[mythtvnz] Free to Air in NZ - Whats worth the effort ?

OpenMedia Support mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:39:12 +1200


Steve Hodge wrote:

>On 4/8/06, OpenMedia Support <support@openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
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>>With DVB-T you can also get DW and CCTV9 which is hardly worth the
>>effort, but the Digital signal for TV One and TV2 is excellent.
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>>There is an Auckland station that occasionally transmits NasaTV but the
>>reception is dreadful
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>TVNZ's DVB-S transmission includes NASA TV, DW, and Bloomberg. As with
>DVB-T the digital signal is excellent quality-wise. You also get the
>ability to use Sky's EPG data.
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Do you have any issues with the MPEG-2 bitrate on DVB-S. Notice that the
DVB-T bitrate appears to be capped at around 6Mb which is a real pain
for high motion scenes or something using a strobe light.

Steve

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