Anyone else still on Sky+HD? — Digital Spy A lot of people still have TV sets of 40" or smaller, so are happy with HD and stereo sound, and a Sky+HD box still works for them I notice Comcast US have new large Xumo UHD 4k sets to be sold at Walmart during Black Friday (with Peacock subscription offers)
Sky Digibox Firmware Downloader Extractor — Digital Spy I also managed to extract the file systems and kernels from the 3 Amstrad HD boxes (DRX595, DRX895 DRX780) and the HD Samsung (they all use standard embedded linux file system formats) Sky Firmware Downloader I have a created an application which will automatically download and extract the firmware images if you have a DVB-S TV card installed
Channel 4 via All4 — Digital Spy On all other devices and platforms that im able to check, the live streams are 540p while OnDemand is still 1080p where you see the HD logo iPlayer is another oddity; the live streams are 720p50 on every device where iPlayer is available, with a select few having 1080p50 (For some reason) while OnDemand is a mixture of 1080p50 and 2160p25 If
Humax Foxsat HDR — Digital Spy ITV 1 HD is still showing The Chase as the supposed current programme I posted about this the last time it occurred towards the end of 2023 and if I recall, it required some changes on their side to resolve
Grundig TVs - any good? — Digital Spy about 4 - 6 months ago grundig went bust! but about 3 years ago currys did a deal with grundig to sell some of their products (i e tvs etc in germany) and also to produce "grey goods" (i e rebadge their own product as grundig) - which with grundig finished production (ie bankrupt) is why grundig product is still on sale! currys own the brand matsui!, so all of the tvs, stereo, dvd's, and vhs
Sky Satellite Monthly News Thread, May-September 2025 Looks like 52560 52561 will be TNT Sports 1 HD ROI and TNT Sports 1 HD ROI Pub dummy And 55345 6 on 11686V will be the SD versions of these Are these already on air or just showing test cards?
Sky Q: YouTube now 4K? — Digital Spy YouTube on Sky Q has always been limited to HD 1080, but I've just had a look at the Champions League stream (currently listed as the main Top Pick on the home screen) and it's streaming in UHD
Sky UHD Box - Worth having? — Digital Spy I can attest from personal experience, having already watched Game of Thrones in HD on a bog-standard LED TV, seeing it again in UHD HDR on an OLED is a completely different (and far superior) experience UHD has four times the resolution of normal HD That doesn't mean that it will look dramatically sharper than a normal HD programme