In article <1ic3clm.t9urtgxscy9oN%Spambox@pembers.freeserve.co.uk.invali
d>, Alan Pemberton <Spambox@pembers.freeserve.co.uk.invalid> scribeth
thus
>tony sayer  wrote:
>
>> In article <1ic1fkm.fa2638igeyykN%Spambox@pembers.freeserve.co.uk.invali
>> d>, Alan Pemberton <Spambox@pembers.freeserve.co.uk.invalid> scribeth
>> thus
>
>> >The SD pictures looked very soft and lifeless, in comparison with
>> >similar live down-conversions such as the Proms. I found the 14L12
>> >France 2 pictures on 5W looked much cleaner 
>> 
>> What box were you using the receive that Alan?..
>
>The French station? A Topfield TF5000PVR. The BBC pics were also
>received on the Topfield and a Digihome DTT PVR for comparison. Looking
>again this week, I had the impression that the London BBC1 pics on DSAT
>looked slightly softer than other regions. Certainly that's the case for
>ITV1 and some of its regions.
>
>For some of the World Cup last year I watched on TF1 analogue via a
>SECAM to PAL transcoder. The pictures were not sharper than ITV's, but
>the commentators certainly were. Actually the pics *were* better than on
>IYV4 with its reduced resolution and bit rate.
>

Thanks for that. We currently use an Echostar 3600 IP in order to
receive TF1 in analogue, if that were digital the Echostar would be
retired;!..
-- 
Tony Sayer