If you ditch a TV aerial and stream Free to Air tv are they you getting all of your exhibits in 1080 HD?
The outcomes fluctuate from community to community -and even from channel to channel.
Those factors are value conserving in thoughts earlier than you narrow the twine and when buying new units.
TV Tonight requested every community to verify the video and audio content material of their Free to Air apps.
Here are their responses.
9Now:
- Ch9 & 9Gem – Full HD 1080p, 50FPS, 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound, With StartOver
- 9Go, 9Life, 9 Rush – Full HD 1080p, 25FPS, 2.0 Audio, With StartOver
- Live Sport Pop Ups (Australian Open, State of Origin, Olympics) – Full HD 1080p, 25FPS, 2.0 Audio
- Fast Channels (Seinfeld, Dance Moms & PTV) – HD 720p, 25FPS, 2.0 Audio.
7Plus:
- We are Full HD (1080p) on Ch7 and 7mate and plan to roll this out quickly to 7Two.
SBS on Demand:
- For video content material, we provide full 1080p HD streaming for our major SBS, NITV and Viceland reside channels throughout most units (the key omissions are LG and Samsung TVs).
- For VOD content material, we provide 720p HD streams and our common high bitrate is between 1.5mbs – 2.5mbs relying on the content material and our audio bitrate is 128kbps.
ABC iview:
- We supply choose VOD content material in Full HD 1080p – not the whole catalogue at this stage.
- Our reside streams are provided in HD 720p.
- All VOD content material is offered in not less than SD480p with our lowest decision at 180p, going as much as Full HD 1080p for chosen content material solely.
- Lower resolutions are solely served to audiences when their very own community / bandwidth limits their potential to stream at 480p or increased – eg these in rural areas with poor community and reception.
- Our audio is audio is encoded at 128kbps
10 Play:
10 didn’t reply however final 12 months confirmed:
- Linear streams and FAST channels are in HD on 10 Play. 10 VOD property are in SD.
Key:
HD: High Definition. Resolution 1080p is full HD. 720p is generally called upscaled HD.
SD: Standard Definition. Resolution at or beneath 480p.
VOD: Video on Demand is catch-up TV.
Linear: Broadcast tv.
Bitrate: A better bitrate typically means higher audio high quality.
FAST channels: Free Ad-supported Streaming Television. These are curated channels akin to a Prisoner channel, Seinfeld channel.
StartOver: Latecomers to a Live streaming programme have the choice to restart the present from the start.
FPS: Frames per second, the upper the higher.
