UKs first UHD TV Station Launched - BT Sports UHD £15 per month

[Master Disaster]

http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2015/07/20/bt-sport-ultra-hd-unveiled-how-to-watch-the-premier-league-and-champions-league-live-in-4k

Just in time for the start of a new Premier League season, BT has launched its BT Sport Ultra HD channel, giving UK viewers their first taste of live 4K UHD TV action to date.

The new channel will rollout slowly, with the FA Community Shield matchup between Arsenal and Chelsea on 2 August set to be the first fixture shown in 4K UHD. A further two Premier League contests, including the season's opening game pitting a new-look Manchester United against Tottenham Hotspur on 8 August, will be shown that month, as will the Silverstone MotoGP.

After that, the Aviva Premiership rugby and FA Cup are scheduled to hit the new BT Sport UHD channel, as is the UEFA Champions League - a huge win for BT, as it only just secured the rights to Europe's most prestigious football competition. BT hasn't put a strict timeline on when 4K will out to these other competitions, only that it'll happen at some point this season.

So I guess owning a UHD TV is no longer pointless. Had to happen at some point.

Are there any UHD channels elsewhere in the world?

[Picky Peep]

Time to move I guess...

[Paralectic]

How is the bandwith usage with such channels?

[Master Disaster]

How is the bandwith usage with such channels?

I think it's a online only channel tbh, you must have the BT TV box to receive it. Can't imagine it being easy to watch, my 50Mbps fibre line struggles with 4K YouTube.

[spartaman64]

I think it's a online only channel tbh, you must have the BT TV box to receive it. Can't imagine it being easy to watch, my 50Mbps fibre line struggles with 4K YouTube.

really? my 50 mpbs copper line have no problems with even 60fps 4k

[NightMiu]

I think it's a online only channel tbh, you must have the BT TV box to receive it. Can't imagine it being easy to watch, my 50Mbps fibre line struggles with 4K YouTube.

Ain't your fiber that's the problem.

[Paralectic]

Ain't your fiber that's the problem.

CPU bottleneck likely

[Master Disaster]

CPU bottleneck likely

Lol, 4770K, 16GB Ram & twin 970s. My system is not the issue.

[theloveablemoose]

 

CPU bottleneck likely

 

Don't be ridiculous, its his keyboard.

[stealth80]

I stream 4k on 39MB with no issues. You actually checked to ensure you're getting 50mb?

[Master Disaster]

I stream 4k on 39MB with no issues. You actually checked to ensure you're getting 50mb?

I get 41Mbps on Speedtest.net

[stealth80]

If you've genuinely got issues streaming 4k and ISP is ok, I would think something aint right, maybe codecs or browser settings, obviously PC specs are fine

 

As for the original topic, I'm tempted but £45 installation + £15 a month for possibly 3 hours of content per week (2 premier league games a week?) is way too much money. May aswell just pay for the UHD Netflix, theres a lot more content there for £8.99

[Paralectic]

Lol, 4770K, 16GB Ram & twin 970s. My system is not the issue.

How is 4K video playback if you let the video buffer first?

[NightMiu]

If you've genuinely got issues streaming 4k and ISP is ok, I would think something aint right, maybe codecs or browser settings, obviously PC specs are fine

 

As for the original topic, I'm tempted but £45 installation + £15 a month for possibly 3 hours of content per week (2 premier league games a week?) is way too much money. May aswell just pay for the UHD Netflix, theres a lot more content there for £8.99

Agreed, the only downside to using netflix uhd over uhd tv channel is that the tv version probably have better quality.

[stealth80]

Agreed, the only downside to using netflix uhd over uhd tv channel is that the tv version probably have better quality.

 

I use the built in app on my Samsung TV, definitely the easiest way

[catalyst2005uk]

Also it's worth noting that this channel doesn't run at 24 fps, but if fact runs at 50 fps.

Personally I think I will pass on this, waiting on sky to release their own uhd.

[dalekphalm]

Also it's worth noting that this channel doesn't run at 24 fps, but if fact runs at 50 fps.

Personally I think I will pass on this, waiting on sky to release their own uhd.

50 fps for sports is highly desirable. That's full-speed standard in the PAL regions. Not sure how closely Europe sticks to the PAL standard anymore, but it used to be 50 Hz refresh rates because of the electrical grids being used, or something like that.

[Trik'Stari]

Why did I see UHD and think UHF lol

[dalekphalm]

Why did I see UHD and think UHF lol

UHF remote controls are pretty awesome... so.. that's something?

 

Seriously, I remember way back when we had Satellite TV when I was a kid (StarChoice, if anyone remembers them), they gave you one UHF remote, which basically worked anywhere in the house, and one IR remote, which was a piece of shit.

 

You could literally put the Satellite receiver in a different room, run a Cable Splitter from the output of the Satellite Box to two (or more) TV's, and get TV to multiple rooms without paying for a second box. You then just keep the UHF remote in the secondary room, and you can still change channels even with the TV box being on another floor.

[Murdoch]

50 fps for sports is highly desirable. That's full-speed standard in the PAL regions. Not sure how closely Europe sticks to the PAL standard anymore, but it used to be 50 Hz refresh rates because of the electrical grids being used, or something like that.

In the UK pretty much all broadcasts (originating here) are still 25fps interlaced, so 50hz. The vast majority of TVs can support 60hz tho, I'm really not entirely sure why they've kept that standard tbh. Especially considering 1080i60 is widely used too,for all the American stuff on our networks.

[TheUzu]

I have the channel and it looks dank, the first game was in Wembley stadium with shit shadows though.

They say your line needs to support 44mbit in order to order the channel, that's because it's a live broadcast so you need overhead because there can't be any buffering, the actual stream is like 25-30mbit using HVEC, and your TV needs to support HDCP 2.2 so if you bought a 4K TV when they first came out your SOL.

I have 60mbit personally so I'm lucky in a way I've heard loads of complaints from people with 30-40mbits that can't order it.

Just waiting on g.fast 500mbits rollout starting from 2016.