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BBCi On Freesat 2:46pm on 10 May 2008 Does the new MHEG for Freesat take advantage of the improvements in STB and display technology to offer a higher resolution service on setups with these capabilities or is it stuck in the SD domain?
BBC HDTV 02:15am on 08 May 2008 The BBC effort with HD has been very half hearted. When digital TV was launched or shortly after the BBC expanded from just two channels to include BBC Knowledge, BBC Choice and BBC News 24 as well as other new digital services. HD broadcasting launched nearly two years ago but BBC HD is still only managing a single channel with usually only four or five hours content a day. Instead of driving the HD revolution the BBC is dragging along behind. Where's the ambition for HD in the BBC? Instead of the present situation a plan to symulcast BBC1 and BBC2 plus a third channel showing HD timeshifts from all BBC channels plus additional HD sport should have been put to the BBC Trust.

I'd love to add HD to my 42" 1080p plasma but it'll be hard to justify spending £400 or £500 on a decent Freesat HD DTR and dish install for half a channel of BBC content and the bits and pieces from ITV HD and Channel 4 HD (when it goes clear).

With nearly 90% of the country already accessing digital TV via the various platforms available the claim that Freesat is justified because only around three quarters of households can currently get Freeview isn't justified. It would have stood when Freesat was first announced nearly four years ago but with it delayed by three years the only justification left is the millions of households with HD Ready sets and no HD channels. If freesat is going to be a success it'll be because of quality HD content in quantity. The BBC should be taking the lead in this to secure a viable free HD platform and encouraging ITV and Channel 4 to play a bigger part.

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