[opendtv] Re: UK widescreen formats
- From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 09:46:16 -0500
Talking of the UK maybe you can explain why they have chosen
Whitehaven to be the first local to go pure digital when they have had
no Freeview there. Why choose a place where you have to flashcut to
digital when there must be many places where a good part of the
population already is familiar with Freeview?
Bob Miller
On Nov 9, 2007 9:24 AM, Dermot Nolan <dermot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Two facts:
>
> a) There are no PALplus receivers on sale anymore. I think Channel 4
> analogue used to broadcast in PALplus.
>
> b) All DTV transmissions are either 16:9 anamorphic or 4:3. The BBC began
> anamorphic 16:9 in 1998, I think ITN, the ITV News provider are going 16:9
> in December. Sky News is also anamorphic 16:9, as are most of the main
> terrestrial channels. The remaining 4:3 broadcasters are usually niche pay
> channels and other stations such as CNN, Fox etc which are carried on pay
> platforms. The STBs and DTT enabled displays (IDTVs, plasma, LCD) all handle
> switching between the formats automatically as these are set in DVB-T and
> DVB-S1/S2 systems by the broadcasters with the appropriate signalling flag.
> Other formats can usually be forced by the remote of the DTV display.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Dermot Nolan
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