[mythtvnz] Sourcing DVB-S cards

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:35:49 +1200
David Zanetti wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 15:22 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:06:49 +1200
> > Steve Hodge wrote:
> > > Yup. My point is that TVNZ's "test" signal has been completely
> > > reliable for the 9+ months I've been using it.
> > > 
> > 
> > I thought that the signal was not so much a test as the fact that Sky
> > doesn't encrypt TV1/2, ie aren't you watching the same signal as
> > watching TV1/2 through the sky box?
> > 
> > Or are you?
> 
> There's several different copies of TVNZ channels on B1.
> 
> 12.456 seems to be Sky uplinking TVNZ content but only some regions. It
> has a Sky PVR PID on it, which suggests Sky are doing it.
> 
> 12.483 is TVNZ's own test transponder. It has all the regions (or did
> until TV1 AKL disappeared in favour of Bloomberg) and some other FTA
> content which is just relayed. TVNZ's test wide channel is there.
> 
> 12.671 also a Sky transponder, has TV 1 and 2. IIRC, these are the
> Auckland region.
> 
> All of this TVNZ content is unencrypted. There's a bit of other
> unencrypted content beyond this, mostly radio stations. 
> 
> I've been using 12.483 for recording for a while, but it probably
> doesn't matter what you use. The Sky boxes (AFAIK) don't use 12.483..
> I've actually had situations where my Sky box couldn't get TV1, but my
> PVR on the TVNZ transpoder could, so it tends to suggest where they are
> getting it from.

Excellently clarified, thanks David.

-- 
Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>