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Paging the Massive: Freeview in HD - what's that all about?
Posted by David Hepworth on 11 April 2010 - 11:01am.
I'm sure there are people out there who've looked into this. If I've got an HD-ready TV set and I get a Freeview HD receiver, does that mean I can watch the World Cup in high definition? Or am I being pathetically naive?
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Aerial upgrade
It would seem so. A wee read at the small print suggests an aerial upgrade is necessary though. I would put my hard earned shekels into HD freeview box manufacturer shares now and cash em in mid June!
Not
if the Prof has been enjoying 'normal' Freeview service through either his telly or another set-top box, he doesn't.
Yes. To the World Cup bit.
Naive is one thing I'd never have you down for. It has a limited choice of HD channels (BBC HD, ITV HD, C4HD) but all your World Cup needs will be catered for.
As you live in London...
...you should be able to - viewers in other parts of the country might not be so fortunate:-
The BBC publishes Freeview HD rollout schedule
Richer sounds do a nice Freeview
HD recorder from Humax-ask them nicely and they might lend u an opened one
Turns out I erred a bit
the Humax is a Free*sat* recorder-but Free*view* HD recorders are in the pipeline from Philips and Humax. Currys Digital have the former in their summer catalogue-but the branch I spoke to had no date for stocking it yet.
Interestingly, some of these products will also have the Sky Player,
which I think DH was asking about a while back
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/04/14/humax_freeview_hd_set_top_sky_pl...
check your postcode
Yeah, in London you should be fine. But to be sure (and for anyone else reading this thread), you should check your postcode on the Freeview HD website. http://bit.ly/apnjn0
HD
I'm also upgrading for the World Cup, but via Sky.
Fact: Sport sells TVs. It's thought that 10% of American TV sales are driven by the Super Bowl.
ITV HD
Is not available on Sky, is it?
It is now.
April 1st - it popped up on Sky & Virgin.
ITV 1 HD
I only found it a couple of days ago - it's channel 178 on Sky
Last week
I ceased to fund Mr Murdoch's evil empire and replaced Sky with Freesat. This also comes with free BBC and ITV HD and I believe the coverage is almost the whole of the UK. Picture quality in non-HD is also better as the Humax box I bought does some sort of upscaling.
I am weighing
Freesat against other options for radio--have you ever used it for radio and do you ever get "clicks" on it ?
Yes
there's more on bbc's world cup coverage http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sporteditors/2010/03/world_cup_2010.html
and this has a list of who is broadcasting what.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8582840.stm
(ITV are showing the first 2 England games v USA on the June 12th (7.30pm kick off), and v Algeria on June 18th (7.30pm), BBC - the England v Slovenia 3pm game on June 23rd and the last 16 game (if we get there).
All games are in HD.
This has a list of all the games being filmed in 3D
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1190863.html
you can't get that on Freeview :)
Just to clarify
ITV have the first two England games exclusively. After that, the BBC will have all their remaining games, though both broadcasters will show England's semi-final and final, should the unthinkable happen. ITV's only England exclusive after Algeria is the booby prize that is the 3rd place play-off.
I've just been to the Gadget Show Live
and had a conversation on this area albeit about Freesat.
If you have a Sky dish, then you can run Freesat HD. You can even keep a sky box and have a Freesat running of the same dish (or just swap out a Sky box for a Freesat HD box if you currently have a Sky multiroom).
ps - yes I know, I lead a very exciting life.
I have a dish on my flat
but probably just one LNB (need to check). Is it possible to add one and how cheap is it ? I want a recorder not just an STB.
Shouldn't be too expensive
as all the hard stuff has been done but would depend on dish location (and how high your flat is).
May be useful
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7097233...