Free view and Sky Separate TV loss of quality

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wolfgang1983

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#274447 22-Aug-2020 17:52

Hi I am using the same satellite dish for my sky and freeview. I have sky on main tv and freeview dvb-s/s2 in computer. When I watch sky I have noticed a drop in quality some blur even though my sky settings are really good. I have set the freeview freequency to lof1: 10750, switch: 22500, lof2: 10750

Not sure why the loss of quality when I watch on main tv.

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#2547753 22-Aug-2020 17:55

Because main TV is larger than your PC screen. You can't expect low bitrate 576i standard definition to look spectacular because it isn't. Give an example of a specific channel.

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wolfgang1983

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#2547761 22-Aug-2020 18:16

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Because main TV is larger than your PC screen. You can't expect low bitrate 576i standard definition to look spectacular because it isn't. Give an example of a specific channel.

My lnb is a sharp brand and has four cable connection points one goes to sky and one freeview so I thought would not effect.

RunningMan

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#2547786 22-Aug-2020 18:56

The LNB and associated settings are irrelevant. The Freeview signal is only a 576i signal at lower bitrate than a DVD. It's never going to be great. Different Sky channels have different resolutions and bitrates, but motion blur is often the first obvious artifact when a video source is over compressed.

wolfgang1983

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#2547806 22-Aug-2020 19:52

RunningMan:

The LNB and associated settings are irrelevant. The Freeview signal is only a 576i signal at lower bitrate than a DVD. It's never going to be great. Different Sky channels have different resolutions and bitrates, but motion blur is often the first obvious artifact when a video source is over compressed.

Would there be any way to over come this?

RunningMan

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#2547835 22-Aug-2020 21:30

Not if that is what the broadcaster is transmitting

webwat

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#2573122 23-Sep-2020 23:10

You can overcome it for Freeview if you can get a UHF signal, and with Sky the other option is something like MySky that streams the picture over internet.

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