Thanks Gavin Interesting spin on the gov't's definition of 'free to air' then ;-) isn't there a watchdog to prevent this type of behaviour?
I understood that it wasn't an issue of signal strength, and that they were having to use different shaped aerials - the chap mentioned that he has a good view of the transmitter from his window, but still can't extract the digital signal as it's transmitted over a larger frequency range. Any tips on what I should be looking for in a dvb-t card (eg don't get a budget as you can't view the images ?) or are they much of a muchness and I should aim cheap ? (who sells these damned things anyway?) tc > -----Original Message----- [snip] > > Hi Tim :) > > You're in the UK, so if you want digital TV based on a Linux > platform, DVB-T > is your only choice. > > Sky Digital is unusable because all channels are encrypted > with Sky's own > proprietary 'Videoguard' system for which a CAM is not > available. Means if > you want to watch Sky Digital, you need to have a Sky Digibox. > > The cable route is closed for exactly the same reason - both ntl: and > TeleWest are using encryption and not allowing you to use the > smartcard in > anything other than their own decoder boxes. > > So that leaves you with DVB-T and the poor selection of > channels availble on > Freeview. > > Yes you may require a new aerial, but it's likely you can get > away with just > adding a signal booster in your living room :) > > Cheers, > Gavin. > > > -- > Info: > To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject. > > -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
