[opendtv] Re: Humax unveils Freeview HD receiver
- From: Barry Wilkins <barry.barrywilkins@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:52:53 +1300
I'm not sure if that is anything unique. We get Freeview HD in NZ and TIVO
is available (to purchase) to record it on with movie download ability.
There are other HD PVRs available to record Freeview.
Furthermore there is no licence fee to pay or subscription required.
I imagine it is much the same in Australia now they have their own
"Freeview" type service.
Regards,
Barry Wilkins
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Stessen, Jeroen <jeroen.stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Bert:
> > Wow. Imagine that. You can actually get a Freeview HD PVR next year,
> > with no subscription. Any bets on whether it will cross the Atlantic?
>
> What good would that do you ? This box obviously has no common interface
> slot, so you can not insert a conditional access module, and thus you can
> not
> receive any encrypted programs. The only reason that the Brits get free TV
> is
> because they all pay a heavy licence fee for receiving anything at all, and
> they
> live on an island, and the satellite beam that lights them up does not have
> much
> spill-over into the European continent. So encryption is not necessary for
> them.
>
> Luckily I live just inside their beam (from Astra 2 at 25E)... There used
> to be a
> rumour that another beam from the same position and at the same frequencies
> would be aimed at Eastern Europe, and then we would get both signals at the
> same time, i.e. no picture at all. That's more effective than
> encryption.....
>
> Groeten,
> -- Jeroen
>
> Jeroen H. Stessen
> Specialist Picture Quality
>
> Philips Consumer Lifestyle
> Advanced Technology (Eindhoven)
> High Tech Campus 37 - room 8.042
> 5656 AE Eindhoven - Nederland
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