On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 at 13:15:47, NY <m...@privacy.invalid> wrote (my
responses usually FOLLOW):
>"Brian Gaff" <
brian...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:t877hu$j7u$1...@dont-email.me...
>> What has probably happened is that the sd one which was using spare
>>capacity on the hd mpxs, is now moved to an sd one and so is
>>receivable on almost anything.
Yes. But RT continuing to say "HD only" in their listing for it is
incorrect since that move.
>
>Yes: Smithsonian (SD) moved from a T2 mux (COM7) to a T1 mux (COM5).
>Anyone who had previously been able to receive Smithsonian with T2
>equipment must be in an area that transmitted COM7 and which will
>therefore transmit COM5 which can be received on "SD-only" (T1) equipment.
Same (I think) as Talking Pictures TV (which I think has always been SD
only, but was initially only on a T2 multiplex). I don't know which
moved to T1 first; I wasn't aware the Smithsonian channel _existed_
until some time after it did.
[]
>I wish I could meet the person who invented the name Freeview Lite for
>the service provided by relays, and grip him warmly by the... throat.
>It's spelled "Light" FFS ;-)
Along with the person who spread "HD" as meaning "T2". (And as for "HD
ready" or whatever the horrible phrase was [for 720 resolution],
throttling's far too good for him/her ...)
[Yes, I know for practical purposes T2 and HD were _almost_ synonymous
as implemented in the UK, and easier for the great unwashed to
understand, but not entirely [as shown by the two channels we're
discussing], and it's - one of many, many - inaccuracies that are
propagated on the public.)
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