Olympics on Eurosport & BBC being recorded in 50Hz?

[choddo2006]

Most non-European sport seems to be jerky as hell

Not so with the HD Olympics coverage. Smooth as anything on Sky Sports HD. Does anyone know if they have 2 sets of feeds, or if they're doing something clever with the stuff for Eurosport and BBC?

[Dutch]

China is a 50Hz country, so I expect they are shooting in 1080i50.

Steve

[bekko]

BBC HD and Eursport HD are showing the same live event at the moment but it isn't in hd on eurosport but it is on the bbc channel, how come ?

[derek500]

Originally Posted by bekko

BBC HD and Eursport HD are showing the same live event at the moment but it isn't in hd on eurosport but it is on the bbc channel, how come ?

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[bekko]

When it comes to the Olympics on bbchd if it says it is hd in the info bar on sky is it really allways hd ? The reason i ask is cause sometimes i have thought i am not watching it in hd so i check on the sky info bar and that says it's in hd. Maybe it is just a bad hd broadcast at the time ?

[derek500]

Originally Posted by bekko

When it comes to the Olympics on bbchd if it says it is hd in the info bar on sky is it really allways hd ? The reason i ask is cause sometimes i have thought i am not watching it in hd so i check on the sky info bar and that says it's in hd. Maybe it is just a bad hd broadcast at the time ?

Good question. I think some of the HD is a little suspect.

Of course the news and weather inserts aren't HD, but the DOG and EPG can't change for a couple of minutes.

[bekko]

I think it will be to do with the different cameras they use to, i was watching the swimming today and the camera that was being used from what looked like the embankment looked hd but when it switched scenes to a camera that might of been in a boat it looked like sd.