Thinking of buying Question

[AW]

I am sure this newbie question has been asked a hundred times, but please
one more time for the dummies.

1) Will a SD STB do anything for my picture quality if my Sydney free to air
TV signal is delivered by Foxtel cable?
2) Is Foxtel delivered in digital and the foxtel box decodes the signal to
analogue and as such I do not require a digital STB?

Thanks
KW

[Peter Dewildt]

> 1) Will a SD STB do anything for my picture quality if my Sydney free to
air
> TV signal is delivered by Foxtel cable?

You can only connect a Digital STB to a broadcast digital signal (which is
transmitted at a different frequency to analogue TV). You cannot connect it
to the output of a Foxtel box.

> 2) Is Foxtel delivered in digital and the foxtel box decodes the signal to
> analogue and as such I do not require a digital STB?

No

[Michael Garibaldi]

AW wrote:
> I am sure this newbie question has been asked a hundred times, but please
> one more time for the dummies.
>
> 1) Will a SD STB do anything for my picture quality if my Sydney free to air
> TV signal is delivered by Foxtel cable?

IIRC Foxtel use analog demodulators to acquire FTA channels and then
remodulate them on the terestrial service. This mean that the quality
depends on 2 things, Foxtels'reception of FTA and what the deteriation
of the signal happen between you and Foxtel (on the terestrial network).

> 2) Is Foxtel delivered in digital and the foxtel box decodes the signal to
> analogue and as such I do not require a digital STB?

No, Foxtel is analog on terestrial service and digital on satelite.
You'll require a STB if you wish to get 16:9. That being said Foxtel
will eventually be upgrading the terestrial service to digital, though
there is no indication that the FTA will be continued and if they are,
what compression Foxtel may apply to them.

>
> Thanks
> KW
>
>
Gus..

[Jason W]

Michael Garibaldi <garibaldi9@hotmail.com> wrote:
> No, Foxtel is analog on terestrial service and digital on satelite.
> You'll require a STB if you wish to get 16:9. That being said Foxtel
> will eventually be upgrading the terestrial service to digital, though
> there is no indication that the FTA will be continued and if they are,
> what compression Foxtel may apply to them.

I wasn't aware that Foxtel was available terrestrially. Maybe you mean
over cable?