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RE: BBC phasing out SD services on satellite in 2023 - ASnep - 10-01-2023

True, forgot they can just move the national services to the nightlight right away. And the Nations can theoretically also just switch to the nightlight for SD viewers, because they already got HD equivalents.

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RE: BBC phasing out SD services on satellite in 2023 - Jimbo2022 - 10-01-2023

(10-01-2023, 04:49 PM)ASnep Wrote:  True, forgot they can just move the national services to the nightlight right away. And the Nations can theoretically also just switch to the nightlight for SD viewers, because they already got HD equivalents.

At this moment only Northern Ireland could because Northern Ireland is the only one with audio description on both BBC1 HD and BBC2 HD.

No AD yet present on bbc1 Wales BBC2 Wales or BBC1 Scotland in hd.

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RE: BBC phasing out SD services on satellite in 2023 - Stooky Bill - 10-01-2023

(10-01-2023, 04:56 PM)Jimbo2022 Wrote:  

(10-01-2023, 04:49 PM)ASnep Wrote:  True, forgot they can just move the national services to the nightlight right away. And the Nations can theoretically also just switch to the nightlight for SD viewers, because they already got HD equivalents.

At this moment only Northern Ireland could because Northern Ireland is the only one with audio description on both BBC1 HD and BBC2 HD.

No AD yet present on bbc1 Wales BBC2 Wales or BBC1 Scotland in hd.

Don't the SD versions have Audio Description? Its not as if the resolution is important to most of those who rely on AD

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RE: BBC phasing out SD services on satellite in 2023 - ASnep - 10-01-2023

(10-01-2023, 04:56 PM)Jimbo2022 Wrote:  At this moment only Northern Ireland could because Northern Ireland is the only one with audio description on both BBC1 HD and BBC2 HD.

No AD yet present on bbc1 Wales BBC2 Wales or BBC1 Scotland in hd.

There is no AD present on BBC1 Wales BBC2 Wales or BBC1 Scotland SD either

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RE: BBC phasing out SD services on satellite in 2023 - Jimbo2022 - 10-01-2023

AD only on bbc1 hd BBC2 HD etc the national ones but nit in BBC news hd or any SD channel except BBC1 London and BBC2 BBC3 and national services

Regional BBC1s have no AD. The hd BBC1s only in Northern Ireland as Nd bbc1 hd and bbc1 south hd

BBC2 NI hd has AD too

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RE: BBC phasing out SD services on satellite in 2023 - Jimbo2022 - 11-01-2023

Radio services started today in 10847V and 11023H

10847V

6985 Radio Scotland
6986 Radio nan Gaidheal
6987 Radio Wales

11.023H

8861 Radio 1
8962 Radio 2
8963 Radio 3
8964 Radio 4 FM
8965 Radio 5 Live
8966 Asian Network

Unfortunately these are also in MPEG2 at the same bitrates as for the SD muxes. A missed opportunity for better quality sound - or could it be intentional so that announcements can be put on the Nightlight ones?

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RE: BBC phasing out SD services on satellite in 2023 - ASnep - 11-01-2023

Incidentially the entries for the new HD services on the Freesat Test EPG were removed today.

EDIT: Scratch that, they added them again.

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RE: BBC phasing out SD services on satellite in 2023 - IanJRedman - 12-01-2023

Curiosity question - how do people know where to look for the Freesat test channels? Is there a secret postcode that points to the test region? Or does it require specialist knowledge/equipment?

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RE: BBC phasing out SD services on satellite in 2023 - Jimbo2022 - 12-01-2023

I believe do but not sure what it is

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RE: BBC phasing out SD services on satellite in 2023 - harshy - 12-01-2023

Maybe just a satellite card linked to dvbdream and you can analyse the info that way

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