topic Re: F1 Sound UHD vs HD in Sky Q

F1 Sound UHD vs HD

AMH1 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:47:23 GMT

Anyone else notice that :

UHD F1 feed was in Dolby Digital but only Stereo channels
Where as the HD feed had Dolby Digital with 5.1 sound

Whats the point of paying extra for UHD and getting inferior sound quality ?

Re: F1 Sound UHD vs HD

Tarrantino — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:38:12 GMT

Yeah I noticed that this week. See what it's like for China next weekend.

Re: F1 Sound UHD vs HD

Tarrantino — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:04:40 GMT

Seems to be the same this week

Re: F1 Sound UHD vs HD

nigea99 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:10:24 GMT

@Tarrantino wrote:

Seems to be the same this week

Yes I noticed this too.

BTW It was 5.1 on the Main Event UHD feed