Technoglitch
Core Member
No disrespect to followers of rugby league, but this may have been chosen because it was unlikely to cause a frenzy of interest, resulting in the BBC's servers crashing under the weight of 20 million simultaneous 4K downloads.
However, if you happened to be a fan of the 13-man, oval-ball game, and were looking at the iPlayer Beta app when the game was, on, you could stream the whole thing in UHD on a compatible 4K TV. In fact, not just 4K but 4K with HDR for improved colour and contrast performance. This was via the HLG format, which was also used on select Beta streams of Blue Planet 2.
BBC R&D head Phil Layton, subsequently blogged about the trial, and what he had to say strongly suggests that you'll be needing to move to Germany if you want to view Russia 2018 in 4K.
World Cup 2018 in 4K on the BBC? The Beeb just tested a full, live UHD HDR sports broadcast | T3
However, if you happened to be a fan of the 13-man, oval-ball game, and were looking at the iPlayer Beta app when the game was, on, you could stream the whole thing in UHD on a compatible 4K TV. In fact, not just 4K but 4K with HDR for improved colour and contrast performance. This was via the HLG format, which was also used on select Beta streams of Blue Planet 2.
BBC R&D head Phil Layton, subsequently blogged about the trial, and what he had to say strongly suggests that you'll be needing to move to Germany if you want to view Russia 2018 in 4K.
World Cup 2018 in 4K on the BBC? The Beeb just tested a full, live UHD HDR sports broadcast | T3