aerial for the Freeview receiver; the satellite dish won't work for it.
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Sunday, 22 July 2012
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MikeT8:57 PM
Lasswade
Here on the south side of Edinburgh we sometimes have no Freesat signal for the Scottish channels, yet at the same time we can pick up usable signals from BBC1, etc in Northern Ireland, York and the West Midlands. Can anyone explain why?
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MikeT's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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