Hmm! Monty Python and ITV HD - innovative, brilliant, and distinctive or completely silly, tortuous, and pushing the boundaries of what is considered acceptable.Monty Python....
Currently watching Wild at Heart, which according to the papers say its available in HD via the red button. No red button came up on the screen so i tried pushing the red button on the remote to see if that was the way to get HD. I just get the interactive banners with a list of programmes across the bottom of the screen such as Dancing on Ice etc.
Am i doing somthing wrong or is the programme not actually being transmitted in HD?
Nigel
I have a Sky-HD box and i now realise this is the problem.....ITV does not support HD on the Sky boxI have it in HD here. Having owned both the bush and goodmans boxes i have always been given the on screen prompt for ITV HD. But many people are reporting that they dont get it.
What box do you have? Are you in scotland or ireland?
Seems to me that broadcasting in UK has developed into a huge mess with multiple set top boxes being required.
I have a Sky-HD box and i now realise this is the problem.....ITV does not support HD on the Sky box
Seems to me that broadcasting in UK has developed into a huge mess with multiple set top boxes being required. I already have BT Vision as well so don't want to add another STB just to get ITV-HD.
Yes - let's have one make of box (I suggest Bush) and one monopoly supplier - BSkyB would be best
If Sky had a monopoly how much do you think they would charge?
And would they have bothered to develop HD, what would be the point from their point of view?
FYI: with Goodmans HD box : I got the same symptom with Fast & Furious tonight - ie as soon as the ITV top right "press Red for HD" appeared I did so... said was switching to ITV HD ... then said "not available".
HOWEVER after it returned to SD I then went on to press the Red again and this time it took - ie 30-60 secs or so later it WAS available.
So down either to duff firmware OR I'd like to believe duff ITV HD (how CAN they call that a HD service ? It's the occasional, ie not even every day, simultcast - WOW!).
MKD
ITV HD is only available in certain regions, London I believe, so if you never see the red button logo, and you don't live in London, try switching over to channel 977.
Im in granada and I get it. It should only be scotland and ireland that dont get it. If you live in those places then just reinstall your box with any old english postcode and you should get HD on 103.
Do you only get it if you've done a Freesat tune ? - I've done a manual tune to pick up some other channels. I've yet to see a HD prompt on ITV ! .
Ive done a manual tune for things like paranormal channel and luxe. They are sat at the end of my epg in the 3000 channel numbers but that still hasnt stopped me getting the prompt.
Which box do you have? Is it an official freesat branded bopx or just a generic free to air reciever?
It's a Freesat branded Humax Foxcat HD. Apart from the fact that I don't get the HD prompt on ITV it's brilliant. .
Can I ask a daft question ? - Normally when I press the red button on my remote (RM-108) I get the channel listing.
If the red prompt appeared on ITV (which it never does) does that change the function of the red button from display channel listing to switch to HD ?
Cant really answer as I dont have a humax. On my box the red button doesnt do anything except on teletext and ITV HD.