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Rescan your TV for 9HD launch

Retuning info is here as Nine makes the switch to HD from 5am Thursday.

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9HDTomorrow morning from 5.00am Nine will begin simulcasting in high definition (HD) on 9HD, located on Channel 90. If you don’t have HD it will still be simulcast on Ch 91 in standard definition.

90 – 9HD
91 – Channel 9
92 – 9Gem
93 – 9Go!
94 – 9Life
95 – Extra

Nine has supplied further information for viewers:

HD gives you exceptionally clear, crisp pictures with vivid colours and double the resolution of standard definition.

All of Australia’s most loved Channel Nine programs and sporting events, including the Third Test between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide (starting November 27), will be broadcast in crystal-clear high definition.

To view 9HD you will need to retune your television. It’s simple and easy. Just go to your TV Menu
settings. Select Setup and click on the Auto Tuning Option.
How to re-tune your television:

· Menu or Home button on remote control
· Press OK
· Settings or Setup
· Press OK
· Digital Setup
· Press OK
· Auto scan or Auto retune will appear
· Press OK
· It will take few minutes to do the re-scan. This will search for the channel and restore it in your Digital TV or receiver
· Press Exit

After you re-tune your TV you will have Channel 90 available if you have a HD-enabled TV. If you don’t receive Channel 90 after you re-tune then you don’t have an Mpeg 4 decoder and will not be able to receive 9HD. Viewers without an HD-enabled television will still be able to watch Channel Nine in standard definition on Channel 9/91.

For viewers with any questions regarding the re-tune, the Nine Network has set up the following contacts for further assistance:
· Phone: Contact the 9HD Helpline number 1800 173 055

· Online: 9jumpin.com.au

· Email: Please email the Channel 9 Viewer Services team: [email protected]

Foxtel viewers read here.

New channel LIFE also launches on Thursday in Channel

Australia’s first free-to-air lifestyle channel, 9Life will launch on Thursday, November 26. It will broadcast the very best in lifestyle and reality television content, featuring some of the most popular franchises in the world, including The Bachelor, Million Dollar Listing and The Real Housewives. The new channel will also feature programs that have not been seen on Australian television before, such as Flip or Flop, House Hunters International and Tiny House, Big Living.

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  2. Just tuned my LG TV and ch90 is coming up as Audio Only, yes it is a HD tuner and all the other HD channels are working fine, as are the new channels numbers. I think it’s the TV as my Austar box is picking up ch90 just mine, yet to test other TVs and PVRs in the house.

    1. Hi David, I called them locally as well. They told me no plans at present to convert Win to HD nor add Nine Life. Contact was unsure about GEM changing to SD. I asked why they deleted WIN off Gem logo and contact was unsure.

      1. FYI Go via WIN has the 9 dot logo now as a watermark and GEM has adverts with the 9 dots but watermark is still the old one. I did a re-brand and my tv still has Gem as being broadcasted in HD.

    1. No, it just means you don’t have to put up with a ‘clutter channel’ as you scroll through whats on. I run the channels though Favorites, and all the datacasts are not included on purpose.

  8. @hidefdave and @kissmad i contacted WIN as well… and easy for me to do cause i once worked there… 9 have been planning this for a long time… and in tonights news they say at least 12 months… my mail is that 9 didnt tell WIN or NBN until 4 weeks ago.. so they are playing catchup… or one could be curious and say that the affiliation is up in 4 weeks and government changes…WIN might be waiting for an outcome to all this before they spend the money…. which i think is fair enough

  11. 9 Darwin and NBN Newcastle are O&O Nine stations. WIN is not owned by Nine. They just relay Nine’s programs. Given the thousand or so transmitters WIN has, and the fact that there has been no mention of anything on WIN, assume (sorry David) WIN’s not doing anything on Thursday.
    The good thing WIN did this week was to remove those hideous bright purple WIN/GEM and GO! logos.

  15. Viewers of Southern Cross in South Australia are also set to miss out on 9hd and 9Life at this stage, pending discussions with Nine.

    And i believe a launch date for 9Life in Darwin is to be confirmed but Darwin is to get 9HD as scheduled tomorrow.

  16. They seem to have done a great job promoting the new channel and the change to HD on 9 but completely ignored the impact of the changes to Gem and GO! Half-a**ed as usual at nine….

    1. “Impact of the changes to Gem and GO!”??
      Have you not seen the ads for all the channels and their new names?
      The channels are changing LCN number its not rocket science.
      Instead of typing 99 or 90 on your remote you will type 93 or 92.
      Whats half-arsed about it?

  18. “If you don’t receive Channel 90 after you re-tune then you don’t have an Mpeg 4 decoder”

    And as someone who volunteers to help the elderly with IT and Media issues, a very large number of sets out there don’t support mpg4, particularly in low/fixed income situations.

    If your set is more than about 4 years old, there’s an even chance you can’t receive mpg4 streams. But as has been pointed out, if you can see racing.com you should be ok.

  19. HD is double the resolution of standard definition? Are these people stupid? HD is Five times SD… unless they’re referring to 720p “HD”, which is such a negligible improvement on today’s high resolution displays that it’s not even worth mentioning (at only slightly more than double the resolution of SD).

    Cheap UHD (Ultra High Definition, often falsely referred as “4K”) televisions are flooding the marketplace and there are hardly any HD channels on FTA let alone UHD. It’s a disgrace that “HD” is considered a selling point for FTA in this day and age.

    1. Double the resolution is almost correct if you’re talking about DPI. 1080÷576= approx 2.

      However, in terms of total number of pixels, 1080p is just over 2MP, 576p is close to .6MP, so Full HD is closer to 3.5 times the resolution of SD. Don’t be so quick to call people stupid when the same could be said about yourself.

      Also, it’s not fair to call 720p a ‘negligible improvement’. Even on a 1080p TV set, each pixel of 720p video would only take up 1.5pixels of the TV in each direction. The difference in quality from SD is readily noticeable. The bitrate would be a bigger decider in the quality than whether the footage is 720p or 1080p.

    2. Most TV sets will automatically update.
      The channels already exist…. 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95
      They will just be changing name tomorrow. No need to panic and tune at exactly 5am

    1. I have emailed WIN publicity twice now for a comment on whether or not we can expect WIN to follow suit with the HD/Life channels. On both occasions I was told they’d check it out and get back to me…still waiting…

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