Hi Martin
On 19 May 2012, at 04:17, Martin McCormick <mar...@x.it.okstate.edu> wrote:
What method does one use to apply the firmware patch?
Any of Ethernet, USB or over the air. There are data channels transmitted as
part of every multiplex service which carry all sorts of information and
network service data. The BBC, for instance, transmits firmware patches for
quite a range of popular makes and models of service receivers including Sony,
Samgsung, Panasonic and lots more. Digital radio and TV services over here in
the UK are far more than what we see and hear.
Is there an external way to access the files stored on
the hard drive? If so, you could archive shows you wanted to see
again. These are just dedicated computers optimized to store TV
shows.
No. There's no external access
With all the compression they use, how many hours of
viewing/listening are there on the 500-GB drives?
175 hours in standard definition.
I certainly hope there is a US version of this device. I
briefly looked at the web site and it looks like there is or
shortly will be.
Not currently. This machine is produced by a British manufacturer. But
undoubtedly they will catch on overseas at some point and maybe other
manufacturers will follow suit. I must say though that it makes a pleasant
change for us to be first to produce something. :)
One other somewhat unrelated comment. BBC1 HD makes me
think of how far things have come in the last 17 years. That AM
audio from BBC1 we used to receive on 41.5 or so MHZ when the
ionosphere was just right was the sound portion of the 405-line
original British monochrome system dating back to around 1936.
The BBC shut those transmitters down in 1985.
That is correct, with the exception of the fact that the transmitters aren't
owned any longer by the BBC and it was actually NTL who shut down the old VHF
systems. As you rightly say though, it made life very interesting at times to
listen to them.
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