[mythtv-users] OT - UK interest, 5 more BBC channels now in HD
Roy Thompson
roy at haematic.org
Mon Dec 16 14:57:46 UTC 2013
On 2013-12-13 09:43, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 13/12/13 09:24, John Pilkington wrote:
>> On 13/12/13 09:08, David Scammell wrote:
>>> Cbeebies, CBBC, BBC Three, BBC News and BBC Four now broadcasting in
>>> HD,
>>> looks great on freesat but also on freeviewhd. If these were
>>> advertised
>>> and this is old news I apologise but I tend to skip the ads these
>>> days :)
>>>
>>> These have been live since the 10th, see
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/new-hd-channels.html
>>> Just in time for crimbo.
>>>
>>> dave
>>
>> From 'Notes to Editors'
>>
>>> On digital terrestrial television (Freeview HD and YouView), BBC
>>> Three
>>> HD and CBBC HD will use capacity on the BBC’s existing HD multiplex,
>>> which has universal coverage of UK homes. BBC News HD, BBC Four HD
>>> and
>>> CBeebies HD will use new HD capacity, which will extend to cover 70
>>> per cent of UK homes by the Wimbledon Championships in June 2014.
>>
>> The new mux from Crystal Palace is at much lower power than the
>> others,
>> and isn't available yet here. www.ukfree.tv is less spin-oriented.
>>
>
> I should have added a heads-up. New kernels from kernel.org break the
> PCTV nanostick T2 290 e, a popular HD tuner here. 3.10.22, 3.12.3
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66861
>
I can confirm this problem also with vanilla 3.10.22 (and 3.10.23) on
gentoo.
Working fine with 3.10.21.
Roy
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