Home Video Asylum

TVs, VCRs, DVD players, Home Theater systems and more.

Here in Australia…

the free to air channel networks all have HD transmissions as well as SD.

What you get depends on what the station obtained the program in. I tend not to watch all that much TV programming but the ABC, our national broadcaster, transmits quite a few programs in 1280 x 720 progressive scan and the quality is extremely good. Most of the high definition stuff I've watched on the ABC has been in that format. The ABC shows a lot of British BBC material and that seems to be almost routinely in 720p and high quality.

The commercial networks are a mixed bag with some stuff in 1080i, some in 720p, and some in standard definition. There seems a lot more variation in the formats they transmit than what I've seen on the ABC.

Of course, there's no value in having a high quality picture if the program itself is not to your taste.

David Aiken


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