[mythtvnz] channels

Steve Hodge mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Wed, 6 Sep 2006 22:03:07 +1200


On 9/6/06, Mike Dilger <mike@mikedilger.com> wrote:
> Steven Ellis wrote:
> >> Frankly I'd rather the networks properly broadcast in 16:9 than worry
> >> overly much about HD. I get pissed off watching almost anything on NZ TV
> >> knowing that I am missing a huge chunk of the director's vision, not to
> >> mention the awful waste of screen space on my widescreen TV.
> >>
> > The widescreen test channel is very nice, but does anyone know what the
> > extra information is in the signal as if your screen doesn't overscan it
> > becomes rather annoying.
> >
> Is there a free-to-air channel I'm missing?  Do I need to look up secret
> frequencies somewhere?
> I'm getting 6 channels now (One, TV2, TV3, Maori, Prime, and
> Trackside).  Prime is fuzzy, and
> Trackside is scrambled for half the day, and boring, especially when
> it's scrambled.   Kapiti coast.

Do you have a DVB-S card?

Steve