[LINK] digital TV, analogue TV, transact... [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Carl Makin]

On 08/06/2007, at 12:05 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

> Carl Makin wrote:
>> amplifier and breaks  out to 4 TVs and the video.  The  
>> distribution system also feeds the  Transact TV signal (mostly  
>> nailed to Disney Channel) around the  house.  We use both an XBox  
>> and an iMac as the frontends.  It has  100GB of disk
> Sounds like you aren't receiving any "wireless"  broadcast services  
> - just the
> transact cable service.

No, the transact TV service is there almost solely for Disney Channel  
and Cartoon Network these days.  We think $20/month is good value to  
keep the kids off commercial afternoon tv.  We used to get the  
Discovery channel package as well, but although it only cost $10/ 
month it wasn't worth it.  I can't see how Transact itself can be  
viable.  The TV service is poor and the transweb internet connection  
is expensive and is now slower than cheaper ADSL2+ offerings.  The  
only available ISPs are also expensive and very inflexible.  The  
telephone service is fine, but since there are so few other Transact  
customers the "free calls" to other transact customers is basically  
useless.

Once the kids lose interest in Disney Channel then we'll probably  
toss Transact altogether.

The recording system uses the free-to-air digital TV signals from  
Tuggeranong Hill (southern Canberra) which is the same tower as  
transmits the analogue signals.  It gets the EPG (electronic program  
guide) from the OzTivo project and has been the best thing to happen  
to tv in our house since aggregation. :)


Carl.