[mythtvnz] Sky HD

[David Zanetti]

On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 12:39 +1200, Steven Ellis wrote:
> David Zanetti wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 11:48 +1200, Craig Whitmore wrote:
> >   
> >> On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 11:32 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> >>     
> >>> I haven't read any publicity or technical info on Sky HD.
> >>>
> >>> Are Sky offering TV1/2/3 feeds in HD unencrypted from Optus D1?
> >>>
> >>> If so can a normal DVB-S card capture the signal?
> >>>       
> >> The broadcasts as far as I know are DVB-S2 NDS encryted signals.
> >>     
> >
> > AFAIK it's not -S2, but -S on spare transponder space they found by
> > pushing bitrates a bit further down.
> >
> > Don't believe Optus D1 had any -S2 transponders on it.
> >   
> If you pull the network information off the current SD transmissions you
> get the following
[-S2 transponders]

Iiiiiinteresting. That's not what was expected at all when D1 launch was
discussed at length. 

I see they're only doing 8PSK on one of the transponders, which seems a
little odd :)

-- 
David Zanetti <dave2 at wetstring.net>
http://hairy.geek.nz/
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