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<blockquote data-quote="mdsflyer" data-source="post: 212580" data-attributes="member: 16262">For me DVB-S has a number of appealling traits1 Its working now and TV1, 2 and Maori have been available FTA for at least 2 years to my knowledge, I've been able to enjoy mediaportal and all its benefits over that period. 2 I can get it without having to live in a major urban centre or with a view of the local TV mast3 I get channels that you cant get on terrestial4 No hardware required other than DVB-S card for me because dish already installed for sky, of course this may not be the case for eveyone5 My DVB-S card will most likely cope with HD when launched on the sat service (note that they will do this eventually), so i have already the correct hardware. Frankly i'm not that fussed as high quality SD, such as most of the current american shows (e.g. CSI miami), look fantastic to my eyes on a 40&quot; LCD TV. Maybe because i've been that student with the rabbit ears in the past i have a low threshold! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> but i suspect not as my TV picture always recieves very favourable comments. Certainly is far ahead of the quality offered by SKY.6 Until very recently i had a CRT TV, HD would have been lost on me, I suspect that not everyone has that big plasma or LCD yet and that upgrade would have to occur before you would get the true benefit of HD content.So lots of reasons that i'm delighted to be already watching DVB-S broadcasts</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mdsflyer, post: 212580, member: 16262"] For me DVB-S has a number of appealling traits 1 Its working now and TV1, 2 and Maori have been available FTA for at least 2 years to my knowledge, I've been able to enjoy mediaportal and all its benefits over that period. 2 I can get it without having to live in a major urban centre or with a view of the local TV mast 3 I get channels that you cant get on terrestial 4 No hardware required other than DVB-S card for me because dish already installed for sky, of course this may not be the case for eveyone 5 My DVB-S card will most likely cope with HD when launched on the sat service (note that they will do this eventually), so i have already the correct hardware. Frankly i'm not that fussed as high quality SD, such as most of the current american shows (e.g. CSI miami), look fantastic to my eyes on a 40" LCD TV. Maybe because i've been that student with the rabbit ears in the past i have a low threshold! :-) but i suspect not as my TV picture always recieves very favourable comments. Certainly is far ahead of the quality offered by SKY. 6 Until very recently i had a CRT TV, HD would have been lost on me, I suspect that not everyone has that big plasma or LCD yet and that upgrade would have to occur before you would get the true benefit of HD content. So lots of reasons that i'm delighted to be already watching DVB-S broadcasts [/QUOTE]

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