All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
MikeB
I disagree! The term full HD has been used for some years since TVs equipped with DVB-T2 tuners appeared as opposed to those that are just HD Ready which do not have DVB-T2 tuners. Even you have used the difference in the past.
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Heken Francis:
Contact the management of your retirement home as they are responsible for the maintenance of the aerial system. They will be able to check whether the problem is in their aerialsystem or is due some external cause.
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MikeB:
If that is the case then what would be the correct term, that users would understand, for a TV set with at least 1080p resolution and with a DVB-Ts tuner?
On this website, it has been the convention that 'HD Ready means a TV that is capable of displaying 1080p images but does not have a DVB-T2 tuner. The term 'Full HD' has been used here for quite some time and is taken to mean a TV set capable of showing 1080p images but is fitted with a DVB-T2 tuner so that it is capable of receiving the transmissions of HD channels, such as BBC1 HD on PSB3 multiplexes.
A great many viewers as confused by terms that are not descriptive accurately of the product and marketing people as amongst the biggest culprits in confusing the viewing (and buying) public.
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MikeB & StevensOnln1:
So it appears that the concensus leans towards refering to a DVB-T2 equipped TV as a Freeview HD model then.
This discussion illustrates the confusion created by not having an agreed term adopted by all the major manufacturers. No wonder the non-technically aware viewing public are confused!
Thanks for the input, I will use the term Freeview HD for such sets infuture.
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jim:
It would appear that most people are not troubled by the low contrast channel identifier logos.
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Jackyt:
It appears that More4+1 is not on Freeview but is on Freesat on Channel 125 or on Sky (no card) on channel 139, as is shown at the top of this page.
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Gezza:
It always helps us to help you if you give a full post code please.
However, it could be that some local electrical equiment is causing interference. Check around to see if there are any devices that start at the times your reception becomes poor.
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Steve S:
Unfortunately, a partial post code is not at all helpful as it does not bring up the transmitter or reception data dfor your location, so please provide a full post code.
It is quite possible that you have a poor connection in your aerial system somewhere. That can be frequency selective and affect just one of just a few of the multiplexes, leaving others working fine. So please carefully check all the connections, concentrating on getting a good clean connectionall the way from the TV to the aerial. You may need to gently tighten the pcoaxial plugs and sockets and to pull the aerial plugs out and put them back in several times to ensure there is a good, clean and tight connection.
Then check that you are correctly tuned to you best transmitter - but do not do a retune. Check the channels being received and the signal strengths for each. That should ideally be between 50% and 85% for the SD channels and between 60% and 85% for the HD ones. Any higher or lower will cause the sort of problems you are experiencing.
Please report back here goving the details of location, channels and strengths.
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David Hutson:
The digitaluk trade predicition, at the bottom of your post, suggests that reception from Rounvefall Lite transmitter to be poor and variable. The only transmitter shown as giving good reception, subject to local variations of terrain or buildings, is Bluebell Hill, which is a full service transmitter. Rouncefall is at a bearing of 70 degrees East and Bluebell Hill is at 174 degrees East. They both use a Group B or a Wideband aerial with the rods horizontal. You should check the direction of your aerial with the aid of a compass and if it is aimed at about 174 degrees you should tune to Bluebell Hill. ITV Anglia is likely to always be variable and poor as it is not available from Bluebell Hil.
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Friday 14 April 2017 10:00PM
StevensOnln1:
I correctly stated that Full HD refers to the TV set having both a DVB-T2 tuner as well as a screen capable of 1080p resolution. That has been the accepted definition for many years abd is used as such on this website. An HD Ready TV has a ascreen capable of 1080p but does not have a DVB-T2 tuner.
Jean Willey is likely to be using Ridge Hil, based on the links in her original posting, so should be getting the HD services.