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Originally Posted by Horizon
I currently don't have a dvb-c pc card, so I cannot check whether all channels are encrypted or not. Or, whether tests are happening or not, so I cannot check whether the information from that foreign based site is accurate.
If anyone has a dvb-c card, perhaps they can have a look. Even a tv with a built in cable tuner, samsung does them, would tell if some channels are FTA
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I'm guessing then that you have failed to understand the point of the last several posts you have replied to. The SDR hobbyist running the tests, used an SDR tuner with a DVD-C driver. Basically the same as a DVB-C PC card but far more stable across the entire frequency range and heavily shielded, so less likely to inject noise into the cable network than a basic DVB-C PC card.
Your point about the digitalbitrate site possibly being inaccurate because it is foreign is just plain silly, it has DVB / DAB scans from all over Europe, it has to be based somewhere. The scans are clearly made in Liverpool. I referred you to that site as the independent scans made by the SDR hobbyist confirmed the details on the site. Each transport stream was run through a TS Analyser and I have seen csv files detailing the content of each transport stream.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
If we get any more 'channels testing' messages on the 'Coming Soon' thread, we can safely ignore them as totally meaningless!
It's just like April Fools Day all over again!!  |
LOL, "there's no smoke without fire". If a new channel name shows up it's always going to be an indication that it could be "coming soon".
The purpose of checking the actual transport streams was to reconcile the difference between claims on here of channels testing and the absence of these channels on the digitalbitrate transport stream scans. The conclusion was that the channel description and EPG data has been added to the SI tables but the services aren't present on the transport streams. "Testing" tends to suggest that the video and audio streams are up and running, waiting to be added to the EPG, that's not the case for all of the channels. The BBC Olympic channels are, largely, up and running and ready to be added to the EPG. The other "tests".. not at such an advanced stage.
It does make me wonder why VM use actual channel names at such an early stage, it would be better, for them, to use a vague service name until the service is ready to be added to the EPG.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Is the Fox News that is broadcasting off the EPG the SD or HD version?
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Hard to tell in the absence of a video stream...
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
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Also news here
http://www.tvbeurope.com/atresmedia-coming-to-the-uk/
If VM are actually "looking to invest in foreign-language offerings" they don't seem to be giving it much publicity!