Quest HD Launches on Freeview

[schnapps]

Just read this news article that Quest HD is coming to Freeview starting tomorrow the 14th of August 2018 .

https://www.freeview.co.uk/news-and-blog/press-releases/quest-hd-launches-on-freeview.html#K2exxW3T2...

[Thom77]

@schnapps

All new HD channels greatfully received..... one day all our tele' will be HD!!!!!!!

I think the Quest folk had to move quickly after the god-awful picture quality of their EFL Highlights show on Freeview SD the other day??  Might now be worth watching??

[Anonymous User]

So long as you are in an area which receives COM8 and haven't needed to retune recently you are good to go.

[schnapps]

My local TV transmitter is Wenvo (South East Wales) where i get both COM7 & COM8 Multiplexes

Some good info here about COM 7 & 8 Multiplexes (don't know how up to date the article is mind, but should give a good general idea).

https://www.a516digital.com/p/com7-and-com8.html

[schnapps]

Done a fresh TV channels retune on my YouView Box, NowTV Smart Box and inbuilt TV Tuner on my Panasonic Television and all three devices picked up the new Quest HD station on channel 114 

The HD picture looks pretty good to me, not sure i will be watching much stuff on this channel apart from The British Superbikes Racing, but not complaining about an extra HD channel added to the Freeview service.

Personally i would have loved to see Film 4 offered on the Freeview HD service 

[Thom77]

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@commanda6 wrote:

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@schnapps wrote:

Personally i would have loved to see Film 4 offered on the Freeview HD service

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we need E4 available in HD first @schnapps. That really would be something if Channel 4 decided to make E4 available in HD and Freeview is a four often shows a lot of US dramas that aren't on here

Channel 4 actually has enough capacity on Freeview available to them to make both E4 and Film 4 available in HD . They could do it by swapping Channel 4 +1 HD for E4 HD and 4seven HD for Film 4 HD, but unfortunately I can't see that happening any time in the near future because of agreements with pay-TV providers.

But if they did what I have suggested above it would significantly improve the overall selection of HD content available on Freeview

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@commanda6@schnapps

E4 HD on Freeview, a big yes.... Film 4 HD??  I'll trade you for More4 HD, just because I'm more of a TV man than a Film man...... but in general, a Channel 4 shake-up of their HD offerings on Freeview would be most welcome.  However, I'm guessing all the 4 family HD channels we really want are well and truly stuck behind that pay-tv wall for the forseeable future???

[Thom77]

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@schnapps wrote:

The HD picture looks pretty good to me, not sure i will be watching much stuff on this channel apart from The British Superbikes Racing, but not complaining about an extra HD channel added to the Freeview service.

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@schnapps  Yes, the picture quality for the new Quest HD looks quite good and like yourself I'm not too sure what I'll watch on it...... however, now that it is in a part of the guide that I check most often I'll no doubt channel surf across the odd gem??

Quest do seem to be picking up more and more Sports rights, so will be interesting to see what will appear there in the future, like the British Superbikes.

[UKTVPlayapp]

Are there any plans to launch quest  od catch up service to now tv smart boxes.

[commanda6]

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@schnapps wrote:

Personally i would have loved to see Film 4 offered on the Freeview HD service 

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we need E4 available in HD first @schnapps. That really would be something if Channel 4 decided to make E4 available in HD on Freeview. E4 often shows a lot of US dramas that aren't on here.

Channel 4 actually has enough capacity on Freeview available to them to make both E4 and Film 4 available in HD . They could do it by swapping Channel 4 +1 HD for E4 HD and 4seven HD for Film 4 HD, but unfortunately I can't see that happening any time in the near future because of agreements with pay-TV providers.

But if they did what I have suggested above it would significantly improve the overall selection of HD content available on Freeview