[opendtv] Re: Why Freeview succeeded
- From: dmenolan <dmenolan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Jeroen
The BBC bit rates you are receiving FOC are the same on DVB-S (Astra 2) =
and DVB-T as a matter of policy. I think you might soon be receiving ITV =
FOC by the same route before long. And The Netherlands (Eindhoven) is in =
the primary beam of Astra 2D. I think it is well known that there are now=
many BBc and indeed ITV viewers (who have the FTV or Sky card ) in Europ=
e as there are a lot of people phoning in on live shows. It is very big b=
usiness in Southern Europe : with a 1.2M dish in Portugal (Algarve) all =
Sky Digital is perfect. There is a very big grey market: you just read th=
e expat newspapers for the ads..
Of course BBC are unencrypted and I would wager that their 16x9 broadcast=
s are being used to calibrate Philips widescreen TVs with off-air source.=
.
Kind Regards,
Dermot Nolan
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RE: [opendtv] Re: Why Freeview succeeded
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Hello, =
Alan Roberts wrote: =
> Freeview pictures are clearly inferior to the analogue pictures I get a=
t
> home, but I'm in a minority because I have a decent aerial and can see =
CP
> mast, so I get a good strong clean signal (21mV on BBC ONE analogue).
> (...) =
> But the biggest single selling point for me is that the channels are, =
for
> the most part, 16:9. The second biggest selling point is that I can get=
=
BBC
> FOUR and THREE.
I can get all of that here, hundreds of kilometers away, from =
the Astra2 satellite ! And in perfect quality too. For free ! =
If you think that the terrestrial signal is inferior (the same =
is said of the DVB-T signals in NL and Belgium), then I don't =
understand why you just don't get a satellite dish and get it =
over with. They compress more lightly, and you will be happier. =
I can send you a photo of my dish with 3 LNBs, and Triax don't =
even recommend this dish for 3. But it works anyway, haha. =
BTW, I will consider Digitenne (Dutch DVB-T) for a third or =
fourth TV, but my first and second will stay tuned on Astra ! =
Best, =
-- Jeroen =
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