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27-07-2009
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4th November is the date set for those receiving Analogue and digital signals from the Winter Hill transmitter, and as of today, it's 100 days to the beginning of the end of the analogue signals in the Granada region...  BBC2 will be turned off on the 4th Nov., and the rest will follow on the 2nd of December, all digital terrestrial equipment must be retuned on the first and second switchoffs, let's hope slightly older freeview boxes don't commit suicide with the different MUX setups... | ||
| I think your car looks funny too...... Proud owner of a satellites.co.uk cap & T-Shirt...  (though the latter no longer fits due to my ever expanding waistline!!!) Resident KIRBY Vacuum nut...  | |||
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27-07-2009
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| Site administrator  Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S  The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | Good luck - Granada viewers need it if the level of information that was given out in the Selkirk switch off last November was anything to go by! | ||
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27-07-2009
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| Sky Remote Breaker... Join Date: 05-01-2006 Location: Near Pendle Hill, Lancashire
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 But I did know that the switchoff was set to start in November, whether anyone else did, I dunno, there's been enough ads for the DigitalUK thing, with that annoying robot, "Digit Al", but I don't see why we need to go digital, switching off the channels just opens up the frequencies for more cr*p!!! | |||
| I think your car looks funny too...... Proud owner of a satellites.co.uk cap & T-Shirt... (though the latter no longer fits due to my ever expanding waistline!!!) Resident KIRBY Vacuum nut... | ||||
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27-07-2009
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| Toute Ronde Bon Oeuf  Real name: Gordon Join Date: 29-05-2009 Location: North Yorks Moors
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My System: Triax 1.1m and Orbital 80cm Motorised Dishes. Various fixed Dishes. Eclectic selection of Digital and Analogue Receivers. Complex switching and distribution that SWMBO cannot fathom. Nor me. |
DigitalUK are about as useless as t*ts on a Cricket bat  | |||
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27-07-2009
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| Amo Amas Amant Admin  Join Date: 18-11-2004 Location: Blackburn NW England (Siberia)
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My System: IDD CI24 ECONO MM Penta 1.20 Galaxy II 1.2Mtr Polar MTG yes it has been on the arc for 21 years and is still driven by a modified wiper motor from a Ford Anglia. It's like me sometimes groans but always performs Saved us from the black plague of ignoratio elenchi, he awaits a special badge with jugs |
I was aware of the time scale however I fail to see what all the fuss is about, last figures I heard were that 88% of the population have gone digital in this area. Perhaps the 12% are sticking it out thinking they will get a freebee and not have to fork out money...... | ||
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27-07-2009
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| Manic Midlander Moderator  Join Date: 24-09-2006 Location: West Midlands. UK
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My System: Dreambox 7020si, Technomate TM600, Technomate TM9100 Fracarro Penta 85 Dish, Televes 0.6dB Quad lnb, TM SG2200 motor. 60cm Channel Master BSB dish on 28e, Mti Blueline 0.2db Twin Lnb. Rover ST-4 Meter Cyfra+ Subscription | Lets just hope they get it right otherwise i can see another month stint in Bolton coming  If its anything to go by whats happening in the Central region at the moment they are going to be in big do do  Its great fun setting up IRS systems when the local transmitter (Sutton Coldfield) decide to switch off the digital mux your trying to level out  I thought my meter had packed up at first, until i had a few phone calls from other work colleagues who were having the same problems. So nice of them to inform us   Nano | ||
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22-09-2009
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My System: AB IPbox 9000HD, only a fixed dish for now.. | I use Crystal Palace, London. We have started to get a "retune your box on or before 30 Sept" (or else!) banner in the last few days. Didnt think there was any changes in this area yet, anyone know? | ||
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22-09-2009
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| Sky Remote Breaker... Join Date: 05-01-2006 Location: Near Pendle Hill, Lancashire
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos there's no room for dishes here... :( The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! |
