Yes Stars HD (styled as yes stars HD) is an Israeli
high definition television channel carried by the Israeli satellite television provider ''
yes
Yes or YES may refer to:
* An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no
Education
* YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US
* Young Eisner Scholars, in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and Appalachia, US
* Young Ep ...
'', which broadcasts
American television shows. The channel aired on March 25, 2008 and part of it simulcasted with yes stars 1 and yes stars 2 on selected shows. The rest of the broadcasts are of shows previously broadcast only in
standard definition
Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition. ''Standard'' refers to offering a similar resolution to the ...
, but now also in HD.
The channel aired as part of ''yes'' re-branding the television shows' channels on March 14, 2008 and now the
yes stars group of channels is formed from ''yes stars 1'', ''yes stars 2'', ''yes stars 3'', ''yes stars Israeli'' and ''yes stars HD''.
On December 14, 2008, as part of a new re-brand of ''yes'' television shows channels, yes stars HD obtained a new logo and now simulcast shows from ''
yes stars Action'', ''
yes stars Drama'' and ''
yes stars Comedy''. The channel aired on channel 501 until April 6, 2009, then the channel moved to channel 994 and on the end of the broadcast day of April 21, 2009 it was cancelled.
As of April 22, 2009, there are two HD shows channels:
yes stars Drama HD on channel 993 and
yes stars Action HD on channel 994.
Broadcasting format
*''yes stars HD'' was available only to the HD consumers of ''yes'', using ''yes HD set-top box.
*The broadcasting system is
DVB-S2
Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite - Second Generation (DVB-S2) is a digital television broadcast standard that has been designed as a successor for the popular DVB-S system. It was developed in 2003 by the Digital Video Broadcasting Proj ...
.
*Shows were broadcast in an original aspect ratio of 16:9 (
widescreen
Widescreen images are displayed within a set of aspect ratio (image), aspect ratios (relationship of image width to height) used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ...
).
*The shows were broadcast in a resolution of
1080i50.
*The shows were being compressed using
H.264 compression format.
*Supported contents should also be broadcast in 5.1 channels of
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital, originally synonymous with Dolby AC-3 (see below), is the name for a family of audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. Called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1995, it is lossy compression (except for Dolby Tr ...
surround sound
Surround sound is a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction by using multiple audio channels from speakers that surround the listener ( surround channels). Its first application was in movie theaters. Prior to ...
, but instead it broadcast in 2.0 channels of Dolby Digital.
*There was also support for contents in a resolution of
720p
720p (720 lines progressive) is a progressive HD signal format with 720 horizontal lines/1280 columns and an aspect ratio (AR) of 16:9, normally known as widescreen HD (1.78:1). All major HD broadcasting standards (such as SMPTE 292M) includ ...
.
Shows broadcast on yes stars HD
External links
*
Television channels in Israel
Yes (Israel)
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