Recent content by Owen Smith

They say: ITV2 is the UK’s most successful digital channel for 16-34s. Really? What non digital channels do they think exist?

Precisely my thought on seeing that picture. I'd be embarrassed if that were my work and I'm strictly a hobbyist. And it would be normal to fit solid core wire for a repair like that, not multi strand as they have done with attendant risk of a strand coming loose and shorting to something else.

And there was me wondering if I should buy an old Foxsat HDR to get More 4 HD and Film 4 HD. That answers my question, and I am not paying $ky their pound of flesh.

It could be a year or more since I watched a film on Freeview HD Five that was in 5.1. It was strange that Five HD was FTA on terrestrial but not on satellite.

I'm not convinced that is always the case, or that it doesn't get molested later in the chain for satellite. I watched season 2 of Gentleman Jack a couple of weeks ago and that was a co-production. On BBC1 Freeview HD it was in 5.1 sound.

I don't have any saved recordings so I can't disprove that. BUT, I would have noticed and I'm certain it was in 5.1 on Freeview HD. With the money from the US tie up it was the most expensively made series Dr Who by far, so there's no reason for it to be in stereo when prior series were in 5.1.

Freeview HD does not do that. Channels change between 2.0 and 5.1, heck on Channel 4 you can be watching a 5.1 film and the adverts have 2.0 sound and my AVR has to resync (which is quite quick on this model). BBC Freeview HD channels regularly switch between 5.1 and 2.0. Gentleman Jack was in...

That only tells you the bit rate of what was being broadcast last time it sampled the mux. I think that is what was being broadcast at the time. My Arcam AVR31 clearly tells me whether my Humax HDR Fox T2 is outputting Dolby Digital 2.0 or 5.1 so I can easily tell. I'm aware this is a...

Not true. 5 HD on Freeview HD frequently have 5.1 sound when they show a film.

I watch far more on 5 in recent years than ITV.

It wouldn't make them any additional advertising revenue so being ITV they don't care. Same reason they're the only Freeview HiDef channel that never transmits 5.1 sound.

I think it's months since I've watched anything on Channel 4, they've gone off the boil as a channel for me. Most stuff I watch is on BBC channels, plus Channel 5 amazingly.

No point you replying to Black Hole, he has literally stuck his fingers in his ears by putting you on his Ignore list. He does not see anything you post now.

A .ts file from the custom firmware is the raw data as received over the air, so reveals much more.

I'm getting emails fine from the RS server now. My problem was it had already scheduled the previous series for me in 2023.