Freeview HD

I can see the channel BBC HD on my freeview EPG, but i cant see the video stream. Does anyone know if this channel is in service? or what the future plans are of showing video on this channel to the majority of the UK population.

Also I have a HD-Ready TV with integrated tv tuner which allows me to watch freeview, will this equipment in the TV be enough to enable me to watch HD Quality pictures?

Have a look here.

From the BBC link above: "The programmes are being broadcast via satellite and cable, but not on Freeview as there is currently not enough space (bandwidth)."

Sorry to reply to this off topic post, but the Freeview HD is a BBC test transmission trial of high definition digital television received through an aerial going on in London from the Crystal Palace transmitter since the summer of 2006. You need to be a member of the trial to see the pictures as the receivers are custom built. The channel number comes up as 501 on ordinary Freeview boxes but they cannot decode the signal.

If you want HD to come to Freeview, sign up for the HD Free for All campaign.

There is a very real possibility that the bandwidth released by analogue TV will be sold off to phone companies, and that terrestrial (Freeview) HD will never be available.

Link ?

sign up for the HD Free for All campaign.

http://www.hdforall.org.uk/

I can think of one good use for the frequencies used up by analogue TV.

We can't use 900Mhz Wi-Fi like in America (due to GSM networks also using this range) so we have no option for long range NLOS Wi-Fi that is suitable for large area rural community Internet networks. There would be a perfect opportunity for this using the frequencies freed up by analogue switch off!

How would the government make money out of that?

Does the government have to make money out of EVERYTHING?











... well no change there ... in rip off Briton!

It is a shame that the HDforall site does not understand the nature of the petition to which it links.

The HDforall site says that the petition asks for spectrum to be allocated for HD on Freeview., which is not the case at all. The petition actually requests that the spectrum should be available for citizen and community uses. Not the same thing at all.

Edited by Sandgrounder (Sat 17-Mar-07 23:38:35)