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Here in NYC Time Warner compresses the crap out of everything (and using only MPEG-2) to the point that you could never tell what kind of quality BBC is providing anyways.

It is obvious not only on HD shows but even SD. Like on PBS Kids, some of the shows are filmed in 16:9, but the station is broadcast in 480p, so they add black bars on the top and bottom. Then certain scenes are 4:3 so they make the black bars on the left and right bigger. The effective resolution is 480x360. And even at that resolution the compression artifacts are quite obvious, even without much action.

Usually at least the station logos have HD quality on HD channels, because the logo isn't moving so it doesn't get artifacted as much. But lately, even that has been getting blocky.]]>Dec 28th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/Dec 28th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/
Incorrect. BBC HD is available via Sky (satellite), Virgin TV (cable) and any receiver capable of decoding HD. BBC aren't allowed to encrypt the channel, so it's broadcast in the clear.]]>Dec 28th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/
Anyway.]]>Dec 28th 2009 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/Dec 29th 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/Dec 29th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/
Sure would like to see Doctor Who in HD after hearing about it for so long. And the big DW and other premiers that were advertised in HD that no one could get. Come on DISH, step up.]]>Dec 29th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/Well Doctor Who was being played on SciFi HD but last year the Doctor got signed to BBCA. So the show got pulled from an HD network to an SD network. That's about as stupid as making it so only people in the UK can view trailers and vids on the BBC website. Maybe they just don't get how much of a following their shows have in America.]]>Jan 9th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/
Dr. Who was never signed to BBCA from the StryFry channel, it has been on the BBC since 1963. I was watching it on BBCA long before the StryFry channel jumped their apron strings, hoping to benefit off their success without having to lay out the money to make a 'REAL" program on their own other then that pathetic GhostHustlers. i.e. dumping SG1 because it was too expensive. SF is cheap. I will be very interested in what happens if Comcast is allowed to buy NBC Universal. SF was also a season behind BBCA and they were not showing it in FSHD. As many rush to think that HD automatically means Full Screen 1080i (of which is standard HD is on a TV, p only in special occasions) 16:9 or Letterboxed 2.35:1. It's not. It's base specification is 4:3 with the picture height of 720p (which some people seem to like as well as 1080i) or 1080i pixels, but making the width 540 or 810 respectively. If it was the 16:9 "shape" it was in the 16:9 mini form as they show many of their "professed" HD programming, which may be HD but not full screen such as Enterprise that can be seen on HDNet in Full Screen 16:9 HD. WHEREAS, they are showing Stargate Atlantis in FS16:3HD. Surprised the frell out of me and I am an avid "rewatcher". It's just too back when a network reruns a series that can not seem to be able to do it in the order that they were shown. It really "blows" the continuity,]]>Jan 9th 2010 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/Dec 30th 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/Dec 30th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/Jan 7th 2010 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/bbc-hd-faces-claims-of-hdlite-after-slashing-bitrate/Dec 30th 2009 3:35PM