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Started by Marts
Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:52
Seven/Prime and its Contempt for Sports Viewers
Author: Marts
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:52
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:52
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While listening to the news bulletin on the car radio I heard that the Clipsal 500 V8 race was on today. So, when I got home I flicked on the box to see that Prime (a rural Seven affiliate) was showing the V8s on its SD channel. The blokey 7Mate wasn't showing it. I find this quite extraordinary. Why have HD channels if they aren't going to maximise the benefits for the viewers? The V8s is a premium product for the Seven Network. So why waste it on SD? And the picture quality is quite ordinary, too.
Re: Seven/Prime and its Contempt for Sports Viewers
Author: Brad
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:58
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:58
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On Saturday, March 3, 2012 3:52:25 PM UTC+11, Marts wrote: > While listening to the news bulletin on the car radio I heard that the Clipsal > 500 V8 race was on today. > > So, when I got home I flicked on the box to see that Prime (a rural Seven > affiliate) was showing the V8s on its SD channel. > > The blokey 7Mate wasn't showing it. > > I find this quite extraordinary. Why have HD channels if they aren't going to > maximise the benefits for the viewers? The V8s is a premium product for the > Seven Network. So why waste it on SD? > > And the picture quality is quite ordinary, too. Because with the bandwidth constraints of running 4 channels, HD is now unsuitable for fast motion sports.
Re: Seven/Prime and its Contempt for Sports Viewers
Author: Marts
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:57
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:57
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Brad wrote... > > I find this quite extraordinary. Why have HD channels if they aren't going to > > maximise the benefits for the viewers? The V8s is a premium product for the > > Seven Network. So why waste it on SD? > > > > And the picture quality is quite ordinary, too. > > Because with the bandwidth constraints of running 4 channels, HD is now unsuitable for fast motion sports. Four channels? We see 3 (Prime, Mate and 7 Two). What are these constraints anyway, and why do they limit HD? Certainly, OneHD (or One Gippsland as I know it) has no problems when watching the F1. Hopefully MotoGP will be a lot better than last year.
Re: Seven/Prime and its Contempt for Sports Viewers
Author: Brad
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:50
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:50
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On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:57:14 AM UTC+11, Marts wrote: > Brad wrote... > > > > I find this quite extraordinary. Why have HD channels if they aren't going to > > > maximise the benefits for the viewers? The V8s is a premium product for the > > > Seven Network. So why waste it on SD? > > > > > > And the picture quality is quite ordinary, too. > > > > Because with the bandwidth constraints of running 4 channels, HD is now unsuitable for fast motion sports. > > Four channels? We see 3 (Prime, Mate and 7 Two). > > What are these constraints anyway, and why do they limit HD? > > Certainly, OneHD (or One Gippsland as I know it) has no problems when watching > the F1. Hopefully MotoGP will be a lot better than last year. Prime, Mate, 7Two and 4Me.
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