Category Archives: DTV

Tuggeranong finally fully digital

Posted on January 8, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

As of yesterday, the rather tardy Southern Cross Capital 10 TV station finally got its digital retransmission station for Tuggeranong running. Hurrah! That means that all five stations are now available (Prime 7 went on just before Christmas). It is … Continue reading →

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ABC and SBS do HD

Posted on October 28, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

In the midst of doing all those display reviews, I borrowed a DGTEC DG-5000i set top box. As I suspected, both ABC and SBS are now broadcasting their 20 hours per week of high definition digital. According to the Digital … Continue reading →

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Australian radio and TV stations

Posted on September 21, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

If you want a list of all Australian radio or TV stations, including their frequencies and power outputs, these are available on the Australian Broadcasting Authority Website. In particular, for radio go here, and for TV go here.

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High Definition programs

Posted on August 7, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Digital Broadcasting Australia has up a list of widescreen and high definition TV programs. Since 1 July 2003 the commercial stations have been required to broadcase 1,040 hours of HD per year (20 hours per week). So it’s interesting to see … Continue reading →

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An interesting wrinkle on digital set top receivers

Posted on August 7, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Now here’s one I’d like to see: the Hauppauge DEC-2000 digital set top receiver. What makes this one unusual is the USB connection, by which it feeds the received signal to a computer for recording. Is there an Australian distributor?

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Panasonic goes digital

Posted on July 17, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Meanwhile, Panasonic has gone digital. It’s introducing two digital set top boxes and a 76cm widescreen TV with integrated Standard Definition digital tuner (the TX-76DT30A). This $4,399 TV is available now. The cheaper of the two set top boxes supports SD only … Continue reading →

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Digital Set Top Box Review appears

Posted on July 3, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

I hear that my review of four Digital Set Top Boxes appeared in today’s ‘Livewire’ section in The Age. After two years of sluggish movement on digital TV, suddenly there are announcements of DSTBs from Panasonic and Toshiba, both of whom … Continue reading →

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Southern Cross Capital behind the times in the South

Posted on July 3, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Of Canberra, that is. Sure, it’s not the only one that has yet to provide Standard Definition Digital TV from its Tuggeranong retransmission tower (Prime and SBS are equally guilty), but as of last night SCCap had a promise for … Continue reading →

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