David_Janet Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Is there a website that lists french HD broadcasts?You can get to it by going into the TV listings pages for the various channels, but you really have to drill down to determine whether a particular broadcast is HD or not.And should I be able to get more than Arte HD? I'm sure I saw an ad the other day for a programme on FR2 in HD, but I never did track it down afterwards.Thanks David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 this might help: http://www.telesatellite.com/programmes-tv/tvhd.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Apart from Arte HD (and Canal + I think) which are available on all the TNT transmitters thus far equipped, the terrestrial coverage of the multiplex (R5) that carries TF1/FR2/M6 in HD is limited, as it only started back in the autumn and the national roll out takes time.Toulouse Pic de Midi is broadcasting HD, but Carcassonne Pic de Nore isn't. Depending on where you are that's probably why you only have multiplexes R1/2/3/4/6 and not R5.Although assuming you have a TNT HD box have you tried doing a rescan since the autumn.Of course if you're on satellite HD on TF1/FR2/M6 is due to start soon but I don't think it's there yet, and you need a Canalsat HD sub (I imagine) or a TNTparSat HD box of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Janet Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Claire - Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for.Martin, I have Sagem 'TNT par satellite avec carte d'acces TNTSAT' box (I don't subscribe to Canal+). What HD channels should I be able to receive? (I know I can get Arte HD - which is brilliant by the way!)I live almost exactly midway between Toulouse and Carcassonne (near Revel)Thank youDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Well assuming you've got the HD box (which if you're getting Arte in HD you must have) then I would guess that TF1/FR2/M6 will appear imminently, certainly the last I heard they were due on Astra 1 in February.If I can find a definite date I'll report back.Sorry about the red herring re the TNT terrestrial versions, doesn't make any difference now I know you're on the sat feed.Laters - I think it's possible that if one has Canalsat HD sub then one already has HD on at least France 2. Quite why there has to be a delay on bringing HD to the TNTsat version of the same programme I'm not sure, although they do use different encryptions for the two versions (Canalsat is Mediaguard (Seca) and TNTsat is Viaccess 3, AFAIK).Even laters - yes if you are paying the Canalsat sub then you would already have HD on those three channels. As you aren't it should be coming very soon.But why the delay - I've no idea. Lyngsat confirms that only Mediaguard is in use on those HD channels, so a TNTsat box won't at the moment unscramble them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 On the TNTSAT site it says february 15 for the other three HD channels...http://www.tntsat.tv/quellesChaines.htmlDanny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Now why didn't I think of looking on their website Danny................Ties in with what I've been seeing elsewhere (which isn't surprising really!).Thanks Danny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Popped into leclerc Parthenay on saturday; they had a Samsung 1080 132cm showing difference between DVD and BluRay, the difference is stunning. Similarly a couple of flat screens with Arte and Arte HD side by side, an impressive difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 So......Given that the HD TNTparSat broadcasts were *scheduled* to start yesterday, has anyone actually managed to get them to work?Someone has asked the same question on a French satellite forum and no-one has replied, so I'm beginning to wonder what (if anything!) is going on.....(I ask because I only have the SD TNTparSat boxes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Can't find any info on the French news about it...Just this comment: http://www.satmag.fr/affichage_module.php?no_theme=1&no_news=10176&id_mod=50Talking of TNTparSat boxes, I am considering this one: http://www.hdnumerique.com/actualite/articles/5028-sagem-dtr-94160s-hd-un-decodeur-tntsat-hd.htmlAny thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Clair, there was talk of another TNT by satellite route (not AB or TNTSAT) being offered sometime on the way to the switch off of the analog signals. The general view seems to be that TNTSAT is restrictive and a bit expensive in the choice of box compared to other digital satellite boxes. I'm thinking of hanging on for a while before taking the plunge away from the little analog box we use here. With that box, you will get all the TNT and HD tnt channels and radio at the astra satellite and the ability to record on to hard drive. Who knows what is going to happen after the card expires though?I have read some things about the quality of the Sagem boxes too and advice being to choose other makes instead but maybe I got that mixed up. There is not a lot of choice of TNTSAT HD capable receivers though. Half the problem, I thinks.Martin will know better, I am sure...Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Thanks for the input, Danny.At the moment, our area does not offer TNT via the aerial, so although we are far from buying just yet, it's just a matter of keeping an eye on what is becoming available.We have to include HD on any new material to enable HD reception when we come to change the TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 We're in exactly the same boat here... I'm just hanging back to see what happens over the next few months as I have the feeling that things will change a little and also the telly still works for the time being.Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I think it was the Strongs that had a bit of a question mark over them, the remotes were very flaky. I think there's a third brand around (Optex?) as of Christmas, might be sold by Castorama...?Danny is right, the govt has mooted the idea that it wants yet another satellite carriage opf TNT to be "freely" available, at the same time I (and French experts who know more than I do) wonder whether the govt have thought it through, because "freely available" conflicts with those oh-so-precious rights issues, particularly on the sats currently used by France (ie Astra 1 and Atlantic Bird 3, which have quasi-pan-European coverage). The cynical in us thinks that the idea may be forgotten, but it's sensible to hang on until we know one way or another.Clair - you might just find that you have *some* TNT reception - at least of France Televisions. La Bastide Haut Mont apparently is carrying multiplex R1 unofficially as a feed for some of the relays that require the "wrong" regional edition of France 3; I'm not for a minute suggesting you go out and buy a box, far from it, but if you or someone in the area has a spare box lying around it might be worth a try. But it would just be 2/3/5/Arte/Parliament so it's probably just not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Thanks for that Martin [:)]. Still not holding my breath [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Janet Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Yesss!!!It's 20 past 10 pm, and after trying all day - I now have TF1, France2, M6 and Arte - all in glorious HD!Somebody must have thrown a switch somewhere....Now, whether there is anything worth watching, is another matter.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Thanks David. Something of a low key launch then!Goodness only knows why it's taken all this time to provide what's already been carried for several months to a different "park" of receivers.Still, good that you've got it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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