Thread: 4K UHD on Virgin Media
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Old 07-03-2017, 19:24   #8
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Re: UHD on Virgin Media

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Originally Posted by Travelstar View Post
I'm guessing the V6 rollout allowed both H264 and possibly H265 to be introduced.
VM can only use encodings that are compatible with all boxes that are in the field, except where services can be controlled by box type. For example, Sky Movies HD On Demand is H.264, but is only made available on TiVo boxes.

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Originally Posted by Travelstar View Post
I could be wrong, but the V6 boxes may use multicast IP streams rather than DVB-C. Anyone know if this is the case?
DVB-C is already present on the network, so the V6 boxes may as well use it. It would be unnecessary duplication to also carry content with multicast IP.
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