Can Digital TV connect the unconnected?

Good article. Apart from General Nyanda and some Brazilian manufacturers,there doesn't seem to be anyone really interested in ISDB...
 
I wonder how big the bribe was to this Brazilian guy Filho to punt tv as a pc / broadband alternative? With ludicrous suggestions like that, he should be made an honorary anc member. Maybe even make him head of the sabc.
 
1984

"SkyNet" is coming :crying:

OK OK -- my mind has been corrupted by the SABC
and
Sarah Connor

Never mind about the unconnected lets worry about the terminated

Well if the Terminator can be terminated perhaps there is hope the ANC can also be terminated ;):D

Oh HAPPY DAYS
 
the doc can't organize squat. they can't agree on anything, when and if they ever move totally to digital i will not get a box and also stop paying tv license.
 
Dreyer said that for basic “wow-factor” interactivity you don't need a return path.

No return path essentially means no Internet.
Without a return path there is no way to enter search criteria, click on buttons, etc. The provider would only have a catalogue of static pages that can be browsed.
Adding a GSM connection would push the price of the STB and the operating costs thereof out of the reach of the masses unless the cellular providers come to the party.

Example:
If a child wanted to do some research for a school project they wouldn't be able to use Wikipedia unless the provider caches the entire Wikipedia web site, sends it to the STB and creates a way to navigate it on the STB.

Mr Dreyer, I'd hardly call that "wow-factor" interactivity.
 
If Nyanda is involved in a turnaround like this you can be sure there's been some underhanded dealings, he's just that sort of opportunistic communist-turned-capitalist. No I don't have proof, I just know you cannot trust someone who sells his principles for a quick buck. As for the whole issue, anything the SABC does leaves me cold. I'd rather have my tv denatured than watch that excrement.
 
In a semi-technical document like this, please keep the spelling checkers on ;)

Hehe, fixed.

No return path essentially means no Internet.

Without a return path there is no way to enter search criteria, click on buttons, etc. The provider would only have a catalogue of static pages that can be browsed.

Adding a GSM connection would push the price of the STB and the operating costs thereof out of the reach of the masses unless the cellular providers come to the party.

Example:
If a child wanted to do some research for a school project they wouldn't be able to use Wikipedia unless the provider caches the entire Wikipedia web site, sends it to the STB and creates a way to navigate it on the STB.

Mr Dreyer, I'd hardly call that "wow-factor" interactivity.

You can actually allow for button presses and search criteria with local and pseudo interactivity. Similar things are happening on DStv with sports matches and the like. But you are correct in saying no Internet and that the entirety of the content would effectively have to be available to the STB, whether stored or whether as part of the broadcast stream.

If a child wanted to use his television to use Wikipedia to do research for a school project there are more problems than caching the website.

Let's say the child's parents go to the extra cost to buy a dial-up modem for the STB at greater cost than the STB itself. Now Wikipedia has to be repurposed to be viewed on a television screen, unless said parents also bought a 720p or 1080p. Even then someone would have to develop a browser that runs on the STB.

Let's go further and say that a decent W3C compliant browser exists for MHEG-enabled STBs that works on high-res TV screens. Now you have to navigate Wikipedia with a remote control and type in your search query with arrow keys (or perhaps the keypad, like typing an SMS).

And let's be honest, if you've got an HD TV you can probably buy an entry-level computer and a basic Internet connection with far better data capabilities.

Is it better than nothing? Probably. Is it 256kbps to every South African by 2019? Far from it.
 
Simply DTT is just that; broadcast television.

If you want interactivity you provide your own connection; at your expense. The set top box having a plug to connect to my connection is not DTT providing internet access.

Duh.
 
DVB-T2 Tender in India / www.dvb.org

Prasar Bharati, the Broadcasting Corporation of India, plans to introduce DVB-T2 services at 19 Locations in India and has published a formal tender notice. There are plans for DVB-T2 HD and SD services at 19 locations, and the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata will also have one HD-only service. The tender notices, which have just closed, can be found below and explicitly state that:

"The transmission facility will conform to DVB-T2 standards as per ETSI standards EN 302755 and TR 102831. The system shall be designed and implemented as described in DVB organizations' Documents A122 and A133." Document A133 covers the Implementation Guidelines for DVB-T2.

This tender notice and the growing interest for DVB-T2 in the region reconfirm India's 1999 decision to adopt DVB-T as its national Digital Terrestrial Television system, and could potentially create even bigger economies of scale for low DVB-T and DVB-T2 set-top box prices.

DVB-T2 has 40% more chanel capacity than isdb-t. DVB-T2 needs no adaptation to run on 8mhrz chanels. It is considered the only second generation standard in the World.
 
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