back to colour bars for now!
Is there a way to get ITV HD on Sky?
I thought the freesat receivers were just FTA digital receivers with the freesat EPG software in them? Surely ITV HD is broadcast from the same satellite as Sky and can't be encrypted otherwise the freesat receivers wouldn't be able to receive it.
If it's unencrypted and FTA then how come Sky boxes can't pick it up?
It won't work (on a Sky STB - or even on, more flexible, standard FTA ones!).Maybe if we can find out the exact frequency its being broadcasted on we can hack into it. If you press SERVICES on your sky remote then 4 SYSTEM SETUP and then 4 again ADD CHANNELS. You can manully add channels inputing frequency, Polarisation and symbol rate. Dont know if it will work but its worth a try.
ITVHD is not in the EPG to check - and the EPG is for 7-days only!Could someone who is receiving the Freesat ITVHD channel check to see if they are showing the Monaco Grand Prix on the 25th May in HD please. (On the EPG ?)
Many thanks.
It won't work (on a Sky STB - or even on, more flexible, standard FTA ones!).
On last night's football, absolutely superb! No matter how close to the screen you get, there are no visible artifacts whatsoever. The SD version really looks crap by comparison - loads of artifacts around each player, and the grass looks like a sheet of polythene - all low level detail gone. On the HD channel you can see the texture of the grass and any imperfections and damage. It just shows you how good SD could be, given a decent bit rate. The question is, will they run the HD channel all the time, or just for HD programmes?What does the upscaled picture look like compared to the normal sd ones ?
Actually, not quite true. It is possible to receive ITV HD on a number of HD satellite receivers - including Technomate 6800, and I believe, Fortec, MaxDigital, Clarke and Humax. Presumably the work-around would be apt for the TM 6900 as well.
It's done by adding a channell with specific Audio and video PIDs a new service ID. The "hack" isn't too complicated and all of the required information is freely available.
... a link to where it can be found??
From what I have read.
The normal codec that is used for HD satellite is H.264
The freesat HD codec is H.222
or something like that so the answer is defiantly NO for the new HD freesat channels on a sky box
Kev
On last night's football, absolutely superb! No matter how close to the screen you get, there are no visible artifacts whatsoever. The SD version really looks crap by comparison - loads of artifacts around each player, and the grass looks like a sheet of polythene - all low level detail gone. On the HD channel you can see the texture of the grass and any imperfections and damage. It just shows you how good SD could be, given a decent bit rate. The question is, will they run the HD channel all the time, or just for HD programmes?
All the info you require is given at:Hi, sorry if this sounds bad... but if 'all the required information is freely available' would it have been too much trouble for you to post that info here? or at least a link to where it can be found??
What's the big deal about keeping this info a secret???