http://www.hydrapinion.com/index.php/play/?disp=comments en-AU http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:42:36 +0000 mc [Visitor] c1007@http://www.hydrapinion.com/ ABC2 isn't entirely repeats any more. It's more accurately described as news (6am-9am) + preschoolers (9am-6pm) + under 50's (6pm-12am).<br /> <br /> If one compares nearly everything on ABC1 with the same program on ABC HD, there is very rarely any perceivable difference (other than the watermark).<br /> <br /> The ABC will still film stuff in HD because it will be sold in ABC Shops as Blu Rays, and will appear on HD channels in other parts of the world (and not impossibly on Foxtel/Austar).<br /> <br /> When the ABC gets a second multiplex, or MPEG4 DVB-T is launched, a full time HD channel will be back. Or possibly 4 HD channels, and no SD ones.
If one compares nearly everything on ABC1 with the same program on ABC HD, there is very rarely any perceivable difference (other than the watermark).

The ABC will still film stuff in HD because it will be sold in ABC Shops as Blu Rays, and will appear on HD channels in other parts of the world (and not impossibly on Foxtel/Austar).

When the ABC gets a second multiplex, or MPEG4 DVB-T is launched, a full time HD channel will be back. Or possibly 4 HD channels, and no SD ones.]]> http://www.hydrapinion.com/index.php/play/2010/02/12/abc-hd-to-screen-24-news-spits-in-the-eye-of-australian-hdtv-owners#c1007