DVB-T2 switch-on scheduled for June 2011

Toilet_Duck said:
How does this affect the gap fillers in rural areas? Some of them run off of DStv decoders and are extremely low power. Would these also need to go digital?
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You would think so, because they are talking about 100% digital coverage... but they are busy installing new analogue ones.
 
Nerfherder said:
Satellite has nothing to do with terrestrial TV broadcasts.
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Some of the transmitters in rural areas run of 4 satellite decoders, set to SABC 1, 2, 3 and eTV.

EDIT: Actually all of them run of satellite decoders. The bigger ones use proper broadcast quality stuff, while the rural ones run of DStv/Vivid decoders into modulators.
 
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Quantum Theory said:
Some of the transmitters in rural areas run of 4 satellite decoders, set to SABC 1, 2, 3 and eTV.
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Yes but this is still terrestrial signal we are talking about. If they are going to change the standard for how they broadcast satellite then that is a separate thing.

If you receive a tv signal from a TV aerial then you need to get a STB.
 
Nerfherder said:
Yes but this is still terrestrial signal we are talking about. If they are going to change the standard for how they broadcast satellite then that is a separate thing.

If you receive a tv signal from a TV aerial then you need to get a STB.
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He is talking about the terrestrial repeaters which transmit analogue terrestrial signals to the rural areas. They are obtaining their signal via satellite (DVB-S) and retransmitting it as an analogue terrestrial signal for people to watch using standard TV and antenna.
 
Nerfherder said:
Yes but this is still terrestrial signal we are talking about. If they are going to change the standard for how they broadcast satellite then that is a separate thing.

If you receive a tv signal from a TV aerial then you need to get a STB.
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I'm just referring to your statement, telling Toilet Duck that satellite is not involved. He was talking about the decoders at the gap filler transmitters.
 
STB with CAM

A great idea would be for the Set Top Box (STB) to have a Conditional Access Module (CAM aka SIM Card) so that you pay for what you view.
This will increase revenue for the SABC and get rid of the requirement for TV inspectors.
 
If you have an HD TV you won't want to watch anything available via DVB-T2.

The online route is more promising, Hulu and XFINITY TV give you the show that you want when you want it. No more living your life to a TV schedule.

Soon (this year) pushplay.co.za will launch a streaming service similar to (and with with help from) Netflix. Then DSTV will have some proper competition (except for sports content).
 
Nerfherder said:
Yes but this is still terrestrial signal we are talking about. If they are going to change the standard for how they broadcast satellite then that is a separate thing.

If you receive a tv signal from a TV aerial then you need to get a STB.
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I wasn't talking about satellite. I was just wondering if these gap fillers would go digital too.
 
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Ten channels instead of four certainly pose the question as to production of content! (or shall they cycle through all the old movies on a weekly basis instead of every few months?)
 
mayurh said:
this is good news.but are there any set top boxes out there?
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not yet..... if you don't buy a box you cannot watch tv. do you still have to pay tv license?
 
Hope the stb also more than 1 tv connection

Toptv
Dstv
Ondemand
Stb

Ya a lot of remotes,my tv going be plugged up lmao
 
Azrael said:
I can actually pick up the digital feed with my Sony Bravia, I can see the EPG info and everything - however the video/audio feed is encrypted.
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I've run the scan some months ago and also picked up this EPG, re-ran it last night and no difference. I was actually wondering if the channels weren't something to do with the SD-PVR downstairs. What model is your Bravia? Mine is a KDL32EX400.
 
Terrestrial broadcasts are like a dead rate that just won't go away, the smell makes it impossible to do anything near it.

What I am trying to say is that they can use terrestrial for low latency communication networks - it is a much better use of spectrum. Let mindless one way TV streams come from space on cheaper and highly proven DVB-S platforms.
 
Nerfherder said:
The article says yes, everyone by 2015.

I think those are going to be the last ones though.
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Nerfherder, they are installing brand new analogue gap filler transmitters as we speak. This seem to contradict the fact that there will be 100% digital coverage by 2013 (what the article actually says), or even 2015. Not sure what their plans are.
 
system32 said:
A great idea would be for the Set Top Box (STB) to have a Conditional Access Module (CAM aka SIM Card) so that you pay for what you view.
This will increase revenue for the SABC and get rid of the requirement for TV inspectors.
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Brilliant idea! Write in to the DoC with that.

The idea of charging a license on TVs can't last. I for one will never own a TV. I use a regular large computer monitor with a media centre and/or decoder and/or digital tuner plugged in. A "TV" is now any combination of screen and input equipment.
 
Cross-post, sorry!

Digital switch-over in the UK is still a mess, and was a mess when I was last there in 2004:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital...United_Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital...United_Kingdom

I don't see ZA getting it right in a shorter period over a larger land mass especially with a newer standard and the ANC looking after it.

For ZA Satellite is a far more intelligent approach. You can currently get a dish and decoder (for DSTV or TopTV) for less than the proposed subsidised price of a terrestrial signal decoder. Not going to find the link now but that price is here on the forums somewhere.

If Sentech didn't scramble the SABC1, SABC2, SABC3 and e.TV channels on PAS7/10 you could receive them for free without paying DSTV R20 a month for the privilege, nor would you have to purchase the new terrestrial STB when it finally arrives (if it ever does).

Sentech should be broadcasting free to air (unencrypted) on satellite already.
 
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