RUK HD

[DFK]

Having read about the proposed introduction of ruk hd next year I have e-mailed them about whether or not they will have two channels as the hd will be at least another 1-2 seconds behind what we have now. Anyone else enquired about this ?

[jumpsfan]

hi dfk , a reply i received from RUK about 6 weeks ago

We are working towards Racing UK in HD, in stages. We have in place an HD network linking all our courses and new OB trucks to produce HD pictures. The next step will be a totally new HD production facility replacing our existing SD base at Teddington Studios. This is taking longer than expected for a variety of commercial and logistical reasons I will not bore you with. It has pushed our HD ambitions well into 2012. We believe that circa 30% of our satellite and cable subscriber base are “HD ready” but we would need to run two channels until the remaining 70% catch up. We have a working group considering how best to serve the HD and SD subscribers. Our Board is very keen to progress but I am sorry I can’t give you a definite date just now.

[DFK]

Thank you for that jumpsfan. I had a reply from one of the bigwigs at RUK, I expressed my concerns regarding feed delay and he said they are some way off HD, and they will be operating both HD and SD in the medium term. He also said they were doing a lot of work on latency, and we might be pleasantly surprised when they deploy the latest encoding equipment. He also said it was a high priority for them too.

[jumpsfan]

hi dfk, it would be great if the latency is reduced . i hope its soon .