_http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/ They will have all the info you need...  | |||
| I think your car looks funny too...... Proud owner of a satellites.co.uk cap & T-Shirt... (though the latter no longer fits due to my ever expanding waistline!!!) Resident KIRBY Vacuum nut... | ||||
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23-09-2009
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| Believe it when I see it Admin.  Real name: Rolf Join Date: 01-05-1999 Location: Southern England
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Blog Entries: 5 My System: Pace Sky HD, DM7000s, CubeRevo 3000HDPVR, Transparent 80cm Dish, Moteck SG2100 DiseqC motor, lots of legacy gear. Meters: Satlook Digital NIT, Televes H45 Digital Spectrum analyser. | It is not a tune before, it is a tune on or after banner, all that will happen if you don't, will be that you will lose Channel Five, ITV4 and the BBC radio channels. So nothing too serious to worry about. http://www.freeview.co.uk/freeview/P...etune-campaign | ||
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24-09-2009
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| Sky Remote Breaker... Join Date: 05-01-2006 Location: Near Pendle Hill, Lancashire
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos there's no room for dishes here... :( The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! | I'm just not looking forward to the date set for WH, cos I discovered this week that our Sony KD-28DL10U IDTV has a software issue meaning it refuses to retune (gets stuck at 2%), so unless Sony reply to my e-mail about getting it fixed, then the TV will be screwed, cos sony didn't have the foresight to make sure the TV was compatible with future upgrades like other Freeview-based device manufacturers were...  Oh well, best be on the lookout for a decent separate freeview box then... EDIT: And that Retune on the 30th, well, we're definitely screwed!!!  | ||
| I think your car looks funny too...... Proud owner of a satellites.co.uk cap & T-Shirt... (though the latter no longer fits due to my ever expanding waistline!!!) Resident KIRBY Vacuum nut... | |||
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2 Weeks Ago
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos there's no room for dishes here... :( The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! | Well, that's BBC2 Analogue offline, and all Digital stuff off too and needs retuning cos they just changed the transmission layout... | ||
| I think your car looks funny too...... Proud owner of a satellites.co.uk cap & T-Shirt... (though the latter no longer fits due to my ever expanding waistline!!!) Resident KIRBY Vacuum nut... | |||
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2 Weeks Ago
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| Believe it when I see it Admin. Real name: Rolf Join Date: 01-05-1999 Location: Southern England
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Blog Entries: 5 My System: Pace Sky HD, DM7000s, CubeRevo 3000HDPVR, Transparent 80cm Dish, Moteck SG2100 DiseqC motor, lots of legacy gear. Meters: Satlook Digital NIT, Televes H45 Digital Spectrum analyser. | So did you get your software updated on the Sony? | ||
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2 Weeks Ago
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| Specialist Contributor Join Date: 29-06-2009 Location: UK
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My System: IP9000HD twin HD tuner operating > Triax TD110 Dish & 80cm FaVal Dish working in Tandem 60degEast to 60degWest Humax HDCI2000 operating > VboxII & 1.8 m Alcoa PF dish + Pauxis C-Band lnbf... Skystar2 /Twinhan SD /TS S2-3200 pci cards | Obviously some 'in the know' guys on this thread .. Just curious as to how much of the spectrum will be re-used for digital TV (HD in particular) ... Or has HMgvt got designs on any spectrum freed up for 'selling' off to private enterprise.. The 3G auction of usuable spectrum springs to mind.. It certainly filled the treasury koffers at the time with some very scary sums of money involved at the time... rgds | ||
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos there's no room for dishes here... :( The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! |
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| Site administrator Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue |
The government is looking at flogging off about a third of the tv frequency spectrum for other use - if anyone wants to start up other HD channels they will have to pay the commercial going rate for the appropriate spectrum for each transmitter. | |||
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My System: IP9000HD twin HD tuner operating > Triax TD110 Dish & 80cm FaVal Dish working in Tandem 60degEast to 60degWest Humax HDCI2000 operating > VboxII & 1.8 m Alcoa PF dish + Pauxis C-Band lnbf... Skystar2 /Twinhan SD /TS S2-3200 pci cards |
I had a feeling that would likely be the case.. rgds | |||
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