Digital TV In Australia

[two bob]

signal is not good enough on ANY to get teletext which I used to use all
the time when I spent some time in Sydney.

Loosing teletext is a small price to pay to be out of Sydney.

 

[Alan]

Is it? I thougt aerials were dependant on carrier frequency, not the content
of the carrier. Must have slept through that lesson at tech.

I was told the other day by a supplier of antennas that digital will
not work on ribbon cable!

Alan

 

[Kill Phil]

Must be a very directional (biased) hat.

The focal point is down to fill in the gap.

 

[Lord-Data]

They're probably going more to places like Mr.Antenna, etc, dedicated
antenna installers, rather than retail outlets .. I know when i got my new
antenna on, i got it from bunnings and it is a combination antenna ..
actually what I had to get as we have a combination of analogue and digital
sets throughout our house running from the one antenna now, but I did notice
there was a lack of dedicated digital antennas ..

 

[Phil Allison]

"Lord-Data"

They're probably going more to places like Mr.Antenna, etc, dedicated
antenna installers, rather than retail outlets ..

** No sign of them on offer on those guys web sites.

The wacky thing is that most folk NEVER watch the ABC yet are forced to buy
antennas 3 times bigger than needed anyhow.

A "digital antenna" will work fine for all current analogue signals except
Ch 2.


........... Phil

 

[Tsunami Australia]

Where are you located?

West of Forster.

 

[Tsunami Australia]

Some info may be of interest in this document.

http://www.dba.org.au/uploads/templates/files/DBA_Installing_DTTB_Basic_Domestic_Systems.pdf

Also have a look here, particularly the last couple of sentences.

http://www.avcomm.com.au/page4uam.htm

In short, if your analogue reception is so poor or non-existent, then
digital may not work for you. However if you haven't already, you
should also look over the DBA website, particularly the link re when
is digital coming to your area. You may get satisfactory reception
from another site.

Thanks for that, looking at the info now. That K band system is
expensive, the local Leading Edge Electronics has a C1 system, box and
dish $400 or if we already have an Austar dish, the box for $250. Looks
like it may be the option..although I'm getting sick of the BS on tv
most of the time anyway.

 

[Tsunami Australia]

Some info may be of interest in this document.

http://www.dba.org.au/uploads/templates/files/DBA_Installing_DTTB_Basic_Domestic_Systems.pdf

Also have a look here, particularly the last couple of sentences.

http://www.avcomm.com.au/page4uam.htm

In short, if your analogue reception is so poor or non-existent, then
digital may not work for you. However if you haven't already, you
should also look over the DBA website, particularly the link re when
is digital coming to your area. You may get satisfactory reception
from another site.

I also forgot to mention, our next closest transmission site from Middle
Brother (north Taree) is Newcastle, some 200km away.

 

[Terry Collins]

.although I'm getting sick of the BS on tv
most of the time anyway.

I've decided I'd rather spend the money on cheap DVDs (10 movies for
$8), by the time I spend the amount I would have spent on stuff to get
digital, I'll have an impressive collection of shit that is better that
the movies on free to air.

 

[Parmin]

Tsunami Australia <[email protected]> while reading the
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West of Forster.

I got digital setup done at Smiths Lake up on 5 meter pole.
You should be able to do similar, just use higher pole maybe?

 

[Tsunami Australia]

Tsunami Australia <[email protected]> while reading the
NewsGroups, found courage and express out opinion in



I got digital setup done at Smiths Lake up on 5 meter pole.
You should be able to do similar, just use higher pole maybe?

Am located central to Forster, Gloucester and Taree between the hills
behind Nabiac.

 

[Tsunami Australia]

Tsunami Australia <[email protected]> while reading the
NewsGroups, found courage and express out opinion in



I got digital setup done at Smiths Lake up on 5 meter pole.
You should be able to do similar, just use higher pole maybe?

Ontop of my last, I think our biggest issue is the fact that the
antennas are not really designed for poor reception areas and every
person down the street with the same antenna (both V and U) have the
exact same issue. If we weren't renting I would buy a couple of 8footers
like the old man has, but since he is in a gully, even they are finding
it hard to keep reception.

 

[Tsunami Australia]

I've decided I'd rather spend the money on cheap DVDs (10 movies for
$8), by the time I spend the amount I would have spent on stuff to get
digital, I'll have an impressive collection of shit that is better that
the movies on free to air.

And probably not as repetitive. I laugh at Austar/Foxtel/Optus now, when
it come out they made proud that it had no ads like FTA tv, now
everytime we go to the inlaws in Penrith who have Optus cable, it has as
many ads as our FTA but at a BS price.