[OT] TOTPs not offered in HD (720p)

[Vangelis forthnet]

On Sun Jan 10 18:18:13 GMT 2016, CJB wrote:

> I guess that the HD torrent versions were capped
> 'live' / off-air using HD digital recorders.

 The issue here, Chris, is not how Torrent Release Groups do it
(probably by intercepting relay land/satellite Live TV feeds,
for which they possess leaked decryption keys; end TS files
are huge (5-6 GiB/hr) and require very powerful hardware
to be played back on a computer...).
 I mentioned those illicit capped HDTV feeds as a proof
that the original HD material must have surely been
within reach of the iPlayer production team...

> Why the Beeb isn't offering HD via iPlayer though
> is a moot point.

 Yes, the real issue is how the beeb can't acquire
the online HD rights for one of their traditionally "beacon" TV shows
(... when even CBeebies animation is offered online as 720p!).
 Parts of both shows were prerecorded at the start of last December
(http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?s=c3cf0493081ccf0cfcf494dd0f5e487e&p=80525220&postcount=1),
other parts (& updated charts info) edited in close to air dates...
So this clearly is not the case of archival material
not available in HD in the first place...

Anyhow, SD will have to do, then...
Sorry for the rant...

V.