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| Thread ID: 88955 | 2008-04-15 23:27:00 | Freeview HD Set Top Box update? | ubergeek85 (131) | PC World Chat |
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| 659290 | 2008-04-15 23:27:00 | After doing some googling I've found that the Zinwell ZMT-620HD is rather similar to the schot ZMT-620FTV (a Chinese product), and this (www.schot.com) (pdf) gives directions for updating the schot model with new firmware which gives it PVR capabilities. It looks to me like zinwell are just rebadging cheapo boxes. In the doc it warns about it being non-reversible and what not. Who has a box they don't mind offering for the sake of public knowledge? If this works over here in the zinwell box, we might all have Freeview PVR's. WooHoo! | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 659291 | 2008-04-16 01:30:00 | You may like to look thru this thread as well www.dtvforum.co.nz |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 659292 | 2008-05-26 09:11:00 | i have tried the upgrade, and im please to announce that it works. after a bit of fideling about i got it to work, the pdf recommends and external hdd with its own power, and that is definatly the case. will play around with it more tonight, to see about the epg not working. | icecool667 (13633) | ||
| 659293 | 2008-05-26 13:17:00 | Well be sure to post on the dtv forum your experience | apsattv (7406) | ||
| 659294 | 2008-05-26 22:14:00 | i have tried the upgrade, and im please to announce that it works. after a bit of fideling about i got it to work, the pdf recommends and external hdd with its own power, and that is definatly the case. will play around with it more tonight, to see about the epg not working. The EPG not working is because China has a different regional variant of the MHEG5 standard to NZ. Don't get your hopes up about it. Unless someone can dump a copy of the NZ firmware, you won't be able to flash it back either. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 659295 | 2008-05-26 22:34:00 | Geekster/apsattv Any indications when we could/would expect to see good HD STB's in NZ that actually work great and with Dual HD tuners that work similar to a MySky box? Or Good 1080i TV's with similar built into them. I saw HDTV in Epcot centre in Disneyworld Florida in 1999 and at that stage they said it was at development stage and there were only a couple of them in the world. It has taken over 8 years to make it to NZ. LG are working on more advanced TV's for the future over and above HDTV plus the next project after that is Hologram TV, which is well under way according to a Beyond Tomorrow Doco a while back. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 659296 | 2008-05-26 22:56:00 | Geekster/apsattv Any indications when we could/would expect to see good HD STB's in NZ that actually work great and with Dual HD tuners that work similar to a MySky box? Or Good 1080i TV's with similar built into them. I saw HDTV in Epcot centre in Disneyworld Florida in 1999 and at that stage they said it was at development stage and there were only a couple of them in the world. It has taken over 8 years to make it to NZ. LG are working on more advanced TV's for the future over and above HDTV plus the next project after that is Hologram TV, which is well under way according to a Beyond Tomorrow Doco a while back. The problem is that HDTV is different for every country. The US are usually ahead of NZ in broadcast tech (they're switching off the old VHF system pretty soon). There are so many different standards involved it's not funny. The NZ Freeview Spec (the terrestrial one, not the satellite) calls for: MPEG4 for video, Either AAC or AC3 for audio, MHEG5 (NZ version), as well as other things such as band/channel spacing, NZS6610:2001 because of NZ's terrain (because it handles multipath well), and a whole host of other things. More info here ("en.wikipedia.org). |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 659297 | 2008-05-27 00:33:00 | The problem is that HDTV is different for every country. The US are usually ahead of NZ in broadcast tech (they're switching off the old VHF system pretty soon). There are so many different standards involved it's not funny. The NZ Freeview Spec (the terrestrial one, not the satellite) calls for: MPEG4 for video, Either AAC or AC3 for audio, MHEG5 (NZ version), as well as other things such as band/channel spacing, NZS6610:2001 because of NZ's terrain (because it handles multipath well), and a whole host of other things. More info here ("en.wikipedia.org). That link is well and truly sexed mate! :p |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 659298 | 2008-05-27 00:39:00 | Oops, here's a better one (en.wikipedia.org). | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 659299 | 2008-05-27 01:52:00 | Yes I realise we are going down a slightly different track. I use Hauppauge cards in my PC at the moment, have done for a year or more. I am sure in time we will all settle down to great quality HDTV. I clearly remember watching Black & White TV as a kid when it first came out and then colour in 1974 and the BETA/VHS recorders with a cable remote to trip over. Pre 1960 my younger brother & sister and myself used to have special nights sitting and listening to radio shows. OMG have things ever changed since then. |
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