Paul Faulkner Posted September 25, 2023 Posted September 25, 2023 Any idea when free to air will do 4K. Also why isn’t 7 doing DD 5.1 yet.
metal beat Posted September 25, 2023 Posted September 25, 2023 How about all FTA channels in HD first. 3 1
Kaynin Posted September 25, 2023 Posted September 25, 2023 51 minutes ago, Paul Faulkner said: Any idea when free to air will do 4K. Also why isn’t 7 doing DD 5.1 yet.
MLXXX Posted September 25, 2023 Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, metal beat said: How about all FTA channels in HD first. As you very possibly know... As matters stand, a TV station broadcasting licensee would need to reduce the number of its channels ("services") if it decided to stop broadcasting any of its channels in low bitrate SD. There is only a limited bandwidth of the radio frequency spectrum allocated to each licensed TV station. * * * Late model digital TVs can handle DVB-T2, a more efficient encoding system, and capable of 4K. There were some trials in Australia in 2018 and 2019: https://www.innovationaus.com/australia-lags-world-in-using-latest-tv-broadcasting-technology/#:~:text=A preliminary trial of DVB,Nine and Ten television networks. However, I'm not aware of plans to go ahead with DVB-T2 in this country. I think that expanding FTA in Australia is not currently seen as a priority. There is so much available now, on demand, via streaming. Edited September 25, 2023 by MLXXX
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