HD quality now also on Bluewin TV
Three months after Cablecom, Swisscom subsidiary Bluewin TV is now also offering HD-quality television. However, only users with a high-speed connection can take advantage of this.
Swisscom subsidiary Bluewin TV has been offering TV pictures in HD quality since Monday. The switch-on was carried out stealthily, reports the Abendzeitung Heute in an advance report. According to Swisscom spokesman Carsten Roetz, the telecom company first wanted to make sure that HD really worked. The network operator Cablecom had already trimmed its offer to HDTV three months ago. Unlike its competitor, Bluewin TV does not need any new equipment for this, as the set-top boxes were HD-compatible from the start, according to Roetz. Bluewin TV's 65,000 existing customers will receive the new channels HD Suisse, BBC HD, Anixe HD and Arte HD at the same price as before, Heute continues. Since the HD channels require a larger transmission capacity, however, only users with a fast line can benefit. Bluewin TV offers the possibility to check the connection at Bluewin.ch/checker.
