HD content still unavailable

Jeff jefro at coolcave.co.uk
Sun Oct 31 11:14:27 EDT 2010


On 31 October 2010 10:07, Andy Bircumshaw <andy at networkned.co.uk> wrote:
> So I have to ask: how do you know the video on the website page you linked to is HD?

It has a link which says 'watch in normal quality' and has hd in the
url after the programme code and before the name

>
> Having said that, the show was only broadcast 14 hours ago. In the past, although I'm not sure how often or regularly, lower-quality versions have been made available on iPlayer before the HD ones. That's why my PVR options / present don't download a show until it's been available at least 24 hours.
>
> Both the other episodes are available in HD, and it looks like the retention time on this show is 3 weeks. So I suggest you don't sweat it and post back in 48 hours.
>
It looks like I was too hasty in my concern as it's now showing in HD.

Thanks for the reply though.

Regards

Jeff



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