All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
fred:
A partial post code is no help at all, we need a full post code to look up any information about your local transmitter and the expected reception at your location.
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Briantist:
There are still loads of updates needed, many of the channel allocations listed here are still incorrect.
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Juliet:
To give any help we need you to provide a full post code for your location. A partial code will not assist.
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Zoi:
Make your comments to the operators of the transmitter, Arqiva. They can be contacted by lkooking at Contact Arqiva General Enquiries, Sales, Press and Media
This website has no connection with any broadcaster not operator.
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Brian:
A wideband aerial is always advised these days. That will be able to receive all current and future transmissions.
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John Whitney:
It is almost certainly an aerial problem that need the management to get an aerial contractor to correct. Many communal aerial systems have filters to block unwanted signals and these should have been changed earlier last year when the channels used by Crystal Palace changed. The 'old' Group A aerial is no longer correct as channel 55 and 56 are now used for the COM7 and COM8 services, which is where many of the HD services are found.
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Brian Wright & MikeB:
There have not been any plans published for the transmission of 4K transmissions as yet and 8K will not be broadcast for some while yet, if at all. There are two problems, they have to develop a suitable method of transmitting the signals without using too much bandwidth in a restricted spectral range as a significant proportion has been re-allocated for 5G use plus designing a tuner/decoder to build into the TVs so they can then receive and sort out the signals. Currently, they are still working on getting more HD transmissions using the DVB-T2 system. That provides the current 1K services from many transmitters, but 4K will need considerably more bandwidth than is available unless they successfully develop a compression system to 'squeaze' more data into a similar bandwidth, it will have to compress 4 times as much data for 4K or 8 times for 8K. Whether that problem has yet been solved yet has not been announced publicly.
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Monday 14 January 2019 11:57AM
Hardy:
Please note that if replacing a Sky Q box with another satellite receiver then a new LNB is required. Sky changed the way the command signals are sent so they can have different options in Sky Q but 'normal' satellite receivers do not send the commands in the same as Sky Q. They use the traditional command system.