DTT Trial - anything new before the finish?

Mayo Exile

With the "official" end of the DTT trial supposedly coming in August I am wondering will anything extra happen before then? Teletext, interactivity etc? Can the Humax box do these things? Do any of the official members of the trial who may be regular posters here have any info if available?

watty

Don't hold your breath...

Mayo Exile

Originally posted by watty: Don't hold your breath...

Yes. Depressing isn't it? Apart from nice widescreen pictures and a neutered EPG, little or nothing of the advantages of digital TV is being demonstrated here. I have to keep switching back to analogue TV for teletext! (which is analogue's digital component!):(

zilog_jones

Surely it's not too hard to supply the normal "classical" teletext on the DTT service? If Chorus can do that, I'm sure anyone else with half a clue could too. Though saying that I'm not sure if it's possible to exist over HDMI or on any HD transmissions...

shane1111

Digital teletext now working on RTE

Mountjoy Mugger

On a number of channels I'm getting no or bad signal. Did a rescan, no change.

It seems to be the HD, SD, and sports channels mainly hit.

stanley1

Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »

On a number of channels I'm getting no or bad signal. Did a rescan, no change.

It seems to be the HD, SD, and sports channels mainly hit.

Yep, same here in D12, channel 16 used to be setanta golf is now bbc news, most of the others are just saying "no or bad signal".

Mountjoy Mugger

Rescan reset Channel 11 to BBC News 24 for me.

Mountjoy Mugger

shane1111 wrote: »

Digital teletext now working on RTE

Can't get anything with the Humax.

shane1111

I'm not on the trial and am using a Goodmans freeview STB, (from Clairmont Cairn)
Just checked there still working on RTE channels

watty

rte sd mpeg4 still ok ... needs more signal than normal rte. neotion card in technisat dtt box.

BowWow

Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »

On a number of channels I'm getting no or bad signal. Did a rescan, no change.
It seems to be the HD, SD, and sports channels mainly hit.

I have a trial box and got an email today telling me to re initiallise it and giving instructions on how to do this.
I've just done this and it has changed the sequence of channels and eliminated the extra test ones I seemed to have previously (DVT -H?).
The channels now match exactly the layout as on www.digitaltelevision.ie

TELEVISION
RTE1
RTE2
TV3
TG4
Channel 6
cBBC – test
cBeebies - test
BBC3 – test
BBC4 – test
BBC News24 – test
Sky News
Sky Sports 1
Extreme Sports
UKTV History
Setanta Golf
Setanta Ireland
HD Ireland

RADIO[/B]
Radio 1
RTE 2fm
RTE Lyric fm
RTE Raidio Na Gaeltachta
Today FM
RTE Radio 1 Extra
Newstalk 106 - 108
Dublin’s 98FM
East Coast FM
Spin 1038
DAP All 80s
DAP Mocha
RTE Choice
RTE 2XM
Phantom FM
FM104

Rick_

shane1111 wrote: »

I'm not on the trial and am using a Goodmans freeview STB, (from Clairmont Cairn)
Just checked there still working on RTE channels

How are you activating the digital text? The red button? Screenshots?

Fingleberries

Is there anything extra on Digital Text?

I have a Sony RDRH870 DVD and pressing the Teletext button just brings up regular looking teletext, but with the occassional ad for the RTE Guide / Hyundai on the right side of the screen. It also doesn't appear to have as many pages as 'regular' teletext.

shane1111

Paddy C wrote: »

How are you activating the digital text? The red button? Screenshots?

By pressing the text the button on freeview STB remote

Text content seems the same just converted to digital format,
picture in top right corner and text on left and bottom as per other digital text channels.
Only "different/new feature" I can see is the ability to change channel between RTE1 / RTE2 with yellow button while displaying text.

No Red button features but usual text shortcuts using colour buttons when in text.

No ability to take screen shots on Set Top Box I'm afraid - I suppose I can take a picture and upload if you want to have a look.

BowWow

Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »

Can't get anything with the Humax.

Also have Humax trial box and cant get teletext.

Mountjoy Mugger

BowWow wrote: »

I have a trial box and got an email today telling me to re initiallise it and giving instructions on how to do this.

My email probably went to my work address. Unfortunately (?) I'm off for a couple of weeks.

Can you send me the details on how to reinitialise the box, please? A simple rescan obviously isn't enough.

BowWow

Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »

My email probably went to my work address. Unfortunately (?) I'm off for a couple of weeks.

Can you send me the details on how to reinitialise the box, please? A simple rescan obviously isn't enough.

PM sent........

Mountjoy Mugger

Many thanks. Got all channels back. No text either. It must be to do with the Humax.

flogen

I'd imagine this text is the first part of "phase 4". Hopefully they'll roll out some kind of red-button activity as well and not just have teletext as the extent of their interactive services.

a bientot

Anyone getting 'encrusted' subtitles on BBC4.......?
Can't get rid of them..
As with other posters: No teletext on Humax.

Rick_

When I press TXT on my remote (I have to hold it down for 2 seconds to get it to work), a "loading" screen comes up and then the service eventually loads and looks quite good. Basic, but good. It's good to still have TV pictures while looking, and it is very fast flicking between ONE and TWO while interactive.

Mossy Monk

Could you take a picture of this. I would like to see what it looks like.

shane1111

Picture of digital teletext

Rick_

I was just about to, but Shane beat me to it. Anyway, my TV is a bugger to photograph, that or my digital camera is crap, but it was expensive so I hope it's not! Mus be my lighting conditions!

Mossy Monk

Looks tidy.

Mountjoy Mugger

I see thye've put on a few new programs - e.g.a new Planet Earth (jungles).

On HD channel, that is.

byte

shane1111 wrote: »

Picture of digital teletext

Ooh, not too bad.

Foggy43

What is the shutter speed you need to photograph a TV picture?
1/15 of a second and slower is stuck in my head for some reason.

Mayo Exile

Bit confused here! Are people getting text via a Freeview box from the DTT trial? A bit nuts considering the Humax is meant to be the official trial box! I too wasnt getting text when pressing text on the Humax remote.

cerbeus

Pressing the text button on the remote for the Humax just gives a message saying that text is unavailable.

shane1111

Mayo Exile wrote: »

Bit confused here! Are people getting text via a Freeview box from the DTT trial? A bit nuts considering the Humax is meant to be the official trial box! I too wasnt getting text when pressing text on the Humax remote.

Yes exactly - maybe they have text feature disabled on Humax until they are ready for the trial to test. I suppose there is not much they can do on all the freeview boxes out there..

Mountjoy Mugger

I see the error about bad signal is happening again on the Humax from Ch 12 upwards.

EDIT: Reinitializing it again fixed it.

stanley1

Set stb to default.