Originally Posted by DadAgain

yes - look hard enough and there are 720p H264 torrents of lots of shows - often with 5.1 soundtracks that the Australian FTA networks dont broadcast (even on their HD channel).

Originally Posted by DadAgain

Dont know how long you've been experiencing the torture that is AusTV scheules - but published times are meaningless - why should they be better simply because they're provided electronically in real-time? I'm absolutely convinced that shows will still start between5 and 20 minutes later than their scheduled time (in a pathetic game of 'try and stop people from watching a show on the other channel by delaying out show so viewers miss the beggining of a competitors')

Originally Posted by Lisa and Lance

We brought 2 small TVs which dont work - cant pick up any channels.

We also bought a Sony 32" which also wont pick up the channels but will work through Foxtel.

I thought if we could get Foxtel we would be able to watch 7, 9 and 10 like in the UK you can watch BBC etc through Sky but they arent on Foxtel.

Can I get a set top box to get the other channels and use it with Foxtel??

Originally Posted by lou666

Hi there,
Going to Perth in October! Can we take our tv's with us? Will they work?

Originally Posted by bigAPE

New Digital TV Services

Answer: Yes

All TV's you bring from the UK, unless they are ancient, will be able to work with the Digital TV broadcasts here. Just buy a cheap DVB Set Top Box (STB) from Good Guys, Dick Smith or Harvey Norman for around $80 (~£35) and providing your aerial is your good enough your done.

If your newer TV from the UK already has a Digital Tuner built in you will either be able to either:

Change the DVB settings to "Australia" in the Digital Settings menu (mots likely)
Get a firmware upgrade from the Manufacturer (you might have to do this)
Worst case scenario go out and buy a new DVB STB (see above), but that's unlikely

Conclusion: It will work.


Hope this clears it all up

Originally Posted by bigAPE

7's service is worse than Ten's. At least Ten are buying source HD with the packages from the US, where as 7 are only buying a couple of bouquet packages in HD like Greys and Lost and the rest are SD.

Worse of all is 7's Footy coverage. Pitifully upscaled SD on their 7HD service. Ten's is outstanding 1080 HD and the quality of games is just awesome.



You're too used to UK scheduling. Australian TV follows a more North American scheduling schema. It's nasty but something you just have to get used too. I'm more angry with the blatant sponsorship. Sponsorship regs in the UK are pretty tight, but here it's just insane, like watching US daytime scheduling all the time.


You're suggesting that quality of DivX Torrents are superior to SD broadcasts on DTV here in Australia ?? Don't get me wrong the quality of a Torrent viewed on a PC/Mac or via an HDMI Upscaling DVD/DivX player is excellent but can't compete to even the SD service here. When you move to HD DTV here the quality of even shows like Lost, House and BSG are off the scale. I work in broadcasting and I've seen some quite remarkable stuff in my time (e.g. Ultra-HD from NHK in japan), I'm still amazed every time I watch the Ten HD service.


The networks here don't ship EPG Delta's so the set-top-boxes aren't updated. By the time 7's sponsored Tivo arrived later in the year the full cross-network 14 day EPG publishing agreement will be in full effect and delta's will be provided.


Some of the shows I watch on torrent have massive watermarks across them. The use of on-screen "bugs" in US broadcasts is rampant. Some networks like The CW even employ half screen full-colour animated promo's halfway through an event!


If you're referring to US shows being broadcast over here, this is more to do with the scheduling in the US than here. As an example while House is taking a break for a couple of weeks (trying to smooth out the release schedule after the production downtime from the WGA strike) Ten have started showing Season 2 episodes from S02xE01 to fill the void. What annoys me and you obviously is that they don't tell you what they are doing. I have always felt that EPG should have have the Series and Episode Version ID's visible for episodics like House, etc. We did this in Europe (not the UK) and it worked really well.

My advice on this one is keep a track of the upcoming US schedule of your favorite shows using tv.com. The shows picked up here on the "Streamed from the US" type packages where they are broadcast "as they are shown in the US" are offset by a week, so add a week on the next scheduled airing of the show you like and that's when it will be aired.

e.g. Season 4 Episode 9 of Lost will not air in the US until 24th April (thanks to the WGA strike) so it won't be shown in Australia until 1st March. However, if you're one of the ~24,000 people who fell for the April Fool on Torrent yesterday, it's out now

Al

Originally Posted by viksta1000

what kind of satelite do the aussies use

Do they use sky or Virgin media out there or somthing else?

And can we get channels like sky sports and sky movies out there?


Thanks
Vik

Originally Posted by cj321

If you are wanting pay TV then take a look at http://foxtel.com.au/ similar to sky but a lot less channels but then you can only watch one at once. The sports channels are called Fox sports and do show UK soccer.