All posts by Briantist
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Garry: Yes, that is correct. As long as you have a large enough dish pointing at the correct satellites.
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John: Which HD system are you using?
Freeview HD only supports standard stereo at the moment, and this should be the same level.
Freesat HD supports 5.1 "surround" sound. If you have "Dolby Digital" selected and don't have a 5.1 system, you will hear only part of the sound. If this is the case, switch the Freesat box to "stereo".
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John: Are you connecting the box to the TV using HDMI and then using the TV speakers, or are you using the SPDIF output to connect to an external amplifier?
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Mark Aberfan Aerials: Right, from memory there was a ban on TV aerials in Milton Keynes, or at least there used to be.
The system has belonged to various people, I think a BT subsidiary owned it at one point.
According the the MK Council's website - MK Council - GrowingMK -
"Virgin Media have said 'our ATV service in Milton Keynes will be unaffected by the national Digital Switchover programme. We will continue to provide the existing channels over the analogue platform as we have been doing so historically...' So, households should still get those five TV channels after switchover. "
From memory again, the system isn't the normal type of cable TV system you find in the UK, which were installed after the 1984 Cable Act, which have local headends with "star networks" of coax supplying each home. This allows for the necessary bidirectional communication for the digital (and indeed analogue) subscriber services.
The system in MK more like the old Rediffusion system, which is basically a big loop of coax with junctions. The only "conditional access" is if the home is physically connected to the "loop".
Thus, upgrading isn't just a case of new headends, but having to re-engineer the connection to each house, and I don't even think that any of the cable is the right type (it's aerial cable, not cable cable) and none of it was put in ducts.
This is from memory - the last time I stayed in Milton Keynes overnight was 1985. My schoolfriend and business partner Paul lived there, but he sadly died two years ago.
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jimbob: You could do, but it would be cheaper to order a Freesat From Sky card. The only extra channels provided are Fiver, Five USA and Sky3.
The channels are listed on the All free-to-watch channels | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
Call Sky on 08442 411 602.
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Sunday 20 February 2011 2:03PM
Jason Stone: Which "this" have you used please?
When analogue is turned off you will have a full Freeview service.