[mythtvnz] Best type of splitter for Sky + MythTV DVB-S

Steve Hodge mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:23:52 +1300


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On 2/5/07, Steven Ellis <steven@openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
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> Steve Hodge wrote:
> > Surely if Sky stay on V and FreeView is on H, dual LNB (or a dual
> > ported LNB) is the only workable solution?
> Which "officially" speaking you can't fit on a Sky Dish anyway.


So Sky might expect us to replace the dish?

> 1. Splitter with all ports power pass - can't record both FreeView and
> > Sky at the same time, presumably.
> Big problem - So can't do


Does anyone know what happens if you try this? In my brief testing the other
day Sky seemed to work fine and FreeView was a bit stuttery, but I'm not
sure if that was a conseqence of trying to run both at once or not.


> At the moment this is going to hurt FreeView a lot more than Sky.
>

Yes. And there doesn't seem to be much incentive for Sky to play ball
unfortunately.

Steve

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On 2/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Ellis</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:steven@openmedia.co.nz">steven@openmedia.co.nz</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Steve Hodge wrote:<br>&gt; Surely if Sky stay on V and FreeView is on H, dual LNB (or a dual<br>&gt; ported LNB) is the only workable solution?<br>Which &quot;officially&quot; speaking you can&#39;t fit on a Sky Dish anyway.
</blockquote><div><br>So Sky might expect us to replace the dish?<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">&gt; 1. Splitter with all ports power pass - can&#39;t record both FreeView and
<br>&gt; Sky at the same time, presumably.<br>Big problem - So can&#39;t do</blockquote><div><br>Does anyone know what happens if you try this? In my brief testing the other day Sky seemed to work fine and FreeView was a bit stuttery, but I&#39;m not sure if that was a conseqence of trying to run both at once or not.
<br>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">At the moment this is going to hurt FreeView a lot more than Sky.<br></blockquote>
</div><br>Yes. And there doesn&#39;t seem to be much incentive for Sky to play ball unfortunately.<br><br>Steve<br><br>

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