Ross,
Didnt someone in your territory make a dish out of a warehouse frypan?
That would be an interesting demo!
Barry
Ross Drummond wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Nick Rout wrote:
For once CLUG does not clash with my Board of Trustees so I will
present about MythTV on 8 July 2008.
I am hoping to demo it actually working on a live TV feed, and/or
setting up from scratch, but I am open to suggestions of what people
actually want to see.
My own setup is freeview via DVB-S (satellite) which is probably the
best way to get a reasonable amount of digital TV in NZ at present.
However to demo that I will need a satellite to connect to.
So ...
We can either
1. set up a temporary satellite dish if anyone has one lying about; or
2. find a venue with a sky dish that we can plug into for the night; or
3. Just demo the software without any live TV.
If anyone has any brilliant ideas, or something they particularly want
to see, let me know.
I will also need a projector and screen, dunno what the drill is with
this these days, but I understand it has presented a problem recently.
I can supply a DVB-T(digital video broadcast - terrestial) decoder if
required. This set would work best through a standard UHF TV aerial which I
do not have on hand.
I can also supply a satellite finder if required.
If someone can supply the dish I can set it up for you. A SKY dish is OK but
would require a LNB(low noise balun) of recent vintage. A LNB is the thing on
the end of the arm where the dish focuses.
A dish does not have to be mounted on a roof. Any position with a good view of
the northern horizon is OK. I have had a temporary dish set up on my lawn.
Cheers Ross Drummond
