All posts by Michael Negus
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I've read that after the analogue services close down the free bandwidth is to be sold to the G4 Neworks. Ofcom says that a very large number of Freeview viewers will then experience interference on their TVs from the G4 data passing between mobiles and masts around the country. Ofcom also say that most of the problem could be solved by viewers installing filters on their aerials. But about 30,000 will not be helped in that way. Apparently those who have an amp fitted to their aerial will be most affected. So far as the 30,000 who cannot be helped by filters are concerned: do you know which regional transmission areas will be affected?
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I was asked by a friend in the Belmont area a few days ago the following question:I have a full HD TV but no HD tuner. I am not buying an HD Freeview tuner at the moment, so will I be able to watch the four HD channels in SD after 17th August, or will there be no signal when I click on them? I couldn't give a certain answer. Could you?
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Thursday 17 February 2011 7:01PM
I've noticed that some HD channels are broadcasting older programmes, such as Heartbeat in 4:3 format, hence with black bars at each side of the oscreen. The equivalent SD channel carries a 'wide' picture that fills the screen.
My Panasonic TV is unable to change the 4:3 format,and the Sky box setting is set at 16:9 so I presume that ITV3 etc blocking any change. However I can set Panasonic 'zoom 2' which fills the wide screen. Is there some better way of overcoming the 4:3 format. When the adverts come on a widescreen picture returns, until the programme returns.