Re: Declining bitrate on Sky digital channels?

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:05:08 -0000, "Stephen"
<stephen@junkmail.sptv.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>"Ed" <eabowden@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Is it me or are some of the channels getting poorer and poorer quality?
>> Channels like VH1 show serious digital artefacts such as pixellation
>> and blocking, whereas Skysports never seems to show anything other than
>> the clearest picture.
>
>MTV have all 9 channels, MTV, VH1, MTV Hits, MTV Base, MTV Dance, MTV2, VH2,
>VH1 Classic, and TMF on one transponder, Transponder 10, 11.895 GHz
>Vertical.
>
>Sky Sports has only 5 channels on it's transponder, Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports
>2, Sky Sports 3, Cartoon Network +1hour, and FX, on Transponder 21, 12.110
>GHz Horizontal, so they can use about twice the bitrate of the MTV channels.
>

I was watching the Luton - Liverpool game on ntl digital and the slow
motion of one of the goals was of such poor quality it looked like it
had been filmed on a mobile phone...

"Cheeky" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> I was watching the Luton - Liverpool game on ntl digital and the slow
> motion of one of the goals was of such poor quality it looked like it
> had been filmed on a mobile phone...

Same on Sky.
So presumably, at source, rather than the broadcast

Loz

"Cheeky" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> I was watching the Luton - Liverpool game on ntl digital and the slow
> motion of one of the goals was of such poor quality it looked like it
> had been filmed on a mobile phone...

Same on Sky.
So presumably, at source, rather than the broadcast

Loz

"Cheeky" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> I was watching the Luton - Liverpool game on ntl digital and the slow
> motion of one of the goals was of such poor quality it looked like it
> had been filmed on a mobile phone...

Same on Sky.
So presumably, at source, rather than the broadcast

Loz

"Cheeky" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> I was watching the Luton - Liverpool game on ntl digital and the slow
> motion of one of the goals was of such poor quality it looked like it
> had been filmed on a mobile phone...

Same on Sky.
So presumably, at source, rather than the broadcast

Loz

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:54:20 -0000, loz
<lawrencenospam@nospamwilkesworld.co.uk> wrote:

>
> "Cheeky" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:4g88s1h4pvt4s0b1rk41l7d6kkqle9dfke@4ax.com...
>
>> I was watching the Luton - Liverpool game on ntl digital and the slow
>> motion of one of the goals was of such poor quality it looked like it
>> had been filmed on a mobile phone...
>
> Same on Sky.
> So presumably, at source, rather than the broadcast
>
LOL - was ok on ordinary BBC


--

steve

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:54:20 -0000, loz
<lawrencenospam@nospamwilkesworld.co.uk> wrote:

>
> "Cheeky" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:4g88s1h4pvt4s0b1rk41l7d6kkqle9dfke@4ax.com...
>
>> I was watching the Luton - Liverpool game on ntl digital and the slow
>> motion of one of the goals was of such poor quality it looked like it
>> had been filmed on a mobile phone...
>
> Same on Sky.
> So presumably, at source, rather than the broadcast
>
LOL - was ok on ordinary BBC


--

steve

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:54:20 -0000, loz
<lawrencenospam@nospamwilkesworld.co.uk> wrote:

>
> "Cheeky" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:4g88s1h4pvt4s0b1rk41l7d6kkqle9dfke@4ax.com...
>
>> I was watching the Luton - Liverpool game on ntl digital and the slow
>> motion of one of the goals was of such poor quality it looked like it
>> had been filmed on a mobile phone...
>
> Same on Sky.
> So presumably, at source, rather than the broadcast
>
LOL - was ok on ordinary BBC


--

steve

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:54:20 -0000, loz
<lawrencenospam@nospamwilkesworld.co.uk> wrote:

>
> "Cheeky" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:4g88s1h4pvt4s0b1rk41l7d6kkqle9dfke@4ax.com...
>
>> I was watching the Luton - Liverpool game on ntl digital and the slow
>> motion of one of the goals was of such poor quality it looked like it
>> had been filmed on a mobile phone...
>
> Same on Sky.
> So presumably, at source, rather than the broadcast
>
LOL - was ok on ordinary BBC


--

steve

"SteveW" <sj_walton@nothotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:54:20 -0000, loz
> <lawrencenospam@nospamwilkesworld.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Cheeky" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:4g88s1h4pvt4s0b1rk41l7d6kkqle9dfke@4ax.com...
>>
>>> I was watching the Luton - Liverpool game on ntl digital and the slow
>>> motion of one of the goals was of such poor quality it looked like it
>>> had been filmed on a mobile phone...
>>
>> Same on Sky.
>> So presumably, at source, rather than the broadcast
>>
> LOL - was ok on ordinary BBC

I usually find that I get a better picture on normal old fashioned BBC and
ITV!

>
>
> --
>
> steve