[mythtvnz] Help spending my brothers $5K on MythTV

[David Zanetti]

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On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 13:18 +1300, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On 2/25/06, Steven Ellis <mail_lists@stevencherie.net> wrote:
> > It has been in testing for over 6 months already. Did anyone else see
> > the article on the from of todays Herald about Digital TV. Shame is the=
y
> > should be up and running in months, and not some point next year.
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> I saw it. Annoyingly light on details. They didn't even say if they
> were looking at DVB-S or DVB-T or both.

Both. DVB-T is coming, whether it's better or worse than DVB-S won't
matter. That includes little details like the inevitable poor DVB-T
coverage possible, given it just cannot get the footprint DVB-S can.

DVB-S will still be a supported platform, but it's very unclear which
will be used for additional content above and beyond the basic stuff.

Also, it'll be testing for a lot longer yet. Issues yet to be resolved
include local content providers being strongly opposed to 16:9 and HD,
and the overall goals of the Freeview platform in general.

Right now, it's only looking good for the most minimal digital TV
transition possible - and IMO only because you won't be able to buy an
analog TV soon. :|

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David Zanetti <david.zanetti@catalyst.net.nz>
Team Leader, Systems Administration
Catalyst IT Limited
+64-4-8032233 +64-21-402260

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