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Re: Local News HD ? far from it

I think Manchester and London were HD from Day 1 of the HD switch.


@RayW2 wrote:

Look Northwest (Manchester) is certainly HD via Virgin, dunno about other platforms but in the Northwest of England we certainly have BBC1 regional news magazine in HD at 18:30 Mon - Fri ...

 

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BBC One London certainly went HD some weeks ago.

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@Roger_Gooner wrote:

BBC One London certainly went HD some weeks ago.


It has been for some considerable time. In the first days of BBC News HD when BBC Breakfast was simulcast with BBC1, BBC News used to show BBC London news in the opt-out slots & this was always in HD quality. I always used to watch Breakfast on BBC News because of it.

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I thought I read that until we get full HD for BBC local news outside London that the BBC were using upscaled SD as a stop gap. Here in Bormingham the local news is still in SD though I think it looks slightly better than when it was on channel 108. Actually when they move from the studio to an outside broadcast the PQ improves to close to HD.

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Yes Birmingham is upscaled, they broadcast from Mailbox in Birmingham I understand that they intend to relocate from there, so it makes sense not to upgrade the studio and equipment until they move.

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