Sky One taking up more space
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Has Sky One started transmitting in a higher bit-rate, or is some other content now being transmitted with the programmes?
The reason I ask is because before Christmas an hour long Sky One programme always used to take up 6%, but now they take up 8 or 9% instead.
The reason I ask is because before Christmas an hour long Sky One programme always used to take up 6%, but now they take up 8 or 9% instead.
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Who gets the feeling with the current spate of recent lockups, freezes and failed recordings that Sky are secretly testing some new software?
Perhaps this is to push people towards Sky+160 by making the normal Sky+ less able to take lots of shows???
1. Dormant Dolby Digital Soundtrack. (Oh, if ONLY!)
2. Recording of the red blob interactive content (I'm sure I read something about this)
-Jar.
I wonder if they are playing around with compression
I think i managed to record the Spooks "red stuff" the other day....perhaps this is linked to it?
At least Hitachi just announced they have invented a 500GB hard disk!..looks like we all may need one!
Gaz
Of course we will not see any real improvment with our kit.
Also as suggested perhaps they are about to go Dolby Digital 5.1
Automan.
Sky One (being flagship chanell of this provider) is say transmitted at 6000kbps.
Full stop.
You are supposed to, according to the blurb, be able to record 20 hours on a 40GB drive.
I too noticed that Battlestar Galactica was 9% on Monday - for a 62 minute recording (I got a clash at the end).
That means I could only get 11 hours if I recorded Sky One all the time. 11 hours sucks.
I hope they give options if they do implement interactive/Dolby/HDTV, as I would rather have the hard drive space.
NB: I know that channel bitrates vary (a film on Sc-Fi is only half the file size of one on Premiere), and therefore 20 hours is a mute figure, but still...
I've been trying out my old 120gb drive in my sky+, 10-15 hours is not enough and sky sports broadcast at the sort of bitrate anyway, still on that like on thought thats still 30-45 hours on a 120gb hd, and i think i may end up sticking with it or getting a new 250gb monster.
on the up side, Looks like sky one have upped their bit rate and are setting an example of what digital tv should be!!
This equates to 900 Kbits/sec
Five is about 700 Kbits/sec
Most other entertainment channels are 600 Kbit/s, and is what the 20 hours on a standard Sky+ is calculated from.
Phil
fine, but simpsons used to be 3% and now 5%. something has changed in the last month, and i think that is what people are getting at. we are all aware that skyone has a good bitrate
I recorded the same programme from Mix on Wednesday, and it took up 5%!
Maybe anyone having issues with drive space should record from Mix instead as a not-ideal solution?
As a side note, I have always found programmes from the BBC take up the most space (therefore have the highest bit rate). They usually take up 6% per hour, whereas on Sky One 60 minute shows used to take up 5%, sometimes as low as 4%. When I first got my Sky+ in 2003, Sky One used to take up 6% per hour, just like the BBC, but in (roughtly) the summer on 2004 they started taking up less room. The BBC has always taken up the same amount of room.
I had exactly the same problem with SG1. I had 10%, which would have been enough before Xmas. Unfortunately, I had my deletion set to Automatic, which meant my box kindly deleted the oldest programme I hadn't watched yet.
Is this just Sky simply giving all it's customers a reason to give them more money for a Sky +160?
Are we all going to email Sky and ask them then?
Yes! Lets do that. What email address do they pay attention to?
I couldnt see anything wrong with the old picture, so whats the point of a higher bitrate (other than making me want Sky+ 160.... bah :rolleyes: )