Yes, but mainly Altech UEC (DSD5000, DSD4921 PVR)
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These are the current VAST Boxes from Altech UEC. You can check them out via Altech UEC website. DSD4921 RV used to have it, but now itâs obsolete.
I know what the current models are, but I was confused by the post in general. It seemed like you were answering your previous post.
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Speaking of available boxes, I donât know if anyone has noticed that the SatKing boxes are increasingly hard to come by. I believe this is since the fire they had early last year. The last time we purchased SatKing DVBS2-980CA boxes was at the end of 2024.
Currently, the only boxes that are easy to get hold of are the UEC boxes, specifically the DSD-5000, DSD-4921 PVR, and DSD-4901 (or DHR-4901, usually as a rebranded Optus box for Optus Sports, or available through Instal-Life). Interestingly, these boxes, as well as the SatKing 980 are the only ones on the market that support HEVC. Apparently they only make up a small percentage of the install base of VAST STBs, compared to older models like the SatKing 800 and UEC 4121, hence why nothing on VAST is in HEVC yet.
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Wow! This might mean that Altech UEC might be the only VAST licenced decoder that is not obsolete⌠but hoepfully I can get it until the shutdown unless renewed, which speaking of, when is the shutdown of VAST until further notice?
who said itâs shutting down?
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Iâm not aware of any plans to shutdown VAST. Not sure where you wouldâve heard that.
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I heard it would be available until the 2031/2032 finacial year.
Are you referring to this announcement?
This just says funding to support VAST has been extended to 2031. It doesnât say itâs being shutdown.
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Yes. I move out sometime in 2029, and looking to move into Falls Creek, most likely to move into a house that has moderate reception for Falls Creek Retransmitter and Kiewa Valley Transmitter respectively.
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its easy to conflate funding periods and shutdown, as usually âwhen the money runs out, the program gets cutâ.
In this case, you go with expectation that the service will just have its funding extended over and over again..
How does VAST control Regional News in NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, TAS & NT?
Each individual broadcaster would independently curate, manage, and control their own dedicated bulletin loop. VAST serves solely as the distribution medium.
Unless something changed in recent ownership rearrangements, the Regional News channels are handled by MediaHub.
They used to be handled by SCA while their Watson ACT playout centre was still active. When that shut down, SCA outsourced the day-to-day operation of VAST News to MediaHub. Presumably SCAâs control over this became either Sevenâs responsibility when Seven became the owner of Seven Central, or Ten when they took ownership of the majority of SCAâs TV assets, but whether the new owner has done anything about it or just left it being run by MediaHub is information I donât have.
The way it worked with SCA running it and subsequently with MediaHub running it is essentially the same. Each local news bulletin broadcaster provides a transmission feed of their relevant services from their playout centre to SCA/MediaHub who in turn record them. An operator marks the start and end point of the bulletins and those clips fill the slots on the various VAST Regional News channels. âNoodle Updatesâ on the other hand are fed via FTP and more-or-less automatically fill the slots on their VAST Regional News channels.
Ultimately the channels from which the bulletins originate have almost nothing to do with the operation of the VAST Regional News which replay them.
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I donât get it. Also, who recorded the scenic loop before VAST was created in 2010?
Scenic loops are just random bits of footage developed over the decades. Not a VAST product.
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and if itâs the same as the old Southern Cross loops, weâve posted them here. I suspect thatâs what they are, as they wonât spend extra money on new stuff for something that probably costs them money.
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Whatâs not to get? @SamuelGSâs explanation was well laid out
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I know, and I know it was recorded in 2004, because I saw the 40th birthday for The Big Banana In Coffs Harbour, which The Big Banana was built in 1964.