Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Freeview

On 23 May 2010 01:36, trotter <m.nuttall@???> wrote:
> At 23:22 22/05/2010, you wrote:
>>At 11:18 22/05/2010, you wrote:
>> >On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:09:13PM +0100, Leo wrote:
>> > > Freeview has been playing up recently on both my digibox and computer.
>> > > Essentially I've lost about half the channels. Although they don't seem
>> > > to be frequency specific: so I can still get BBC3, but not BBC4.
>> >
>> >    BBC3 and BBC4 are on different frequencies, though...
>>
>>
>>Have you had the analogue switch off yet in your area?
>>
>>In the NW we have had it switched off and bizarrely the signal strength of
>>digital has gone down since then. Presumably as was mentioned to
>>make room for the Freeview HD which BTW is ridiculously below 10mbps
>>which means its standard def!?
>
> Darn, I meant its widely speculated that the drop in Freesat from 15
> to below 10
> is to ensure freeview HD doesn't look poor in comparison.
>
>

When you compare picture output between Sky and Freeview, I think Sky is better.
Comparison:
BBC1 Freeview -> BBC1 over Sky.

On Sky, BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 are not encrypted.
Strangely, FIVE is encrypted if you try to use a Sky box to receive
it, but with a DVB-S card in a computer, FIVE is unencrypted.
On further examination, it appears that FIVE transmit in both
encrypted and unencrypted form....no idea why!!!