Virgin to use DVB-C2? - Page 2

Stuart · 13-06-2011, 19:42

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl

yeah, i wasn't meaning in the short term as it would cost a bomb but in the long term it would be in virgin's interest to get dvb-c2 tuners in boxes asap.

They've just spend tens of millions on hardware for the NGTV project that will free up considerable bandwidth by allowing them to switch unwatched channels off on an area-by-area basis, amongst other things. They are likely to want to get the best out of this system before they look at upgrading it. This will probably take a good few years, in the meantime, DVB-C3 will be out.

virginruinedntl · 13-06-2011, 20:23

maybe virgin could create a way to transfer recordings from v+ scientifica to samsung or tivo box via the usb port using a usb to usb cable, that way users wouldn't lose their recordings.

jb66 · 13-06-2011, 20:38

USB to USB isn't possible as both boxes would be powering the cable, ethernet would work. I collected 2 sa8300s today. Thought they were finished!

muppetman11 · 13-06-2011, 20:42

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Originally Posted by jb66

USB to USB isn't possible as both boxes would be powering the cable, ethernet would work. I collected 2 sa8300s today. Thought they were finished!

The Samsung V+HD is a decent box , however the SA V+ looked like a Ferguson videostar all it was missing was a remote on a wire LOL

it does produce a great SD picture though.

virginruinedntl · 13-06-2011, 20:55

yeah the SA looks horrible, i like the look of my samsung box, very attractive imo, shame its not fanless. Roll on Mpeg4 for HD! I hope virgin would keep the AC3 for audio instead of using HE-AAC like freeview hd.

I'd quite like to see new freeview channels and rebranded channels to be launched on dvb-t2 using h264 and HE-AAC, this would force people to get freeview hd boxes and tv's, a bit like how e4 and bbc3 were used for new tv shows to encourage people to go digital. As the uk govt will be looking to switch to dvb-t2 and mpeg4 in several years from now, anyway thats getting off topic.

btw h.265 is due to be ratified in 2013, even more uncertainty for us to worry about :P

spiderplant · 13-06-2011, 21:03

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl

maybe virgin could create a way to transfer recordings from v+ scientifica to samsung or tivo box via the usb port using a usb to usb cable, that way users wouldn't lose their recordings.

Even if this was possible, it would take hours to copy on the Samsung V+, and days (weeks?) on the SA. Never going to happen.

virginruinedntl · 13-06-2011, 22:08

100mbit would be 11mb/s. 1hr of recording would be 6gb ish, most people don't have that many hours of recordings on.

Stuart · 13-06-2011, 22:28

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl

btw h.265 is due to be ratified in 2013, even more uncertainty for us to worry about :P

Well, the specification of h.264 was ratified in 2003, and it didn't really receive widespread use until around 2007/2008, so at this rate, we won't need to worry about h.265 until around 2018.