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So has anyone got any reliable satellite images for the weather app? To trawl 219 pages is a little bit of a tough ask with the few hours a week i have free at the moment.
Calling all MP New Zealanders (Both of you!!) (5 Viewers)
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So this is why the picture quality has dropped. I thought I had an issue with my gear.
Have you had any response from TVNZ?
It sounds like we should all be providing them with similar feedback! They should be testing on a test channel. I have a 60 inch TV and the pixellation is shocking. Perhaps with enough feedback they'll realise that this is not acceptable.
I'll contact them today.
I'm yet to receive a reply fom tvnz or freeview.
I've given up on the tvnz feed on freeview for now & have tuned my HTPC to TV 1&2 from the sky feed (not great but better than freeviews feed) & will keep it on that untill Freeview/TVNZ sort their bitrate out.
I doubt the bitrate will ever be as good as it was though, not if tvnz want to have multiple regional feeds to satisfy their advertisers.
"Freeview, Crystal Clear (Pixelated) Digital Quality Televison"
I've given up on the tvnz feed on freeview for now & have tuned my HTPC to TV 1&2 from the sky feed (not great but better than freeviews feed) & will keep it on that untill Freeview/TVNZ sort their bitrate out.
I doubt the bitrate will ever be as good as it was though, not if tvnz want to have multiple regional feeds to satisfy their advertisers.
"Freeview, Crystal Clear (Pixelated) Digital Quality Televison"
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I've just sent this - I've never been into complaining about things like this but I think for a first timer I did OK :I wouldn't normally take the time to write a complaint but having spent $1,000's of dollars on a home theatre set up which includes Freeview I have to say that the drop in picture quality while TVNZ "carries out testing at lower bitrates" is extremely irritating.
As someone said on a forum I subscribe to today ""Freeview, Crystal Clear (Pixelated) Digital Quality Television"". Looks like there’s a Tui ad in the making there.
Why is the testing being done on live TV broadcasts? Is it to see how many people notice/complain?? That can be the only reason since TVNZ has reserved/unused channels which would be better suited to "testing".
Was it always the plan of TVNZ to get Freeview off to a great start and then reduce the quality of the picture provided?
Will the next Freeview advertising banner have a pixelated picture on it to reflect the true nature of what is being broadcast? I'm sure it will because anything else would be misleading advertising - I'll keep an eye out for it.
No doubt the general public will soon realise what is happening and with the change to digital not being a matter of choice in the near future I'm sure my complaint will be just one of many. In the meantime I will forward my complaint on to my local MP, after all my tax dollars are helping to pay for a less than satisfactory “Freeview”
I look forward to your reply.
Obviously I don't expect a reply and if I do get one it will be a stock standard response, but I will be emailing my complaint to my MP and hell, I might even try to find out who writes those Tui ads!
Bleazle
Good Work
Looks like TVNZ have dropped the Bitrate on the main "To Air" channels while they test on the other feeds
DVB-S, 12.483 GHz, H, 22500
Reserved 4 - 4Mbps average
http://www.satcodx5.com/1600/tsbitrate.cgi?16000050000000000039-v
Reserved 5 - 3.79Mbps average
http://www.satcodx5.com/1600/tsbitrate.cgi?16000050000000000038-v
Reserved 6 - 4.85Mbps average
http://www.satcodx5.com/1600/tsbitrate.cgi?16000050000000000036-v
So these test channels are getting a lot more bandwidth/Bitrate while the main channels suffer really crappy bitrates
TV2 - 2.34Mbps Average
http://www.satcodx5.com/1600/tsbitrate.cgi?16000050000000000035-v
Looks like TVNZ have dropped the Bitrate on the main "To Air" channels while they test on the other feeds
DVB-S, 12.483 GHz, H, 22500
Reserved 4 - 4Mbps average
http://www.satcodx5.com/1600/tsbitrate.cgi?16000050000000000039-v
Reserved 5 - 3.79Mbps average
http://www.satcodx5.com/1600/tsbitrate.cgi?16000050000000000038-v
Reserved 6 - 4.85Mbps average
http://www.satcodx5.com/1600/tsbitrate.cgi?16000050000000000036-v
So these test channels are getting a lot more bandwidth/Bitrate while the main channels suffer really crappy bitrates
TV2 - 2.34Mbps Average
http://www.satcodx5.com/1600/tsbitrate.cgi?16000050000000000035-v
I wouldn't normally take the time to write a complaint but having spent $1,000's of dollars on a home theatre set up which includes Freeview I have to say that the drop in picture quality while TVNZ "carries out testing at lower bitrates" is extremely irritating.
As someone said on a forum I subscribe to today ""Freeview, Crystal Clear (Pixelated) Digital Quality Television"". Looks like there’s a Tui ad in the making there.
Why is the testing being done on live ..................”
I look forward to your reply.
Obviously I don't expect a reply and if I do get one it will be a stock standard response, but I will be emailing my complaint to my MP and hell, I might even try to find out who writes those Tui ads!
Bleazle
Nice one!
I've forwarded my complaint to TVNZ along similar lines. Does anyone know how to get the Herald involved in this sort of thing? It might be something they want to get their teeth into.
Have TVNZ stated they intending regional feeds?