DStv gets more satellite capacity

Is their user base really increasing, in order to make this necessary? I would have thought since more and more people are realising the alternatives, they would be needing less and less capacity.
 
Ho3n3r said:
Is their user base really increasing, in order to make this necessary? I would have thought since more and more people are realising the alternatives, they would be needing less and less capacity.
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Guessing alot of people are not technically inclined?
 
Ho3n3r said:
Is their user base really increasing, in order to make this necessary? I would have thought since more and more people are realising the alternatives, they would be needing less and less capacity.
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Its for Showmax :D
 
I love space, I love this stuff I want to visit NASA's museum so badly!
 
Thor187 said:
I love space, I love this stuff I want to visit NASA's museum so badly!
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The whole article is about the satellite launch, don't see how its off topic . . .

More so Kevin should't have such a general topic headline "DStv gets more satellite capacity", Should read more along the lines of "DStv launches backup satellite - Picture timeline"
 
blowdart18 said:
The whole article is about the satellite launch, don't see how its off topic . . .

More so Kevin should't have such a general topic headline "DStv gets more satellite capacity", Should read more along the lines of "DStv launches backup satellite - Picture timeline"
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It has sweet blue F all to do with Nasa.
 
More channels going to be broadcast with a 1hour delay ? Or just more repeats in general in the pipeline ?
 
Yay! they can have even more re-runs and 5-yr old programming again now.
 
Thor187 said:
I love space, I love this stuff I want to visit NASA's museum so badly!
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I found it quite disappointing, was mostly a bunch of fake things. I enjoyed the Natural History museum much more.
 
This planned launch has already been announced 2 years ago.

It's the reason why the older decoders, including the SD PVR, will no longer be able to receive the DStv signal from early next year.
 
Rickster said:
Is this the satellite that will make the SD PVR's unusable?
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Yes as MC plan to move some channels on to the new satellite on hi-band transponders, which MC conveniently by not updating the sw on the SD PVR, now claim the SD PVR is "unable to receive channels on hi-band transponders". This claim is total BS as the SD PVR and older decoders are technically capable of receiving hi-band signals, provided the decoder sw is changed to allow access to the hi-band transponders..

In fact up to about 3 years ago, there was a period when the SD PVR was receiving a few channels on a hi-band transponder on IS 7/10 .....

So when it suits them MC will "open up" the sw .:mad:
 
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SA is not the only country with buggy software running on the PVRs.

Helping a relative to get Freeview Plus going in Australia led me to some interesting findings about just how crappy their HbbTV PVR software is.
 
Kingofmybbknowitalls said:
SA is not the only country with buggy software running on the PVRs.

Helping a relative to get Freeview Plus going in Australia led me to some interesting findings about just how crappy their HbbTV PVR software is.
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Yup. Even the be all and end all of PVR services run by Sky in the UK is not all that it is claimed to be.

BUT, in the SD PVRs case, it is NOT a bug. The removal of access to hi-band transponders on the SD PVR and older decoders by MC is pre-meditated and deliberate!
 
daniellgr said:
Yes as MC plan to move some channels on to the new satellite on hi-band transponders, which MC conveniently by not updating the sw on the SD PVR, now claim the SD PVR is "unable to receive channels on hi-band transponders". This claim is total BS as the SD PVR and older decoders are technically capable of receiving hi-band signals, provided the decoder sw is changed to allow access to the hi-band transponders..

In fact up to about 3 years ago, there was a period when the SD PVR was receiving a few channels on a hi-band transponder on IS 7/10 .....

So when it suits them MC will "open up" the sw .:mad:
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Honestly I want my parents to be forced to buy explora's, the SD PVR is really showing its age, the UI is slow and looks horrible and its so loud because we have been using a laptop cooler to cool the damn thing because that micro fan they put into the decoder has seized.
 
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