Football tonight on yournew HD Tv set?

At 20:08:57 on 09/06/2006, Agamemnon delighted uk.tech.digital-tv by announcing:


"David" wrote in message
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In the Retail Park tonight and a couple of the HD ready TVs had the
football on, what horrible pictures ! All the others had other programes
on and looked allmost OK. Of course none of the sets would be getting HD
transmissions but what puzzled me is that the football would orginate in
HD and be transmitted normally to these HD ready sets, why did these sets
handle it so badly? Was the football a bad picture on your new HD ready TV
set?

The pictures coming from Germany are total and utter crap and the sound isn't
even in stereo.

Comparisons with German (and even Dutch) channels allegedly show the picture
quality is down to the Beeb. And the Germans are broadcasting DD 5.1 so again
that's down to the Beeb.

So, in the end, was the football HD broadcast as 720p or 1080i?

720p is supposed to be better for sport, but the BBC and Sky said
recently that their preference for HD was 1080i.

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Dave Farrance

In article , Alex
wrote:
At 20:08:57 on 09/06/2006, Agamemnon delighted uk.tech.digital-tv by
announcing:


"David" wrote in message
...
In the Retail Park tonight and a couple of the HD ready TVs had the
football on, what horrible pictures ! All the others had other
programes on and looked allmost OK. Of course none of the sets would
be getting HD transmissions but what puzzled me is that the football
would orginate in HD and be transmitted normally to these HD ready
sets, why did these sets handle it so badly? Was the football a bad
picture on your new HD ready TV set?

The pictures coming from Germany are total and utter crap and the sound
isn't even in stereo.

Comparisons with German (and even Dutch) channels allegedly show the
picture quality is down to the Beeb. And the Germans are broadcasting DD
5.1 so again that's down to the Beeb.

but then the signals originate in Germany. Maybe the enhancements are not
being given out via Eurovision.

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Using a RISC OS5 computer

charles wrote:
In article , Alex

Comparisons with German (and even Dutch) channels allegedly show the
picture quality is down to the Beeb. And the Germans are broadcasting DD
5.1 so again that's down to the Beeb.


but then the signals originate in Germany. Maybe the enhancements are not
being given out via Eurovision.

I don't think the Eurovision (aka EBU) contribution circuits are being used by
BBC or ITV, as both broadcasters are providing 'customised' coverage directly
from the event. In any case are the Eurovision links HD capable yet ?

Certainly for Euro 2000, ITV had their own 24 Mb/s component link, and the Beeb
had some ropey old PAL circuit.

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In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
charles wrote:
In article , Alex

Comparisons with German (and even Dutch) channels allegedly show the
picture quality is down to the Beeb. And the Germans are broadcasting
DD 5.1 so again that's down to the Beeb.


but then the signals originate in Germany. Maybe the enhancements are
not being given out via Eurovision.

I don't think the Eurovision (aka EBU) contribution circuits are being
used by BBC or ITV, as both broadcasters are providing 'customised'
coverage directly from the event. In any case are the Eurovision links
HD capable yet ?

Perhaps not the links, but the Beeb will be getting many feeds (vision &
sound)from the host broadcaster rather than creating them themselves.

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From KT24 - in drought-ridden Surrey

Using a RISC OS5 computer

"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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John Cartmell wrote:

The technical quality of the picture (resolution) was excellent. The
ability
to deal with the contrast, the design of the stadium, the choice of
camera
positions, editing, (and zoom) was all terrible.

There's one thing the Brits are still good at, and are probably the best
in the world; sports OB coverage.

I like my TV and enjoy watching sport but I'm really unhappy as to how this
HDTV conversion is apparently spoiling my viewing of the World Cup thus far.
Our TV is a modest 28" flat CRT and not some poor LCD/Plasma excuse. I don't
know if its the weather, hay fever etc. but my eyes have really hurt after
watching the opening games. I'm sure it's down to the fact the players look
like ants. Either that or the cheap ASDA booze I've been drinking.

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:13:10 GMT, "Rod L."
wrote:

I like my TV and enjoy watching sport but I'm really unhappy as to how this
HDTV conversion is apparently spoiling my viewing of the World Cup thus far.
Our TV is a modest 28" flat CRT and not some poor LCD/Plasma excuse.

How are your watching HDTV on a CRT?
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"Andrew" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:13:10 GMT, "Rod L."
wrote:

I like my TV and enjoy watching sport but I'm really unhappy as to how
this
HDTV conversion is apparently spoiling my viewing of the World Cup thus
far.
Our TV is a modest 28" flat CRT and not some poor LCD/Plasma excuse.

How are your watching HDTV on a CRT?
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I'm not. Never said I was. I understood the coverage is being shot in HDTV
then converted to SDTV. That's what I was trying to say by HDTV conversion.
Apologies for any misunderstanding. I did notice the current game on BBC1
has better camera angles. Watching the man with the ball plus approx. a
third of the pitch around him rather than the whole pitch.