When and why did TV2 go 1080i?

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#377625 7-Sep-2010 18:29

hdinsider:
k1wi: Just a quick heads up for anyone interested in this area.

I'm told TV ONE will be switching to 1080 as well, I understand it will be tomorrow.

I wonder what brought on the change? Pressure from top management to go to "Full-HD" no doubt caused by TV sales hype...

When will they change the Sky platform TV1 and 2 to 1080i and how far away is Dolby?

It also means recordings take up more space, even if it's an SD show. I would prefer they streamed the content in it's native resolution. Would save on allot of recoding space.

Also thanks for the heads up about TV1.
I must say I think im licking 720p better then 1080i so far.

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#378263 9-Sep-2010 15:38

anyone checked to see if TV1 has gone to 1080i yet?

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#378268 9-Sep-2010 15:49

I'll have a look when I get home.

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#378269 9-Sep-2010 15:52

it has -> http://img.skitch.com/20100909-mtcx3nh9cw89a37f8crw4igc21.png

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#378274 9-Sep-2010 15:55

TechnoGuy001: it has -> http://img.skitch.com/20100909-mtcx3nh9cw89a37f8crw4igc21.png

Cool, thanks.

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#378378 9-Sep-2010 21:04

My Hyundai AH-3110 shows TV1, TV2 and TV3 to all be 1920x1088. Not sure why it's 1088 instead of 1080. Much improved picture on TV1 from today.

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#378437 10-Sep-2010 02:16

I can confirm 1080i on TV One and 2 in the Manawatu.

@geek4me
It is meant to be 1088 - all standard resolutions (such as 720x576, 1024x768 etc.) are divisible by 16. 1080 is simply an "abbreviation" or "simplification"...

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#381668 18-Sep-2010 18:58

I think this is great, I much prefer the enhanced resolution to the progressive scan, plus it is consistent with TV3. When will they make the change on SKY?

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#381681 18-Sep-2010 19:43

pjamieson: I think this is great, I much prefer the enhanced resolution to the progressive scan, plus it is consistent with TV3. When will they make the change on SKY?

What is sky have? 720p? (I don't have Sky)

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#381805 19-Sep-2010 10:37

I wouldn't be surprised if sky is also covering TV1 and 2 in 1080i for a couple of reasons:

1. It would match the output resolution of the MySky.

2. Has anyone else noticed that the fast-forward speeds magically doubled in speed around the time that TVNZ switched over? My suspicion is that the FF speed works by grabbing x # of frames & now x number of frames equals twice the length of time... Well that's my suspicion anyway.

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#383618 23-Sep-2010 14:17

How do you tell from the MySky what resolution TV1 and 2 are in? I'm sure the picture on 1 and 2 through MySky have imroved over the last couple of weeks? Just seems crisper.

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#383624 23-Sep-2010 14:47

Could need for change/improvements also be related to Commonwealth games coverage???

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#383646 23-Sep-2010 15:31

oxnsox: Could need for change/improvements also be related to Commonwealth games coverage???

If anything, the adding of 5 sports channels would make other stuff worse, not better, but my understanding was some of the seldom used PPV channels were making way for the CG channels, not anything related to the TVNZ channels.

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#384120 24-Sep-2010 17:39

hdinsider: I wonder what brought on the change? Pressure from top management to go to "Full-HD" no doubt caused by TV sales hype...

Actually it was the fact that TVNZ finally completed their huge upgrade of their broadcast system and so they are now better able to broadcast in HD. We should now see more actual HD content broadcast. The old system made it hard to broadcast HD programs.

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#384131 24-Sep-2010 18:49

Mac2008:
hdinsider: I wonder what brought on the change? Pressure from top management to go to "Full-HD" no doubt caused by TV sales hype...

Actually it was the fact that TVNZ finally completed their huge upgrade of their broadcast system and so they are now better able to broadcast in HD. We should now see more actual HD content broadcast. The old system made it hard to broadcast HD programs.

Their HD MPEG 4 encoders have always been capable of producing 1080i and regardless of source material and processing, cross conversion to 1080i was always possible from day 1. It was a well considered decision to go 720p at the time, and since then a lot of marketing has described 1080i as "full HD". In reality the difference isn't that much. HD looks good either way!

Looking forward to 5.1. Bring it on!!!

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