Re: Midnights become my afternoons

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.

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