Hotel DStv

[tRoN]

I haven't stayed in a local hotel in awhile.
I was interested to see the Dstv setup with a physical decoder connected to LAN. The remote was the Dstv alone to control the TV and channels.
Is this the norm in South African hotels now.

 

[Quantum Theory]

No. Only in some of the bigger ones. IPTV kit is very expensive.

 

[Captain Beer]

No. Only in some of the bigger ones. IPTV kit is very expensive.

That decoder, is it 100% IPTV? No satellite input? Are the channels still collected via satellite and then multiplexed onto the network?

 

[tRoN]

That decoder, is it 100% IPTV? No satellite input? Are the channels still collected via satellite and then multiplexed onto the network?

The decoder has an RF out connected to it.

 

[Quantum Theory]

That decoder, is it 100% IPTV? No satellite input? Are the channels still collected via satellite and then multiplexed onto the network?

Yes. Yes. Yes.

The equipment that turns DVB-S into encrypted IP is expensive. An IP version of the HD PVR 2P is the decoder used in residential DVB over IP networks.