SOME BBC viewers claim their picture quality is worse since their channels were upgraded to HD.
The broadcaster is currently switching BBC One regional stations from SD (standard definition) to HD on satellite.
This message will disappear from your main BBC One channel soon
It means you will finally be able to watch your local news in beautiful HD.
Except, not all of the BBC’s regional news studios have been converted to support HD yet.
So even if you’re watching on BBC One HD, your 6.30pm news won’t benefit.
Some viewers have claimed that it actually looks worse.
“Well I have BBC One East HD and I am far from impressed,” one annoyed user wrote.
“The picture is soft and blurry and I want my old 106 channel back please!
“That used to be fine. I really hope this is teething problems and things will sharpen up somewhat.”
Another tweeted: “The BBC ‘HD’ picture quality is poor – bit rate is way too low.”
SD broadcasts are usually “upscaled” to HD, so while it may not look as pleasing it should at least be as good as before.
And SD channels are still available from channel 950 and up on Freesat, for now.
But for the most part, early reaction to the switch has been positive.
“East Midlands upscaling is fine on my Sony TV internal sat tuner,” one person said.
When will the BBC channels switch?
Regional and nation channel variations of BBC One and BBC Two (as well as BBC ALBA and BBC Parliament) will change from now until late February.
All the SD versions of the BBC channels on satellite, including BBC One, will be closing in early 2024.
23 January (Freesat) / 24 January (Sky)
BBC One SouthBBC One Northern IrelandBBC Two Northern Ireland
30 January (Freesat) / 31 January (Sky)
BBC One EastBBC One East Midlands
6 February (Freesat) / 7 February (Sky)
BBC ALBABBC One West MidlandsBBC One East Yorkshire and LincolnshireBBC One WalesBBC Two Wales
13 February (Freesat) / 14 February (Sky)
BBC Red Button (RB1)BBC One WestBBC One South WestBBC One Channel IslandsBBC One London
20 February (Freesat) / 21 February (Sky)
BBC ParliamentBBC One North East and CumbriaBBC One North WestBBC One YorkshireBBC One Scotland
22 February (Freesat) / 23 February (Sky)
BBC One South East
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