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TV Central still running analogue as 8:35am this morning 1st December - Whoops

Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve J Dec 2, 2013. 9 Replies 0 Promotions

Not sure if someone forgot to unplug this one - still running in analogue on CH40 off Te Aroha this morning - cheers RobertContinue

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Robert Hepple commented on Robert Hepple's blog post Quality of The Chase, The Cube , Tipping Point and maybe others on TV1,2, Duke Terrestrial Version

"Hi Josh, if you get a chance take a look , usually TV1, and only sometimes on those programs, I would think if they received them or downloaded them you would think the person doing the work would realize that the quality was poor , I have also…"

Jan 24

forumuser commented on Robert Hepple's blog post Quality of The Chase, The Cube , Tipping Point and maybe others on TV1,2, Duke Terrestrial Version

"Hi Robert A good point you make, most content from overseas are in a wide range of other formats not suitable for NZ broadcasting, hence why broadcasters have in house production teams converting the content that comes in and making it suitable for…"

Jan 24

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Quality of The Chase, The Cube , Tipping Point and maybe others on TV1,2, Duke Terrestrial Version

Hi Guys, I have noticed many times over the past 2 years on the TVNZ channels , that often The Chase, The Cube , Tipping Point , probably twice a week the quality of these programs is very poor ie looks like a bad downscale from Full HD to something below SD , I did speak to some at TVNZ about a year ago and they thought it could how they receive the program from the UK, today both the early Chase and The Cube were both poor quality, I am working on the fact that it is a processing issue at…See More

Jan 24

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Robert Hepple replied to Sally Hughes's discussion Recording on usb stick stops before programme finishes

"Try a factory reset on the Hills box / retune , and take note of what time the box has and also the the EPG times are correct"

Sep 29, 2019

Robert Hepple replied to Nicola's discussion Tv/freeview pixelating

"Sounds like a reception issue , but if you can find a Freeview box (Terrestrial) and try that to see if that makes a difference , basically power up the terrestrial box, take the aerial connection out of the TV and plug it in to the freeview box and…"

Sep 29, 2019

Robert Hepple replied to Nathan Johnston's discussion Freeview OnDemand

"Hi all, I presume TVNZ knows about this , I am seeing this all over the place , 2-3 year old Samsungs , Dish TV boxes etc , can someone at TVNZ make a comment about an update"

Aug 29, 2019