[mythtvnz] Re: Technisat SkyStar 2 card availability.

[Sam Hadley-Jones]

Hi Steve,

Your reply prompted me to do some research. I think it's highly
unlikely that NZ will go DVB-S2. From the press releases I've read from
TVNZ, DVB-T will be the primary delivery medium and DVB-S intended for
fringe areas. If any channels do go HD, they can still be delivered over
DVB-S with H.264. As long as the tuner card is streaming the entire TS
stream it doesn't care what codec is being used. Although I can't find
anything concrete, many sources believe Freeview won't launch
with HD. By the time it does though, H.264 support in LiveTV should be
fairly mature.

I think we're safe investing in DVB-S cards.

Sam.


On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 15:58:56 +1300 (NZDT)
"Steven Ellis" <steven@openmedia.co.nz> wrote:

> Sam Hadley-Jones wrote:
> > Thanks for the info Steve. I was under the illusion that DVB-S cards
> > would work fine with hdtv/freeview. If you think that there may be
> > compatibility issues then I'll hold off as well.
> 
> 1. We don't know if/when freeview will go HD
> 
> 2. In Europe HD has typically gone H264 and DVB-S2.
> 
> 3. Keeping my ears to the ground :)
> 
> Steve
> 
> > Let me know when you find out anything.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sam.
> >
> > On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:28:21 +1300
> > Steven Ellis <steven@openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> Sam Hadley-Jones wrote:
> >> > Hi Steve,
> >> >
> >> > Do you currently have the Technisat SkyStar 2 dvb cards in
> >> > stock? At what price? If you don't have any in stock at the
> >> > moment, would you be interested in a group buy on the mythtvnz
> >> > mailing list?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Hi Sam..
> >>
> >> No I've held off bringing any in until its clear if we need DVB-S
> >> or DVB-S2 cards.
> >>
> >> Might be interested if there is a group buy. Problem is my local
> >> distributors trade price is higher than DVB-Shop's retail.
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >
> 
> 
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