Thomas 'bacco|007' Baxter
01-05-2004, 11:05 PM
On Sat, 01 May 2004 22:23:20 +1000, speedracer wrote:
> Coastal Watch and other iTV portals ... you need the Teac iTV5000 STU to
> view all the interactive stuff and also to enter active polls since those
> the DVD D-STU's have on board PSTN return path.
Fuck me you can talk crap. There is nothing interactive about the
service. Its datacasting and thats it (besides the Expo channel which
really shouldnt be there cause it breaks the datacasting rules)
Ch 4 - EPG
Ch 44 - Datacast Channel Guide
Ch 41 - ABC News, Sport & Weather
Ch 45 - Service NSW (Coast Watch, RTA Traffic Cams etc)
Ch 48 - SportsTAB
Ch 49 - Expo Channel (Video)
Chs 401 -> 407 - Audio from Federal Parliament
The unit's modem is so you can access the internet (however you can utilize
connections made through a network via USB>Ethernet or USB>Wireless
Internet)
> Which also means TV Mail services.
TV Mail is offered on the DVB-500, but its only through pre-existing POP3
accts
http://player.teac.com.au/ has more info
> Basically once again that STU is more advanced than the PACE ones that Foxtel use.
Apples and oranges - the 500 is more of a Multimedia unit. Its an attempt
to use the TV as a quasi net terminal as well as using it for Digital
Television.
> Coastal Watch and other iTV portals ... you need the Teac iTV5000 STU to
> view all the interactive stuff and also to enter active polls since those
> the DVD D-STU's have on board PSTN return path.
Fuck me you can talk crap. There is nothing interactive about the
service. Its datacasting and thats it (besides the Expo channel which
really shouldnt be there cause it breaks the datacasting rules)
Ch 4 - EPG
Ch 44 - Datacast Channel Guide
Ch 41 - ABC News, Sport & Weather
Ch 45 - Service NSW (Coast Watch, RTA Traffic Cams etc)
Ch 48 - SportsTAB
Ch 49 - Expo Channel (Video)
Chs 401 -> 407 - Audio from Federal Parliament
The unit's modem is so you can access the internet (however you can utilize
connections made through a network via USB>Ethernet or USB>Wireless
Internet)
> Which also means TV Mail services.
TV Mail is offered on the DVB-500, but its only through pre-existing POP3
accts
http://player.teac.com.au/ has more info
> Basically once again that STU is more advanced than the PACE ones that Foxtel use.
Apples and oranges - the 500 is more of a Multimedia unit. Its an attempt
to use the TV as a quasi net terminal as well as using it for Digital
Television.