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Is it just me or has anyone else noticed the poor quality of audio over DVB-T compared to the sounds from DVB-S? The picture over DVB-T may be better – can’t beat free HD but the sound is pretty crap

Got the box installed and it works fine just a pity Sky don’t have the Olympics this time around. TVNZ are doing an OK job but I can’t help but think Sky would do better. There have been a few intermittent problems with our HDi unit, the odd lock up when changing channels which are also [...]

The installer comes this week to put in the HDi unit  So does the Olympics… keep an eye on TVNZ’s website for online coverage not only using their extra channel on Freeview but also their two web channels as well. This should lead to some very cool coverage – we’re waiting with baited breath.

For over two years Sky TV saw our household as a ‘start up’ package subscriber – no extra bells or whistles for us. Yesterday that all changed when we bit the bullet to add on the sports channels to see if Robbie Deans could trump Grahame Henry – forget the actual teams, it was all [...]

Wow the weather event hitting the north island today is massive. I’m trying to reach the Metservice website which at present is not responding TVNZ7 provides hourly updates and via my Hauupuage card I can watch their coverage. It’s so so with a few phone interviews so far. I guess although pictures may speak a [...]

If you are (like me) waiting for the installer to arrive with a MySKY HDi unit in the next few weeks be sure to check out the conversation going on over at GeekZone. Here you will find a good overview of the new features and pros & con’s of upgrading to this new service. Some [...]

I bought one of these suckers some months ago to view New Zealand DVB-T when it launched. My idea was to use it to run Vista MCE and stream the pictures over my LAN using a Xbox 360 as a media extender. So far no joy, the Fiji update (much talked about in home PVR [...]