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EPGs: the proprietary debate
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<blockquote data-quote="cjgall" data-source="post: 22699" data-attributes="member: 175963"><p>I would still argue for an pan European standard. Take the Netherlands for instance. Digitenne has opted to encode transmissions so you need a special box and a smart card. Digitenne is trying to market its product as a 'mobile option'. You can use it at home, at the campsite or on the boat. This is all well and good but as 120% of the Dutch population own a caravan and the Dutch do like to travel abroad. Not adopting an open standard would mean that a Dutch box would not work in say France and so on. Having said that, the three national stations NED1,2&3 will be FTA once analogue transmissions are turned off (planned for 2007 but...) but he commercial channels will remain encrypted. The Digitenne decision to use the conax encryptions system did influence my decision not to buy a digitenne box (I installed my first sat system just a few weeks ago), that along with the fact that the current list of channels is limited to Dutch channels and BBC prime, which cannot compete with satellite and cabel. I for one am not prepared to pat 8.95 Euro per month for the couple of weekends I may or may not spend on a Dutch campsite. However, I will probaly buy a digitenne box one Ned1,&3 go FTA.</p><p></p><p>Although initial takeup of Digitenne seams quite good, i don't see it seriously competing with cabel for the moment, as it costs rougly the same and you get a lot fewer channels, albeit better quality.</p><p></p><p>Due to the limited range of DTT I find it absurd that DTT transmisions are encrypted and the analogue counterparts are not. </p><p></p><p>I agree that Sky should licence out videoguard. I could then go out and by a Videoguard CA module a do away with my Sky box altogether. So, not only UK consumers would benifit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cjgall, post: 22699, member: 175963"] I would still argue for an pan European standard. Take the Netherlands for instance. Digitenne has opted to encode transmissions so you need a special box and a smart card. Digitenne is trying to market its product as a 'mobile option'. You can use it at home, at the campsite or on the boat. This is all well and good but as 120% of the Dutch population own a caravan and the Dutch do like to travel abroad. Not adopting an open standard would mean that a Dutch box would not work in say France and so on. Having said that, the three national stations NED1,2&3 will be FTA once analogue transmissions are turned off (planned for 2007 but...) but he commercial channels will remain encrypted. The Digitenne decision to use the conax encryptions system did influence my decision not to buy a digitenne box (I installed my first sat system just a few weeks ago), that along with the fact that the current list of channels is limited to Dutch channels and BBC prime, which cannot compete with satellite and cabel. I for one am not prepared to pat 8.95 Euro per month for the couple of weekends I may or may not spend on a Dutch campsite. However, I will probaly buy a digitenne box one Ned1,&3 go FTA. Although initial takeup of Digitenne seams quite good, i don't see it seriously competing with cabel for the moment, as it costs rougly the same and you get a lot fewer channels, albeit better quality. Due to the limited range of DTT I find it absurd that DTT transmisions are encrypted and the analogue counterparts are not. I agree that Sky should licence out videoguard. I could then go out and by a Videoguard CA module a do away with my Sky box altogether. So, not only UK consumers would benifit. [/QUOTE]
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