Every so often my TV will tell me that it’s discovered new DTV stations, but when I scan, it finds nothing. As a result, I get the shits and curse Panasonic for having a TV that’s smart enough to tell me when it detects changes to the digital signal, then ignore the announcement. But Gus over at Lifehacker has pointed out that sometimes you need to rescan for channels, like when SBS upgraded its digital transmitters last week. The benefit of this upgrade is that you can now get 720p on SBS HD, plus a seven day EPG. And let’s face it – any upgrade to HD is worth a quick scan now, isn’t it?
[SBS via Lifehacker]
Cam
February 2, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Yup rescaned, all nice.
Now i just wish the channels would start broadcasting the EPG for every channel not just their own. My crappy LG LCD only shows the EPG for the station which you are on (eg ch 7 only shows 7, 70, 71, 72, 73.) Hopefully this FreeView operation will sort it out.
Report Permalinksteve
February 2, 2009 at 10:57 PM
SBS was already 720p, they switched last year. EPG is new though.
Report PermalinkStevoTheDevo
February 3, 2009 at 8:26 AM
What was SBS HD broadcasting at before the upgrade?
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Or was it HD in name only?
bibbledeyboop
February 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM
SBS “HD” was previously only 576″p”. ie, no better than their SD channel
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