Aldi have a UHF antenna selling in their locked glass clase.
I dropped in to have a look.
It’s not great. Gain is 5.5 dBi. $49
There’s a mounting bracket included that gives you 400mm, not enough to be above the roof in poor conditions.
Would not buy even if offered for $20.
Keen to read thoughts if others have seen it or even bought one.
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I got a new extension cable for my bedroom TV from the MyFun(?) store in Lanyon Marketplace. Length is 7.5 meters, and can get all TV transmitters from Canberra perfectly!
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If they wanted to add them, could Southern Cross fit 7HD, 7flix and 7food into their suite of Seven channels in Darwin? They currently have:racing.com
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It seems possible, but I reckon they’ll drop the least important datacast channel.
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Wonder if they’d move TVSN onto the Ten multiplex
They should but I’m not aware of any JV having datacast services. They probably want 100% of the revenue instead of splitting it with their competitor.
SCA does utilise their Ten multiplex in their solus SA market for both TVSN and SBN.
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Does 9NBN broadcast Your Money on channel 85?
Great discussion topics within this thread of late. More of it please.
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With the Channel 10 relaunch, I did a rescan of my TV to get the new LCN names, and I got a couple of surprises.
WIN Newcastle = new names of BOSS Newcastle and PEACH Newcastle
TEN Sydney = still shows as ONE and ELEVEN… ???
What is going on there, 10?
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Same here in Melbourne too.
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Not to mention the main (SD) channel still running the “TEN Digital” LCN name.
Come on guys, Australia hasn’t had analogue transmissions for almost half a decade now. Change it to “Channel 10” or “10 (City)” or something please!
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This is the box art of my Laser set top box.The logos seen are SBS Food Network, 9Life, 7flix, Ten HD, ABC News 24 and 9HD.
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gordo92
November 1, 2018, 12:36am
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Channel Ten has had a re-brand last night
Yes, I knew that they had rebranded, but was pointing out that they hadn’t updated the LCN names as of last night, yet WIN were able to do so.
gordo92
November 1, 2018, 2:30am
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Radiohead:
Yes, I knew that they had rebranded, but was pointing out that they hadn’t updated the LCN names as of last night, yet WIN were able to do so.
Ok not sure about last night but here in Toowoomba this morning at 8AM both 10 Brisbane and WIN Toowoomba had the new names
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As per another topic, the LCNs were just updated:
No changes for 14 and 15.
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I just noticed that Free TV is conducting a DVB-T2 / 4K trial on the Gold Coast that started last week, and it appears there will be another trial in March and April 2019 in Brisbane and the Gold Coast according to the ACMA database.
The Future of TV being trialled on the Gold Coast
by Launa Considine | Nov 16, 2018
Broadcast Australia, TX Australia and Free TV are pleased to announce that a further trial of a next generation broadcast technology, DVB-T2, commenced this week on the Gold Coast.
The trial builds upon trials conducted in Sydney earlier in the year to assess the performance of next generation DVB-T2 technology in the Australian environment. The trial will originate from the Gold Coast Translators owned and TX Australia managed transmission site located at Mount Tamborine on the Gold Coast. It will seek to replicate the characteristics measured and analysed in the Sydney trials and assess the service threshold in the target coverage area in extended SFN (single frequency network) mode, utilising the audio and visual content used in the Sydney trial provided by members of Free TV.
DVB-T2 is being considered as a technology to replace the current DVB-T standard for television which has been in operation since 2001. When combined with new compression technologies, DVB-T2 will have the potential to allow 4K TV reception and four times the picture quality of the current high definition standard.
This trial is a collaboration between Broadcast Australia, TX Australia and Free TV Australia. It is a prime example of the innovation and first-class engineering skills within the Australian broadcast industry.
TX Australia’s Executive Chairman, Paul Mullen said: “TX Australia is delighted to be working closing with Free TV and Broadcast Australia to trial this new technology originating from the premier transmission site on the Gold Coast at Mount Tamborine. It is vital that the Australian broadcast industry keeps abreast of new technologies and undertakes trials such as this to ensure the best quality content is available to the viewer. We would like to acknowledge GatesAir, Rohde & Schwarz, Enensys and Teamcast for providing loan equipment for this trial.
Broadcast Australia CEO Peter Lambourne said: “Terrestrial free to air television delivers its service to 99% of the population and over 20 million Australians tune into television every week. This trial is an important part of ensuring that when the time is right, the terrestrial television platform is ready for the next stage of its evolution and that it can deliver the best possible viewing experience.”
Free TV CEO Bridget Fair said: “Following our successful collaboration in trialling next generation television in Sydney in June, we are very pleased to be working with TX Australia and Broadcast Australia in further trials. These trials are important to ensure that all Australians will continue to have access to the free news, sport and entertainment programs that they rely on and love into the future.”
https://www.broadcastaustralia.com.au/next-generation-tv-trialled-gold-coast/
Licences are here:
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Yeah I’ve known about it for months but couldn’t comment, there will be a long range SFN DVB-T2 trial between Brisbane & the Gold Coast later.
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