RE: Free HDTV (well Sort of!)

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

AFAIK I believe the Euro1080 channel is free for the time being but will
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arge later on???=20

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Fletcher [mailto:timfletcher@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 January 2004 15:26
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Free HDTV (well Sort of!)
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> I thought you all might like to know this.
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>  Receiving HDTV The cheap way
>  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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>  Did you know that HDTV broadcasts have started over Europe
>  recently? (see
>  www.euro1080.com)
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>  If (like me) you are a latent anorak then this may be
>  interesting to you.
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>  You require:
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>  A/ A 60cm Satellite dish pointed at ASTRA 19.2 East (this is
>  not the same
>  place as Sky Digital).   Dish paraphernalia is available from
>  many places
>  such as www.satcure.co.uk
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>  B/ A reasonably powerful PC (2G+ P4 with a decent graphics card)
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>  C/ A "DVB Card" for your PC.  Specifically the
"SkyStar 2"
>  from Technisat (see www.technisat.com)  These are available
>  from www.sateuropa.co.uk for about =A360.  Do not be persuaded
>  to buy a 2nd hand one from EBay because it likely won't work.
>   [specifically many of thse boards are in circulation through
>  Europe Online.  Their software sets the board up in such a
>  way that it is unusable with any other software]
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>  D/ DVB viewing software of some kind (I have used dvbportal from
>  http://www.dvbportal.de which
works nicely.)    You also have
>  to make sure
>  you have a decent MPEG2 codec installed  (downloading and
>  installing the NVDVD trial software from www.nvidia.com did
>  the job for me.)
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>  E/ Some anorakking time and a patient Wife/partner.
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>  That's all.
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>  If you're intrigued by the possibility of watching the
>  Olympics or European Football at 1920 x 1080.....then get
>  experimenting.  I GUARANTEE you will be gobsmacked (if you
>  can get it working), I was.
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>  NOTE
>  ****
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>  Above information os non binding and if it doesn't work for
>  you on the day don't call me unless there is a bribe on
>  offer.  Investments can go down as well as up.
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