If you have a box in Victoria, NSW, SA or Tas you get access to the VAST South channels. There are no true Victorian channels on VAST. Unless you are referring to the local news channels?
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Iâm in Queensland so in the summer the channels are an hour ahead. We just refer to them as the Victorian channels
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That makes sense. A good alternative when in QLD Iâm guess!
VAST South gets Ten News First Melbourne, Seven News Melbourne and Nine News Sydney I think too. Is that right? So fair enough you call them âVictorianâ.
With VAST North taking some Brisbane news bulletins instead and Nine News Darwin on GEM.
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And Iâm guessing registering it as a residential box for a remote location like say Yalata, SA (on the Bight) that has no terrestrial reception would be too bureaucratic to do? eg. proof of residency.
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ive not bothered. by registering as a travellers box you have the flexabity to change states if for some reason you need to.
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Would be easier and cheaper to just get them off D1. No registration, just BYO DVB-S2 box. Plus you get all the ABCâs instead of just select states.
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you get them all on vast as well, and the radio stations too.
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Thatâs what I might end up doing just spinning my Foxtel Dish on the roof around 4° to 160
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Yeah youâre right, the primary channels are all on VAST. You also get ABCTV HD Tasmania + ABC Radio Hobart & Launceston on VAST which arenât on D1. But VAST is still missing multi-channels for the central timezones. D1 still has a better range of ABC channels as well as lots of SBS channels that arenât on VAST.
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I was running an analysis on the TBS mux on IS-19 today, and noticed the bitrates as follows (average over 11m 25s):
Srv Id Service Name Access Bitrate
0x0068 TBN PACIFIC .................................. C 1,439,853 b/s
0x0069 TBN Inspire TV ............................... C 1,772,207 b/s
0x006A Al Karma ..................................... C 2,040,999 b/s
0x006B Oman TV ...................................... C 3,778,251 b/s
0x006C Al Fady ...................................... C 1,160,747 b/s
0x006D ERI TV ....................................... C 1,907,648 b/s
0x006E Almagad ...................................... C 1,145,066 b/s
0x0070 Telepace ..................................... C 1,188,541 b/s
0x0071 GOD TV ....................................... C 2,055,285 b/s
0x0072 DayStar ...................................... C 2,192,402 b/s
0x0073 EWTN ......................................... C 2,040,523 b/s
0x0074 SBN-TV ....................................... C 2,421,370 b/s
0x0075 Kingdom Sat TV ............................... C 2,517,733 b/s
0x0076 3ABN International ........................... C 1,520,792 b/s
0x0077 Angel TV ..................................... C 1,765,704 b/s
0x0078 Thai Global TV Network ....................... C 4,254,141 b/s
0x0079 SupremeMaster_TV ............................. C 1,734,377 b/s
0x00C9 Oman Radio ................................... C 152,923 b/s
0x00CA Vision Christian Radio ....................... C 281,427 b/s
0x00CC Dimtsi Hafash ................................ C 159,235 b/s
0x00CD Radio Zara FM ................................ C 159,283 b/s
0x00CE Dimtsi Hafash CH2 ............................ C 159,237 b/s
0x00CF Radio Numa ................................... C 159,243 b/s
0x00D0 3ABN Radio ................................... C 243,665 b/s
0x00D1 3ABN Australia Radio ......................... C 201,163 b/s
0x00D2 Raw FM ....................................... C 281,392 b/s
0x00D3 Raw FM 2 ..................................... C 150,815 b/s
0x00D6 RSN Racing ................................... C 150,833 b/s
Of the TV services (SIDs <= 0x0079), only TBN Pacific, TBN Inspire TV, ERI TV, and 3ABN International are MPEG-4. The rest are MPEG-2. Most of those are running at 2 Mbps and less, including video, audio, and tables. That seems a bit low to me. I know bit rate on the satellite isnât cheap, but do viewers really put up with that sort of quality?
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Thanks for doing this @hopejr as my dish outside in the backyard points at IS19 and have alsways wondered what the bitrates are been run on the various services.
It also puzzles me in this day and age why Sat Services will used MPEG2, as at you say this made worse by been low bitrate, hence why they tend to look like shit
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I expect about half of the channels on this mux will be removed by the end of Feb 2023, because theyâll be moving elsewhere or dropping satellite altogether.
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Noticed today that SCA DR on Optus D3 12648V has been changed from Hit Emerald to Triple M 756 am South West
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Bit of a random post cause not sure where else to put it as it seems to be the only satellite based thread I can find (Admin happy for you to move Iâd required)
Just recently got myself a 1.8M Dish to play around with C Band to go along side my 80CM KU dish.
Currently both are pointed at Intelsat19 but I have been moving around the Big dish to see what I can obtain on C Band. A lot of it seems to be either encrypted or foreign stuff I have not interest in. Tho I have found a few gems with my little V8X 
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Here is as good as anything - something we missed a few weeks ago - Sky NZ told the stock exchange that theyâve been advised by Optus that the replacement of D1 which was due to be late this year has now been delayed to late 2025
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Which is why the newly decommissioned Optus D2 will be replacing it until then.
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Here is something
This evening on Intelsat19 KU
There is a GMA SNG feed that is using 4K HEVC H.265
I canât see it as my box canât decode 4K but this has to be the first time I have seen a 4K HEVC feed been sent
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Optus D2 is now dead since March 31 and is being moved to160E (temporary) or 164E.
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Itâll be at 160°E until a permanent replacement for D1 is in orbit, as far as Iâve been told. Then itâll go back to 152°E, albeit inactive.
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Slightly off topic, but how do they move them?
Is there some sort of solar powered propulsion they can use to remotely move them? I imagine if they have any rocket propulsion that any actual fuel on board is completely used up when initially positioning the satellite at launch.
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