Fox TV

ThomasS · Mar 26, 2021

@roku73 wrote:

@ThomasS That’s a shame, because the picture is significantly worse than when I watch it directly via the satellite, I don’t like to say it, but you can listen to the radio just as well as this almost to death to view a compressed image.

I would say that you also offer other channels in HD that are far from being in HD in terms of picture or at least content. Of course that depends on the broadcasters. Personally, I prefer a channel in HD (even if it doesn’t quite meet the criteria) to a down-sampled SD channel.

You can start a survey as others see here 😉

It’s just a question of philosophy, but it’s probably most sustainable if the broadcaster offers what it declares. And in order for that to happen again, it would probably be best if everyone who wanted an HD signal from the station contacted the station.

ThomasS · Mar 29, 2021

@ThomasS wrote:

Our colleagues are taking another look to see whether we can improve anything in the configuration.

@roku73 Can you look at the quality of the SD channel again? According to colleagues, the configuration was being worked on again there.

roku73 · Mar 29, 2021

@ThomasS I won’t be able to see if I notice a visible change until the evening.

roku73 · Mar 29, 2021

@ThomasS

@roku73 Can you look at the quality of the SD channel again? According to colleagues, the configuration was being worked on again there.

I looked to see if there was anything visible on Folx TV.

It’s not worse, it just depends on what’s shown. Feels a little better in quieter scenes. But when there’s a lot going on on the TV picture, the logo is extremely blurry, and the lettering underneath “Music Television” is hard to decipher, very blurry.

The situation is similar via satellite in “HD”, but of course not nearly as blurry. The downscaling to SD is probably to blame for this, a little blurry in HD then turns into mud in SD.

ThomasS · Apr 7, 2021

@roku73 wrote:

I checked to see if there was anything visible on Folx TV.

It’s not worse, it just depends on what’s shown. Feels a little better in quieter scenes. But when there’s a lot going on on the TV picture, the logo is extremely blurry, and the lettering underneath “Music Television” is hard to decipher, very blurry.

Via satellite in “HD” the behavior is similar, but of course not nearly as blurry. The downscaling to SD is probably to blame for this, a little blurry in HD then turns into mud in SD.

Thanks for the feedback, I have forwarded it accordingly.

The transmitter, or its configuration will certainly be looked at again. It is currently not possible to answer whether an HD connection will be possible in the future.

CC1835 · Apr 24, 2021

Folx TV has been missing for a few days. Saved in place 150 for me, when I press “+” it goes from 149 directly to 151 and on the Internet place 150 is now “free slot”.

roku73 · Apr 24, 2021

@CC1835 That’s right, it’s gone for me too.

@ThomasS What happened to Folx TV? Why can’t it be found in the channel list anymore?

Gaeilgeoir · Apr 24, 2021

@roku73 Me too, it’s still listed on lyngsat, let’s see what’s listed on infosat.de and lyngsat by Monday at the latest.

roku73 · Apr 24, 2021

@Gaeilgeoir The station can still be received via satellite on Astra 19.2 (SD) and Hotbird 13 (HD).

Gaeilgeoir · Apr 24, 2021

@roku73 Then it’s strange that a station disappears from the station list like that.

roku73 · Apr 24, 2021

@Gaeilgeoir Yes, I find that strange too, especially since it can be received on satellites.

Stonck13 · Apr 24, 2021

roku73

I only understand the train station. Did Swisscom run the SD or the HD version?

The channel also runs as usual on Astra. But I have the 13.0E HD version in the broadcast list.

roku73 · Apr 25, 2021

@Stonck13 According to the information here, the source is supposed to come from Blue TV from Hotbird 13, but downscaled to SD, which still raises questions for me. One1 and Zwei2 Music Television are also offered in HD by Swisscom.
But now Folx TV has completely disappeared from the channel list on Blue TV.
Only the SD version from Folx TV is available on Astra 19.2.

Stonck13 · Apr 25, 2021

That’s why it’s strange that the station is gone. Maybe he’ll come back tomorrow.

user109 · Apr 25, 2021

@Stonck13 @roku73 maybe @UrsSch or @RomanE can say something about it.

ThomasS · Apr 26, 2021

@roku73 wrote:

@ThomasS What happened to Folx TV? Why can’t it be found in the channel list anymore?

I just asked internally: It’s a mistake, we’re working hard to make the channel available again.

ThomasS · Apr 26, 2021

@CC1835 @roku73 @Gaeilgeoir @Stonck13 @user109

The error was found and the fix was rolled out. After rebooting the box, Folx.tv should be available again.

Gaeilgeoir · Apr 26, 2021

@ThomasS Many thanks to everyone involved 👍

roku73 · Apr 26, 2021

The error was found and the fix was rolled out. After rebooting the box, Folx.tv should be available again.

@ThomasS Thanks for the info. What does it look like in the Blue TV app? There is still no sign of the channel anywhere, even after switching from your own to the “Swisscom channel list”.

I can only test it on the TV box in the evening when I’m home.

ThomasS · Apr 26, 2021

@roku73 wrote:
Thanks for the info. What does it look like in the Blue TV app? There is still no sign of the channel anywhere, even after switching from your own to the “Swisscom channel list”.

I can only test it on the TV box in the evening when I’m home.

Without asking again: The sync is carried out there at regular intervals, but staggered due to the crowd. That’s why it may take a moment longer on TV Air on the web/app, but it should work there again tomorrow at the latest.