[mythtvnz] EPG - may require massaging

[Tim, Donna & Erin Gibson]

Here's a good story on the new D1 and D2 Optus satellites and what there going 
to be used for...

http://www.spacemart.com/reports/New_Optus_Birds_To_Reap_Rewards_Of_Growing_Broadcasting_Market_In_Asia_Pacific.html

TIm

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:49, David Zanetti wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 10:02 +1200, Steven Ellis wrote:
> > David Zanetti wrote:
> > >Feed should be active tonight, dish is installed (along with a different
> > >LNB from Sky.. interesting!) and I just need to get it back into running
> > >shape.
> >
> > Let us know when your guide is back up. Manual recording is such a pain.
>
> Will be a couple more days, PVR PSU has decided to pack it in :|
>
> > Also pass on any more info you have on this new LNB of theirs.
>
> It's got two feed horns, but only one output. Has a different LOF than
> the LNB they've previously used, it's 10.75GHz. Installer mentioned it
> was to provide for "transparent" switching to D1.
>
> Somewhat unclear anyway, D1 is going into the same orbital slot, and
> while it now has one horn offset from the other, is that intended to
> cover some other slot as well? It'd have to be pretty close to 160E as
> well, the dish doesn't appear to be shaped in a way that would provide
> more coverage.
>
> More questions than answers about the future it seems.
>
> However:
> http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3631272a10,00.html
>
> DVB-S wins. IMO the right decision, DVB-T was never going to get the
> coverage desired.

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