Anyone wanna buy a D2MAC *encoder*

[Captain Jack]

Ebay item 220804771953... You can recreate your own D2MAC experience

 

[Channel Hopper]

Not unless it comes with a decoder, as I binned mine a few years back (which may have been a mistake)

Nothing wrong with D2MAC, a superb system in its day (TDF / Olympus at 19W/Intelsat at 27.5W/those 1W naughty Nordic channels etc)

Phwoar !

 

[A nonymous]

Have to agree with you there CH

I always thought it looked warmer than Digital.

Lets all chip in and start our own D2Mac satellite broadcast company

I'm kidding by the way lol

 

[Channel Hopper]

With broadband speeds, there's no need to pay out for the uplink. Just encrypt stuff, put it on here, and sell the boxes to those at the other end.

Now, about the content

 

[Captain Jack]

I have a Philips BDE353 decoder in the box here - mint condition with the remote still in its original packaging (as is the box).

CH, you buy the encoder and I'll provide the decryption You can even make an offer. Seriously, though, I wonder how much work it would take to get that encoder functional? All the connections looks proprietary.....

D2MAC is my favourite format by far. Picture quality is superb, especially on good quality channels like FilmNet+ (later Canal+), NRK, TV2 - always found TV1000's and TV3's a little low on quality but that's not format's fault.

 

[Vipersan]

Still got my Churchill in the loft ...
So ..
when does Satcouk-2-Dmac begin broadcasting ?
now where did I put the remote control ?
;)

 

[A nonymous]

Pity that i took my old Nokia D2MAC decoder down the tip a few years ago

 

[solly]

not receiver any channel d2mac now

 

[Captain Jack]

So it's still available - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rohde-Schwarz-Tv-generator-D-D2-MAC-SGDF-FreeShipping-/220804771953?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3368fd7071 - though it says that it's only a test pattern generator. Does that mean that it doesn't accept any external signal?

There's a datasheet available here - http://helmut-singer.de/stock/1096988536.html