Not quite the usual 'Will my tv work in Canada' question (ours is PAL, NTSC and SECAM compatible so, having already searched the forum, I know it will - albeit we may need a transformer for power purposes) but admittedly a bit of a twist on that ever popular posting...

The thing I'm trying to find out is how the FIBE TV system 'connects' to the physical television set. I'm 99% we'll be bringing ours out with us (it's less than 12 months old and was bought well before we had any idea my job would take us over to Canada, so was fairly expensive too as it was meant to last us a good few years) so I want to check it will link up ok.

I know we can get FIBE TV in the area we're moving to, so just wanted to check if anyone knows whether this connects direct into the tv, or through e.g. a set top box or similar? And if the latter, is that via HDMI? If so then I take it we're all good?

You mean Fibre Optic to your home?

I have that ... Bell Fibre Op 2.0. Basically the fibre comes into your home to a box near the entry point. They then run Cat5 LAN cable to where your main TV is and where a wifi router is installed. The PVR is connected to the router by Cat5 and your TV to the PVR by either HDMI or Component Video.

Wierdly, Bell Aliant doesn't officially support HDMI from the Motorola PVR to the TV, they recommend component video. However, HDMI works fine.

I find the quality of picture of Fibre TV not as good as cable. There is also some speech/picture lag but not enough to really irritate. It's worse on the second TV which is connected to the PVR via the Coax cable already installed in the house. If you can run Cat5 to any further TV's you'll get better results.

Best part of Fibre Op is the download/upload speeds. I get 30mbps down and supposedly 30 up, but actually between 9-18. Which is still good.

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It appears that FIBE is only available through Bell in Quebec and Ontario, there is a video on http://fibetv.bell.ca/en/features/overview/

Exactly what AX said. Our connections only differ in that the CAT5 outlets provide the internet connection to various things ( PS3, TV sets, Blu Ray and Apple TV ) and the TV signals themselves come through coax cable to the three set top boxes. From there, it's HDMI to the TV sets.

Perfect, thanks guys. That was what I needed to know.

The tv's coming with us

It's the new FIBE tv that PMM mentions - we're moving to Toronto and so it will work for us. Is that the same thing you have, Atlantic? If so, thanks for the heads up about possible lag / pic quality...v helpful.

I thought so, but this article http://www.digitalhome.ca/2011/12/my...r-to-the-home/ seems to indicate it's not. Hugh Thompsons Digital Home Canada forum btw is the go-to resource for all things home entertaintment. http://digitalhome.ca/forum/