28-05-2021, 16:52
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#1576
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,641
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
Video compression has come a long way since those days.
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Maybe, but in those days the PQ was excellent - never any pixelation unlike these days.
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28-05-2021, 17:48
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#1577
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 2,065
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
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Originally Posted by Raider999
Maybe, but in those days the PQ was excellent - never any pixelation unlike these days.
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… and I thought pixelation has nothing to do with compression.
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28-05-2021, 18:06
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#1578
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cf.addict
Join Date: Oct 2006
Services: vip
Posts: 255
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
bitrate is a pointless metric unless comparing the exact same encoder and settings.
but people love it.
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28-05-2021, 22:12
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#1579
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 8,915
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
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Originally Posted by RobboEdin
… and I thought pixelation has nothing to do with compression.
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You'd be right. You've probably got a signal fault, Raider.
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30-05-2021, 17:36
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#1580
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,641
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
Quote:
Originally Posted by RobboEdin
… and I thought pixelation has nothing to do with compression.
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You may be correct, it must be a coincidence that since it has been more compressed the PQ has got worse and has more pixelation, particularly on faster motion sports.
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30-05-2021, 18:22
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#1581
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Architect of Ideas
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,476
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
Anyone who watched the old UEFA Cup on Freeview ITV4 would know
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09-08-2021, 20:13
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#1582
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cf.member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 3
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
Hi all,
New to the forum!
Was having a search around the web for some answer regarding sky sports UHD coming to our screens but found nothing at all! With the season just a few days no listings or ads from VM looks like it could be another season without UHD!
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09-08-2021, 20:58
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#1583
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cf.member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Services: V360 ultimate bundle
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Sure looks that way, very disappointing :-(
Quote:
Originally Posted by Herohonda777
Hi all,
New to the forum!
Was having a search around the web for some answer regarding sky sports UHD coming to our screens but found nothing at all! With the season just a few days no listings or ads from VM looks like it could be another season without UHD!
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09-08-2021, 21:09
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#1584
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cf.addict
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 445
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
Quote:
Originally Posted by Herohonda777
Hi all,
New to the forum!
Was having a search around the web for some answer regarding sky sports UHD coming to our screens but found nothing at all! With the season just a few days no listings or ads from VM looks like it could be another season without UHD!
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Virgin Media aren’t the best at promoting things before launch and more often or not things just appear.
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09-08-2021, 21:23
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#1585
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cf.member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 3
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
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Originally Posted by ScottishSteve
Virgin Media aren’t the best at promoting things before launch and more often or not things just appear.
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Here’s hoping! Would love to See it go live this weekend!
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09-08-2021, 21:25
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#1586
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Architect of Ideas
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,476
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
While not holding my breath either channels have literally appeared on the morning of the press release.
That said, some on Internet forums get over excited and read press releases as what they want them to say rather than what they actually say, and the start of the football season is an arbitrary date that gets pulled out where things might happen when they also might not.
And welcome to the forum.
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10-08-2021, 08:00
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#1587
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cf.geek
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Nottingham
Age: 67
Services: Gig1,Ultimate Volt,Virgin 360x2,
O2 mobile
Posts: 746
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
Virgin led us to believe that Sky Sports UHD was going to launch at the start of last season.
Anybody else see the on screen banner advertising Liverpool v Leedsin UHD last year? It appeared on the Thursday and it was pulled the very next day.
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I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure.
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10-08-2021, 09:55
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#1588
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,526
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor
Virgin led us to believe that Sky Sports UHD was going to launch at the start of last season.
Anybody else see the on screen banner advertising Liverpool v Leedsin UHD last year? It appeared on the Thursday and it was pulled the very next day.
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I got the impression Sky shelved their greater UHD plans, including their own platform, because of Covid19, preferring to wait for greater certainty e.g. in the sporting calendar.
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10-08-2021, 17:42
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#1589
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,641
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor
Virgin led us to believe that Sky Sports UHD was going to launch at the start of last season.
Anybody else see the on screen banner advertising Liverpool v Leedsin UHD last year? It appeared on the Thursday and it was pulled the very next day.
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Why would Virgin not lead you to believe UHD football would be coming shortly.
If they were to tell you it wasn't coming at all this season, I suspect a number of people would switch to Sky.
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10-08-2021, 18:08
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#1590
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Oxford (area 31)
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Posts: 1,885
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media
Both VM and Sky issued press releases confirming it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor
Virgin led us to believe that Sky Sports UHD was going to launch at the start of last season.
Anybody else see the on screen banner advertising Liverpool v Leedsin UHD last year? It appeared on the Thursday and it was pulled the very next day.
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