Pictures and sound quality - Sky+ HD

satman17 · 08-11-2009, 20:12

I have a Sky HD box which i purchased 2nd hand, which i connected to a standard wide screen TV (not flatscreen)

I was watching the football today on normal itv and swiched over to itv HD obviously it wasn't in HD on my standard tv but it did appear to be a better picture and better sound/

What are standards for this.

Jarrak · 08-11-2009, 22:22

ITVHD is broadcast at 1440*1080 using the H.264 codec running at around 10.7mbps, this is vastly superior to the resolution and bitrate of the SD versions of ITV1 so the SKY+HD has a better source to convert to RGB scart and that benefit is shown as a better picture on your telly.

SKY started producing footy in HD a year before they launched HD but it was HD converted to SD on their sports channels, many at the time noticed a better quality image as the original source was better despite being on a SD channel.

Fatwaz · 08-11-2009, 22:26

plus normal itv is as bad as it gets normally

08-11-2009, 20:12	#1
satman17 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 463	Pictures and sound quality I have a Sky HD box which i purchased 2nd hand, which i connected to a standard wide screen TV (not flatscreen) I was watching the football today on normal itv and swiched over to itv HD obviously it wasn't in HD on my standard tv but it did appear to be a better picture and better sound/ What are standards for this.

08-11-2009, 22:22	#2
Jarrak Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ilkeston Services: SKY+ HD, Freesat via PC, Philips DTR 1500 & Humax 9200 Freeview, SKY Max Posts: 17,428	ITVHD is broadcast at 1440*1080 using the H.264 codec running at around 10.7mbps, this is vastly superior to the resolution and bitrate of the SD versions of ITV1 so the SKY+HD has a better source to convert to RGB scart and that benefit is shown as a better picture on your telly. SKY started producing footy in HD a year before they launched HD but it was HD converted to SD on their sports channels, many at the time noticed a better quality image as the original source was better despite being on a SD channel.

08-11-2009, 22:26	#3
Fatwaz Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Essex Services: 20" Matsui CRT,betamax vcr,BBC Micro computer,BSB squarial ;PSN ID-Fatwazz Posts: 1,830	plus normal itv is as bad as it gets normally