Moklet Kcuf
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Yes! Also one must not be critical of South Africa's great strides with protecting and embracing monopolistic capitalism!
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Yes! Also one must not be critical of South Africa's great strides with protecting and embracing monopolistic capitalism!
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kingrob
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I disagree with you here.
Multichoice never tried to be a monopoly, in fact, they were looking forward to the competition that Telkom Media would bring to the market....then Telkom sold it off to a Chinese company/consortium and did what they do best....a runner.
I think Naspers's whole idea with DSTV was to give South Africans choice....guess they all got bored of SABC.
I'm just really happy that I've got an alternative to SABC! And it's not DSTV's fault if there's nothing good on TV.....but it seems there's better stuff coming our way. Particularly looking forward to 'The Pacific' series by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. The trailer looks great!
Quantum Theory
Executive Member
So... do you know anything about this industry (does not look like it) or are you one of those serial complainers? Seems to be a lot of them around MBB.
DirecTV subsidizes their boxes. They have 18 million subscribers.
DTT in HD won't happen in the near future.
Not possible...
Moklet Kcuf
Senior Member
I was more or less refering to the average South African's apathy to being trodden on, sqeezed and ripped off. By greed ridden conglomerates that have far too much free reign.
It's the "Yes Boss" mentality that has to change, if we are ever going to have our voices heard.
Defending any companies' overpriced products is just daft.
Moklet Kcuf
Senior Member
I do know that I have Multichoice on my TV at the moment and that they are the only functioning Pay TV operator I can choose from. Some would say that is a Monopoly.
Better to be a serial complainer than a serial doormat
The Box for DirectTV I refer to is an independent item from Amazon. Subsidized? maybe. Ask Multichoice what 'sudsidize' means and they'd squirm in their seats.
That would be a shame, it's fully fledged elsewhere
Not (legally) possible
Fee, three weeks ago I would've told you to stay away from the HDPVR but not anymore. I was on my 5th decoder, (MultiChoice kept swopping it out as being 'faulty') recordings weren't recording, screen going black or green, sound problems etc. etc. etc. - the list is endless! Then I put in a second HDPVR in my bedroom and the new installer put in a bigger satelite dish and I haven't had a problem since then!
The installation is crucial and it's best to AVOID Aerial Excellence even though MC recommends them.
Quantum Theory
Executive Member
A lot of problems are installation related. There is some very dodgy "installers" out there.
MisterBigglesworth
Expert Member
I have used DSTV Time for all out installations...never had a problem, great service.
Thanks for all the response every1 but i have 1 more question before i buy. Is there any possible way to upgrade the HDD or addon something to enable the PVR to record for longer hours. Obviously once more HD channels gets released one would only want to record in HD which you only get 50hours of.
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
Nobody has tried yet.. so the answer to that question is nobody knows.
MisterBigglesworth
Expert Member
I have heard its possible...gonna have to do a search on the net though...
Smurfatefrog
Expert Member
Ok i got myself the PACE HD decoder for R3000 brand new but can only have it installed on Monday or Tuesday 
When im this excited i can hardly w8. Do i have to manually update the decoder or does it do this automatically wheneva new fw becomes available?
When im this excited i can hardly w8. Do i have to manually update the decoder or does it do this automatically wheneva new fw becomes available?
Mephisto_Helix
Resident Postwhore
I think you set it manually ........
Smurfatefrog
Expert Member
It should do it automatically during the night but rather manually do it as soon as its up & running
According to MC :
" In addition, work has started on an entry level HD PVR which will have a smaller hard disk capacity and will only offer view 1/record 1. This decoder is set for launch next year, however no date or price for this decoder have yet been confirmed. "
http://forum.dstv.com/showthread.php?t=3274
" In addition, work has started on an entry level HD PVR which will have a smaller hard disk capacity and will only offer view 1/record 1. This decoder is set for launch next year, however no date or price for this decoder have yet been confirmed. "
http://forum.dstv.com/showthread.php?t=3274