Satellite communications specialist Newtec has taken the lead, teaming up with DVB members Arabsat, Cisco, SES and Thomson Video Networks, to get the discussion for an update to the DVB-S2 standard on the DVB agenda. Last week DVB took up the task and has already started investigating the commercial reasoning behind a specific standard for satellite broadcast contribution and high speed IP trunking and backbone links. (continue reading…)
1. Introduction
TBS has developed two new DVB S2 Cards with CI and CAM interface. One is with USB interface while another is with PCI express interface. TBS5980 USB DVB-S2 TV Q-Box CI is one of our latest products for watching and recording digital satellite TV on PC. It is equipped with a CAM (Conditional Access Module) port at the end of the box for plugging CAM, which ensures you to connect a CAM with a compatible Pay-TV Smartcard subscription to enjoy Pay-TV channels. TBS6928 is a PCI-Express interface DVB-S2 TV Tuner CI Card which supports watching digital satellite TV or downloading data from satellite in your computer. The CI slot on the board allows CAM insertion for watching payTV channels.
NOTE: The manual is applied for both DVB S2 devices. Since the two are quite similar, the use guide below is based on TBS 5980, Though, The tiny differences are specified, and TBS6928 would almost the same. (continue reading…)
Windows Media Center not detecting DVB-T2 Channels with other DVB-T cards installed on computer. If you are using Media Center as your PVR, it cannot currently distinguish between DVB-T and DVB-T2 tuners .When Media Center first does a scan for channels, it will see DVB-T tuners from the other cards. Depending on which tuner it decides to pick first to scan for channels, it may pick the non-DVB-T2 tuner. When it does a scan for channels, it will not therefore see the Freeview DVB-T2 HD channels. (continue reading…)
Channel 5 snubs Freeview HD again
Home of the Eddie Stobart docu sticks to SD
Channel 5 is giving up on filling a Freeview HD channel, so fans of Celebrity Wedding Planner will just have to live with standard definition. Or go to Virgin or Sky for its Channel 5 HD offering. (continue reading…)
A digital signal receiver is, broadly speaking, any device that receives digital broadcast signals. With the right digital signal receiver, you can enjoy satellite TV, digital cable and satellite radio broadcasts. (continue reading…)
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Connected to previous article:TBS6925 Test Report DVB-S2 MIS Reception with VCM/ACM
Three of the four transponder streams transmitted by ATLANTIC BIRD 1 MIS compatible receivers or PC cards will choose the streams best suited in the circumstance, depending on the signal level at the reception site. In this example, viewers in the center of beam with the maximum level of signal quality can watch LA7′s 3D test transmissions, whilst viewers in fringe areas of beam with a less good signal level can only view the HD channels and viewers outside beam will only get channels in SD. MIS compatible satellite receivers will choose the stream according to the signal level available. Special softwares as the TBS6925 TS Recorder allows the viewer to choose individually the desired stream. (continue reading…)
TBS6925 test report from TELE-satellite magazine 1201
With the change from DVB-S to DVBS2, a more efficient method was created that permits more channels to be carried over one and the same transponder. This increase in efficiency is due in large part to the significant improvement in error correction so that fewer error correction bits need to be transmitted. From a mathematical point of view the increase in efficiency compared to DVB-S is roughly 30%, a value that in reality isn’t quite reached, but it is definitely showing potential. (continue reading…)
What is DVB-IPTV?
DVB-IPTV is the collective name for a set of open, interoperable technical specifications, developed by the DVB Project, that facilitate the delivery of digital TV using Internet Protocol over bi-directional fixed broadband networks. The work is taking place in two tracks, where Track 1 covers delivery over managed networks and Track 2 covers Internet delivery. (continue reading…)
Twin LNB also called Dual LNB, is a low noise block downcoverter that contains two satellite transmission receiving modules in a single enclosure. The Dual LNB is designed to receive two separate satellite signals from the overhead satellite’s transponders and transmit them to a waiting satellite receiver. The switching between the two satellites is handled by a DiSEqC switch that must be installed between the dish and the receiver. The receiver must have the technology built into it to be able to switch between the two satellite transmissions. (continue reading…)