1+1 International

[ejb1980]

We have a new channel, 1+1 International from Ukraine. It is on 321 in glorious SD.

Edit: A smart person on the CE forum said it's in HD... you be the judge. It could be very low bandwidth HD, I guess.

 

[raoul5788]

According to the guide it's in HD. Can't tell since it's not actually on right now. There is a "technical difficulties" banner up.

 

[Jimbo]

According to the guide it's in HD. Can't tell since it's not actually on right now. There is a "technical difficulties" banner up.

Maybe they are looking for the "Switch" to flip to go HD

 

[raoul5788]

Maybe they are looking for the "Switch" to flip to go HD

If so, they haven't done it yet!

 

[Jimbo]

If so, they haven't done it yet!

Still isn't up ...

 

[John2021]

According to the guide it's in HD. Can't tell since it's not actually on right now. There is a "technical difficulties" banner up.

It was up in SD then tuned into it later the screen went blank!!! Now what your saying is happening

 

[Jimbo]

It will take em another 50 years to figure out how to flip the switch

Well, the channel IS on the air this morning ....
Looks SD to me ....
Not that HD would make much difference with the content they are showing.
It is in 16x9 format in SD from what I can tell.

Now that I see a Studio shot, I guess it could be in HD, the TV reports it as 1080i.
What they showed earlier definitely was not.

 

[John2021]

Well, the channel IS on the air this morning ....
Looks SD to me ....
Not that HD would make much difference with the content they are showing.
It is in 16x9 format in SD from what I can tell.

Now that I see a Studio shot, I guess it could be in HD, the TV reports it as 1080i.
What they showed earlier definitely was not.

I'll have to check on it later

 

[Jimbo]

I'll have to check on it later

The commentary is in English, but whats on the screen is not, so you can't read the crawl and anything else.

 

[ejb1980]

The commentary is in English, but whats on the screen is not, so you can't read the crawl and anything else.

Our receivers, except like HR2x series, always show 1080i now, ever since they got rid of native mode. Even if you tune to like C-Span, it will show 1080i. So that method does not work anymore. Perhaps someone with an old HR2x in native mode can tell us. Didn't you have one at one point, actually?

It looks better now than when it first came on, you can read small text on the screen that you would otherwise not be able to read. Here is the thing... It was added to the 103 satellite. Most things there are HD. There is MPEG4 SD, too, however, like many of the Spanish channels, and the PI channels that are in MPEG4 in the 300s. 1+1 doesn't fit either of those categories, so it is likely that IS HD at some level in the Directv system. The SD international channels are now MPEG4 on the 99 satellite, and the HD ones have always been treated as "regular" HD channels.

 

[John2021]

The commentary is in English, but whats on the screen is not, so you can't read the crawl and anything else.

I haven't checked the new channel yet. I just turned on the screen with the volume down

 

[jamieh1]

Directv stream new channel addition

 

[N5XZS]

That's a Ukraine TV Network...

 

[raoul5788]

It's also on Directv.

 

[John2021]

It's also on Directv.

Isn't it that new news channel on 321 I belive it is on dtv?

 

[raoul5788]

Isn't it that new news channel on 321 I belive it is on dtv?

You just quoted my post where I said it's on Directv.