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| Thread ID: 119222 | 2011-07-11 22:21:00 | Digital next year. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 1216200 | 2011-07-29 19:07:00 | Wondering why you want to know (seeing as you live in the UK, which apparently has a different concept of Freeview (mpeg2 standard, transmitted via terrestrial signal (UHF?)), whereas Nz has Mpeg4 standard (Full HD/1080i capable) transmitted via UHF for those able to receive it (main cities mostly, because of lots of mountains) and Mpeg2 (standard definition (SD)) via satellite for those who cant Because as a Kiwi I am still interested in what happens in NZ. The UK just has different standards to NZ the concept is the same. Freeview in the UK is transmitted via UHF and also on satellite (Freesat) Freeview HD is also available via UHF and Satellite. Not all areas have HD freeview UHF yet. Of course you need an HD tuner/decoder to receive HD. There is about 5 HD channels on the freeview platform. What extra channels do you get on the freeview platform via satellite ? Depends on the area, is rebroadcast from local ground stations. The simple question was what extra channels do you get. What is this about being rebroadcast from local ground stations ??? |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 1216201 | 2011-07-29 20:29:00 | What extra channels? Well from my perspective it's only the junk channels, and mostly on the Sattelite (non HD) system rather than the terrestrial UHF HD system. However, my area has only just had the UHF feed rolled out, so there may be more content on the way in time (currently only getting TV1-C4, prime, Maori and not much else. My 'home theatre' is almost entirely stuff from a generation before home theatre became a trend - so old-tech, with the exception of my analogue PVR. By ?happy? coincidence the PVR died at the same time the Freeview terrestrial started, so I simply replaced it with an HD DVR, and everything works together beautifully. Currently when the DVR is off it passes the analogue signal through to the TV for normal viewing of the usual analogue range of channels. Once the DVR is powered up I get the same channels in digital (and it is certainly clearer). Once they stop the analogue broadcasts I'll have to power up the DVR in order to get it to convert the digital-only input into the analogue output that the tv needs, and change channels entirely from the DVR instead of from the TV - one less remote needed. The dual channel recording of the DVR is a verrrry nice feature. Now I don't have to try to pick in advance which movie is more worth recording - I can record them both and even watch a third channel while they're being recorded, and then be disappointed with the content of all three different channels each night. Honestly, there's not much content that gets deemed worth saving for repeat viewing at a later date. For anyone interested, the DVD RAM recording of Panasonic PVR/DVR's makes it a simple task to 'archive' to computer HDD. Rename the .VRO file to .MPG and you're done, bar editting out the adverts (which needs to be done AFTER the extension change, otherwise the 'ripping' technique is different and needs the likes of Video LAN to correctly interpret edits made at the PVR end of things. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1216202 | 2011-07-30 02:40:00 | Neither of which have anything to do with the thickness of the case! LED's are thinner. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1216203 | 2011-07-30 02:52:00 | A8. the service is free, the box to receive the signal costs between $100 -> $500 depending on features. I have seen them go for around $60. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1216204 | 2011-07-30 06:41:00 | LED's are thinner. Looked at the latest 40" Samsung today, very nice. LED that is $2000. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1216205 | 2011-07-30 09:12:00 | My 'home theatre' is almost entirely stuff from a generation before home theatre became a trend - so old-tech, with the exception of my analogue PVR. By ?happy? coincidence the PVR died at the same time the Freeview terrestrial started, so I simply replaced it with an HD DVR, and everything works together beautifully. Currently when the DVR is off it passes the analogue signal through to the TV for normal viewing of the usual analogue range of channels. Once the DVR is powered up I get the same channels in digital (and it is certainly clearer). Once they stop the analogue broadcasts I'll have to power up the DVR in order to get it to convert the digital-only input into the analogue output that the tv needs, and change channels entirely from the DVR instead of from the TV - one less remote needed. The dual channel recording of the DVR is a verrrry nice feature. Now I don't have to try to pick in advance which movie is more worth recording - I can record them both and even watch a third channel while they're being recorded, and then be disappointed with the content of all three different channels each night. Honestly, there's not much content that gets deemed worth saving for repeat viewing at a later date. Im in the same boat Paul. I brought my friends yamaha system when he went to canada. Even to day it has a better sound than my brothers modern warfedale system so i wont be getting rid of the speakers or amp anytime soon. A new PVR sounds like the go, i have an old panasonic HDD DVR which at 2 grand about 6 years ago has served its purpose till now. +1 on saving content, most people never watch it end up deleting it |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1216206 | 2011-07-30 20:52:00 | @ Gobe Do you know the tricks to getting mpg media off your Panasonic DVR via the RAM disc? Providing the source material off the recorder has not had internal edits (eg ads removed) it can simply be copied to the DVD RAM, where it's got a VRO extension. Rename it mpg and your computer (with RAM drive) will read it / archive it / edit it just like any other mpg. Verrrry handy at times. I'm not entirely sure of what's going on with the digital Panasonic however. It insists on converting the digital recordings to analogue, then to mpg (vro) when writing to the DVD RAM. I always assumed a digital broadcast was an mpg stream in the first place. Maybe there's a setting I haven't quite grasped yet. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1216207 | 2011-07-30 21:12:00 | Good tip, i havent tried that yet but the dvd drive wont burn anymore anyway dammit. it does have a network port so i might be able to hook it up and drag them off and give that a go. cheers Sorry cant help on the conversion problem |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1216208 | 2011-07-30 22:48:00 | Just a little note. Trackside analog gets turned off at midnite so I guess this is the first of the analog shutdowns overt the next two years.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1216209 | 2011-07-31 06:45:00 | Is anyone able to get subtitles/closed captions on the digital version of TV3? | FoxyMX (5) | ||
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