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From: The Last Doctor <mike@xenocyte.com>
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Subject: Re: Midnights become my afternoons
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:47:35 -0000 (UTC)
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Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
> The True Doctor wrote:
> 
>> On 21/03/2024 10:27, Blueshirt wrote:
>>> The True Doctor wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 19/03/2024 09:21, Blueshirt wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think you'll find the 2023 Doctor Who specials were in
>>>>> UHD on the iPlayer... well, the BBC certainly announced
>>>>> they would be anyway.
>>>> 
>>>> They were not in UHD for anyone wanting to watch them on a
>>>> PC.  You don't even get normal Full HD on iPlayer.
>>> 
>>> What set up do you have if you are not getting UHD on the
>>> iPlayer? (For the selected programmes that are filmed in UHD
>>> obviously!) Can your PC monitor - and internet connection -
>>> handle 4K streams?
>> 
>> UHD is explicitly forbidden from being streamed on PCs by the
>> BBC on iPlayer. Do you even use it?
> 
> Not in UHD as I do not have a 4K set-up. I get BBC1 naturally in
> HD on my TV, and the iPlayer in HD on my computer - and iPhone -
> with a VPN. Hence my comment "the BBC announced they was anyway"
> about Doctor Who being streamed in UHD. I'm only trying to help
> a grumpy old man!
> 
> So, the problem isn't that Doctor Who is not made in 4K (it is)
> or the BBC don't stream it in 4K (they do), the problem is that
> you use a computer to watch television programmes and do not get
> the full quality because of it.
> 
> As a licence payer, you should complain to the BBC about this
> terrible injustice.
>  
>>> You are constantly reminding us that you pay for a UK TV
>>> licence, so e-mail BBC iPlayer support if you think you
>>> should be getting a better picture quality from your iPlayer
>>> streams.
>> 
>> Why don't you actually do some research for a change.
> 
> Because I was trying to be helpful and offer possible solutions
> for your and your UHD 'issue'. You could still e-mail BBC support
> and complain to them rather than moaning here all the time about
> every single thing.
> 

iPlayer downloads and streams to PC in 720p, the minimum HD standard. It’s
not the BBC’s problem if Aggie refuses to watch television programmes on a
television.

-- 
“The timelines and … canon … are rupturing” - the Doctor