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M25

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Jan 17, 2007, 5:39:54 AM1/17/07
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Ok, I have an LG LCD 32inch HD ready TV with built in freeview,
It's my understanding that I should be able to watch the BBC
Hi Def output broadcasting the preview programmes on channel
501. When I do turn to this channel all I get small box on the screen
with the message 'Audio only' yet I hear no sound and have no picture,
I have checked the set up of the TV and freeview but can not resolve
the problem. The question is am I misunderstanding how Hi Def freeview
works or is it a set up problem with the aerial which might need upgrading?

Malcolm H

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Jan 17, 2007, 5:50:04 AM1/17/07
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"M25" <M...@TheNet.NET> wrote in message
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A 'Freeview' receiver will not receive HD. The terrestrial HD test
transmissions can only be received with a special receiver supplied to the
people selected to do the evaluation.


Michael Chare

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Jan 17, 2007, 6:24:31 AM1/17/07
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"M25" <M...@TheNet.NET> wrote in message
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Can any of the current so called HD Ready TVs with digital terrestrial tuners
receive and display these HD broadcasts? Quite perverse and misleading really.
To receive and display HD your set needs to be able to decode MPEG-4.

See the BBC HD Trial report at http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/policies/hd_dtt.shtml


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Andy Burns

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Jan 17, 2007, 6:27:50 AM1/17/07
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M25 wrote:

> I have an LG LCD 32inch HD ready TV with built in freeview,
> It's my understanding that I should be able to watch the BBC
> Hi Def output broadcasting the preview programmes on channel
> 501.

The "HD Ready" part of your TV applies to using external an HD source
(HD-DVD/BluRay/PC/Sky-HD etc) feed to it, not that it is ready to
receive HD Freeview (test) transmissions.

> When I do turn to this channel all I get small box on the screen
> with the message 'Audio only' yet I hear no sound and have no picture,

Well, I suppose it is *receiving* the signal, but incapable of
*decoding* it.

Andrew

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Jan 17, 2007, 11:38:59 AM1/17/07
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:39:54 GMT, "M25" <M...@TheNet.NET> wrote:

>Ok, I have an LG LCD 32inch HD ready TV with built in freeview,
>It's my understanding that I should be able to watch the BBC
>Hi Def output broadcasting the preview programmes on channel
>501.

More of a complete misunderstanding.
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M25

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Jan 17, 2007, 1:56:16 PM1/17/07
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Thanks for the prompt reply.


Slitheen

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Jan 18, 2007, 12:58:22 PM1/18/07
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"Michael Chare" <Munders...@chareDOTorg.uk> wrote in message
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> "M25" <M...@TheNet.NET> wrote in message
> news:_1nrh.5674$8j7....@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>> Ok, I have an LG LCD 32inch HD ready TV with built in freeview,
>> It's my understanding that I should be able to watch the BBC
>> Hi Def output broadcasting the preview programmes on channel
>> 501. When I do turn to this channel all I get small box on the screen
>> with the message 'Audio only' yet I hear no sound and have no picture,
>> I have checked the set up of the TV and freeview but can not resolve
>> the problem. The question is am I misunderstanding how Hi Def freeview
>> works or is it a set up problem with the aerial which might need
>> upgrading?
>
>
> Can any of the current so called HD Ready TVs with digital terrestrial
> tuners
> receive and display these HD broadcasts? Quite perverse and misleading
> really.
>

Not at all. At no point have I or anyone I know been under the impression
that a standard DVB tuner could decode HD broadcasts.....even if
incorporated into a 'HD Ready' set. Nor have I been under the impression
that the trial was for anyone other than the carefully screened and selected
[lucky] four hundred and odd trialists. A HD Ready TV is just
that....'ready' and waiting. A standard Freeview tuner, be it in a
standalone box or in a TV, is marketed for the service we have now.

To the OP, if you really want to see what your TV can do as regards HD....go
with Sky for TV, wait for HD DVD/Blu-Ray for movies, or even try an
upscaling capable HDMI equipped Freeview box (often found incorporated mid
to high end Freeview HDD/DVD recorders....like the Panasonic DMR-EX75 for
example....that is supposed to be somewhere between SD and HD).


Pyriform

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Jan 18, 2007, 2:42:37 PM1/18/07
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Slitheen wrote:
> To the OP, if you really want to see what your TV can do as regards
> HD[...]

> try an upscaling capable HDMI equipped Freeview box (often found
> incorporated mid to high end Freeview HDD/DVD recorders....like the
> Panasonic DMR-EX75 for example....that is supposed to be somewhere
> between SD and HD).

The display upscales anyway. No particular reason to suppose a fairly cheap
machine will make a better job of it.


Slitheen

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Jan 19, 2007, 11:26:08 AM1/19/07
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"Pyriform" <nob...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Of course, yeah, depends on the chip in the telly vs the chip in the
machine. In my case, the Panasonic's chip (HDD/DVD [HDMI] recorder) is
better than the relatively budget TV's chip (it is for my bedroom only,
see).


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