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John Pykett

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IIRC Sky besides the home transponder Sky has at least 3 other transponders which carry at least 24 hours of the EPG to allow updating the EPG if the box is consistently recording two channels at the same time - tuners can access more than one transponder at a time - it is only the software that limits the box to recording two channels. These are I believe the same alternative "default" trandponferd used by expats in fringe areas that could not receive the home transponder
im guessing that when i access my epg the tuner is accessing the home transponder and the channel that is on for mini tv?
 

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im guessing that when i access my epg the tuner is accessing the home transponder and the channel that is on for mini tv?
Unlikely unless the channel and home transponder are on the same polarisation and in the same frequency band. Far more likely it is accessing a cached version of the EPG if it is a single tuner box.

Think about it a tuner can only tell the lnb to send one of the four blocks of signals to the receiver - one polarisation and one frequency band at a time.
 
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Unlikely unless the channel and home transponder are on the same polarisation and in the same frequency band. Far more likely it is accessing a cached version of the EPG if it is a single tuner box.

Think about it a tuner can only tell the lnb to send one of the four blocks of signals to the receiver - one polarisation and one frequency band at a time.
how can it be cached if it doesnt have hard drive or usb drive connected?
 

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how can it be cached if it doesnt have hard drive or usb drive connected?

All processors have built in on-board cache
Cache memory, also called CPU memory, is random access memory (RAM) that a computer microprocessor can access more quickly than it can access regular RAM. This memory is typically integrated directly with the CPU chip or placed on a separate chip that has a separate bus interconnect with the CPU.
 
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Netgear telephone support just makes you want to bang your head on a brick wall.

20 minutes later on an 0845 telephone number, I have finally managed to get an rma so I can get my router fixed.

So I am limping along on an old modem router :-(
 

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Not too sure the concept of not watching TV when it is pissing down outside would really catch on in the UK...somehow and it would be a devils own job to try to focus something which could not be formed into a perfect parabola, but I take to point concerning the neatness of storage
 

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Not too sure the concept of not watching TV when it is pissing down outside would really catch on in the UK...somehow and it would be a devils own job to try to focus something which could not be formed into a perfect parabola, but I take to point concerning the neatness of storage


I cant get the video to play on this device, but it looks like a foldaway solar panel.
 

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EDF here in France are selling them..according to the US agents prices start at $20,000, so I'd guess not really cost effective to have it converted to a sat dish...
 

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Would this be possible to convert to a motorised satellite dish considering this contraption here has some sort of motor?
How would you get the folding petals to align with each other to form a decent parabola - it would take a lot of expensive extras to do so on top of its already cost of $20,000. Adjacent panels would have to rise or fall to align Petals folding that way is a non starter
 

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How would you get the folding petals to align with each other to form a decent parabola - it would take a lot of expensive extras to do so on top of its already cost of $20,000. Adjacent panels would have to rise or fall to align Petals folding that way is a non starter
another thing why is this live broadcast from iss on facebook laggy when live broadcasts on sky/freesat are not? International Space Station
 

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How does the 'signal' from the broadcast get to your screen from Facebook ?
internet but however the broadcast itself is in space then if its live then why its laggy unlike sky/freesat?
 

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And how does the internet get to your screen ?
 

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Do you believe social media has improved the method of getting transmissions from a low eath orbit object ?
 

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Faster than light perhaps?
 

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Got one of those "HMRC Tax refund"emails today, and you can guess what I did with it:-rofl2 - anyone one else get one?
 
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