All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
c perry: And I am surprised that you emailed a website that has nothing at all to do with the programme makers or the channel....
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Philip Goatly: Your 28km from Sudbury - and so you should get an excellent signal. Either your tuned to the wrong transmitter, or your system has a fault - check the other muxes, because I bet they are low as well. The fault is almost certainly with you.
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Paul: Firstly, you didn't give a postcode, so I had to vaguely find out Corfe Mullen's (I grew up in Poole, but couldn't remember it) and then put into Digital UK's site (which is why we want a postcode!). So your either Mendip or Rowridge Coverage Checker - Detailed View
With the first looking a bit better.
If you were getting a signal before, and now you are not, then that suggests a problem with your aerial system. Check signal strength, and if you've an amp, try bypassing it, because it might be the problem. If not, the most likely reason is a lose connection, etc.
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My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+Sunday 25 June 2017 8:36PM
Peterborough
dave: We need a postcode, and the signal levels on all the muxes, but at a guess, your aerial system is up the spout, and that mux is the first one to vanish, with the others just hanging on.
Normal reasons are a dodgy cable or loose fitting, plus obviously problems with water damage etc to the cabling and the aerial itself.
Check signal levels, but I bet they are all low.
BTW - retuning is pointless - your TV was tuned probably in the first place, but is much less likely to be now - you've just made things more difficult.
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Christopher Webster: ITV4 is SD isn't unwatchable - its perfectly fine on my HD Ready set, and even with cycling, the motion blur shouldn't be that bad and I have no idea what you mean by 'pixallation'.
If your motion blur is that bad, that says more about your panel than the bit rate of the transmission...
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Christopher Webster: So your watching it on a PC monitor? With a 3000:1 contrast ratio? Bully for you. To be fair, a Sony X930 (4K) TV is pretty much double that, but OK.
But here's the thing - I've seen cycling on ITV4 in SD on a decent (but relatively cheap) LG 768 panel and on a top of the range Samsung HD, and neither case is there that much motion blur, or at least not enough to make it unwatchable. How close are you to the screen, and you using any motion control?
And what do you mean by 'True HD'? Since, as far as I'm aware, Sky also transmit in 1080i, there is no real difference between Sky and Freeview, so if you want 'true HD', then you'll have to use blu ray.
I always advise my customers to watch as much HD content as possible if they are buying a 4K set (which the bulk of them now are) - SD is a huge upscaling task for even the best set, and it wont look great on a 4k set.
You miss the point about T2, as Brian pointed out a decade ago -
The "secret" Ofcom plan for Freeview HDTV: DVB-T2
its not just the bandwidth that might increase, but the compression is that much more efficient as well.
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David: Dont know what you mean by channels, but your either going to be tuned into Waltham or Sandy Heath - and your TV should just do the rest.
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Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) Full Freeview transmitterWednesday 28 June 2017 10:35PM
Peterborough
Christopher Webber: Firstly, get as far as you can away from the screen - the closer you are, the worse it will look. And although monitors are designed to handle fast moving action, they tend to be set up to handle motion blur differently. And while I dont tend to watch cycling on ITV4, the motion blur shouldn't be that bad - not great, but 'unwatchable' is a subjective term.
SD is SD - thats the bitrate, which way it tends to not look as good on HD panels. The cheapon channels like Challenge showing old shows - even more not great. But again, I think your idea of 'unwatchable' isn't the same as mine.
I have no idea as to the bitrate when everyone goes over to T2 (Brianist might be able to answer the question, and throw in an article as well), but I suspect that showing a poor SD picture when 4K panels will be the norm isn't going to get customers begging to watch. And what would the point be of having BBC1 SD, when HD will be the standard?
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Christopher Webber: 6 feet away is fine for a 28-32in, but obviously something isn't quite right.
Can you check to see what the cycling is like on the main TV? If thats fine on cycling or other relatively fast moving action on same settings, then its the monitor. If they are both bad, then thats probably a more subjective thing. Obviously signal breakup (of your system) is down to the feed your getting.
And have you tried streaming content? If the BBC stream in SD is OK, then at least thats a benchmark. And while the digibox is the easiest way to get a signal, you can use tuner cards directly for your PC.
As far as I'm aware, there is nowhere that is 'switching to T2' - there are some retunes due to shuffling of the frequences, and that might mean some possible replacement aerials, but overall, if you've got a standard non T2 tuner, you still fine. Personally, I think a switch to T2 tuners only should be announced soon, since it would be pretty doable in the next couple of years, looking at the state of the market, but there you are. However, I would welcome a Brianist article on where any switchover is at present.
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Tuesday 20 June 2017 2:28PM
Peterborough
MIKE: Firstly, by using all capitals, you are SHOUTING at us. Please dont.
'Your getting no signal' means exactly that - your box or TV is telling you that its not getting any (or at least not enough) signal strength to be able to decode the signal. Frankly, this should be in the trouble shooting section of your manual.
Most obvious reason - the aerial has fallen out of the back of the TV. Or could be so loose that your losing some muxes, while other's just hang on. Or its a break/damged joint, cable, etc.
Your TV is fine, its telling you that something else isn't.