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Ultimate Spectral Efficiency Will Soon Be Here with DVB-C2
The old DVB-C standard has been used since 1994. The second generation standard came into effect during 2006 when European cable operators conveyed large concerns about the limited bandwidth they have utilise for the distribution of their services. The main … Continue reading
TeVii DVB-S/S2 PCIe S470 Review
Over the past few years the Taiwanese company TeVii has recognized the trend for satellite viewing via addon cards/usb boxes and PC’s. Today they’re back with one of their latest products, the TeVii DVB-S/S2 PCI-E S470 PC Card.
This new model is connected directly to the motherboard via a PCI-E slot. This is perfect for HDTV reception. According to the manufacturer, the minimum PC requirements are a 2 GHz CPU for SDTV or 2.4 GHz for HDTV, 512 MB RAM for SDTV and 1GB for HDTV as well as a graphics card with 128 MB of memory. The TeVii card supports the Windows 7, XP and Vista as well as Linux operating systems. The software supplied however is Windows flavor only though. Continue reading
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Changing Theme
It seems we’re having a few problems with our website theme and the comment system, so we’ll be changing it within the next 24 hours. Sorry about any downtime, and we’d just like to thank a couple of forums for mentioning us, thanks to satbox4all.nl and allsats.co.uk, we’ll put up a couple of proper links to you guys once we’ve fixed everything!
We’d also love to hear from anyone with Satellite news or related items you’d like to tell us about, email us at news@sattvreceiver.com or twitter us, and we’ll get right back to you.
Thanks again to everyone that’s visited so far, we’d like to make this a useful news site for everyone and help out both pro’s and amateur’s alike where we can! Continue reading
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Freeview HD Fake deals – Beware!
In the wake of Freeview HD’s ‘launch’ this week, we’ve noticed few websites selling receivers which combine ‘ Freeview ‘ with ‘HD’ in ways likely to mislead. As Freeview made clear on Wednesday , the short supply of components for the new DVB-T2 transmission system means no receivers will go on sale until January. Continue reading
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Tagged Dish, equipment, freeview, french, LNB, motor, news, noticed-few, official-website, product, Satellite Launch, satellite tv on pc, software, transponder, tv on pc
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Ofcom’s roadmap for HD TV from 3D to Ultra High Definition
Ofcom predicts a slow start but bright future for 3D and Ultra High Definition TV in the next decade. A report backing the best technology to get 3D and UHDTV on Freeview , satellite and broadband platforms predicts a tough time for technology’s flavour of the month, 3D. It comes from ZetaCast, the consultants who proposed the current scheme for launching Freeview HD. Continue reading
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Sony unveils 3D Television technology
Sony has this week unveiled its prototype 3D display technology, demonstrating their growing expertise in the field of 3D HD technologies.
Although the technology isn’t yet named, it produces a true color image which looks a lot like a hologram, but unfortunately isn’t. The unit is approximately a third of a meter tall, with the display itself being much smaller but still providing around 3.9 million pixels, similar to a 1080p HD image. Early uses for this technology are likely to be in the medical field, such as imaging, and also CAD (computer aided design). Continue reading
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BBC HD boss sticks up for picture quality
The fuss over BBC’s picture quality has made it as far as the newspapers now, with the Telegraph and (predictably) the Daily Mail wading in to hammer the BBC over whether the channel’s putting out sub-par broadcasts. Continue reading
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Almost 30 Million Digital Terrestrial receivers now in use
29.7 million DTT converted TV sets in the UK Continue reading
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