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Last year, the biggest game of the year was only in standard Def.

every other game was in HD (albeit on foxtel).

same again this year.

I realise its a little petty whine, but PUT IT ON HD ON YOUR HD CHANNEL, 7!

poor.

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    Last year, the biggest game of the year was only in standard Def.

    every other game was in HD (albeit on foxtel).

    same again this year.

    I realise its a little petty whine, but PUT IT ON HD ON YOUR HD CHANNEL, 7!

    poor.

    Costs more and they have a large captive audience in the majority who are not Foxtel subscribers.

    Why bother!

    Edited by old dee

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    Last year, the biggest game of the year was only in standard Def.

    every other game was in HD (albeit on foxtel).

    same again this year.

    I realise its a little petty whine, but PUT IT ON HD ON YOUR HD CHANNEL, 7!

    poor.

    you could say the same thing about Aunty.... news in HD??? what tha!!! politics 24 HD...

    they should have the Arts shows & Special shows in HD on say 22... what was the ABC head thinking when he did this???

    ... CH-7 should put it on HD & SD... I agree biggestred.

    Edited by dee-luded

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    Advertisers are not prepared to pay the higher $$$.

    Ch7 make more $$$ putting it on at the SD rate.

    Blame the AFL for being too greedy. Not Ch7 (this time)

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    Since when did a TV channel think about "doing the right thing"

    It is about money front , centre and back.

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    Since when did a TV channel think about "doing the right thing"

    It is about money front , centre and back.

    well 7 days ago they did the right thing

    they could have asked the weapon about lots of things but kept the questions of the show and let Essendon breath a little easier

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    Advertisers are not prepared to pay the higher $$$.

    Ch7 make more $$$ putting it on at the SD rate.

    Blame the AFL for being too greedy. Not Ch7 (this time)

    Does it really WYL... I imagined it would have been done with the same cameras & cabling, etc???

    what is the difference in the hardware etc, needed for HD Footy?

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    well 7 days ago they did the right thing

    they could have asked the weapon about lots of things but kept the questions of the show and let Essendon breath a little easier

    My view is the right think was to go for the juggular

    But they took the approach that would best protect their investment.

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    Does it really WYL... I imagined it would have been done with the same cameras & cabling, etc???

    what is the difference in the hardware etc, needed for HD Footy?

    HD cameras for starters

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    Does it really WYL... I imagined it would have been done with the same cameras & cabling, etc???

    what is the difference in the hardware etc, needed for HD Footy?

    Lots DL. The picture size of HD is about 50% larger that equates to a bucket load of information.

    HD Looks good because it aint cheap. But why show it inHD when the ratings will be the same anyway?

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    Last year, the biggest game of the year was only in standard Def.

    every other game was in HD (albeit on foxtel).

    same again this year.

    I realise its a little petty whine, but PUT IT ON HD ON YOUR HD CHANNEL, 7!

    poor.

    Apart from the picture not being transmitted in HD (as it is on Fox and believe me there is a marked difference) The Audio is only broadcast in glorified Stereo and NOT in Digital 5.1 Surround as is Discovery, Soho, Fox 8 and many others on Foxtel... But alas, the Foxtel channels do not transmit their Sports /Footy channel in Digital Audio... Not sure why not..

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    I don't think the equipment these days is so much the issue

    I think a big part of the problem is transmission bandwidth

    Until the analog channels are fully decommissioned the stations have a limited bandwidth for DTV which they have to divide into multiple channels

    More channels per station = less bandwidth per channel

    less bandwidth = lower quality broadcast (ie lower definition)

    stations mitigate this problem by using compression algorithms, however the more compression the more problems with quality so it is a balancing act

    fta stations have basically decided to have more channels but lower definition

    when they get back the analog bandwidth and the technology costs keep declining this could all change

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