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Missing Teletext on Chorus

  • 26-10-2002 6:41pm
    #1
    its
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    At times Chorus has no teletext, why?

    The answer is simple. When they have a fault with their ATM network a standby feed is used in Limerick. This is indeed a SKY DIGITAL feed.

    My question is "How can Chorus get their hands on UK Sky Cards. I can but I have to use a UK address!!!!!

    Are Sky or the ODTR aware of this, I think not.


Comments

  • #2
    Leesider
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭Leesider


    Hmmm. Very Interesting.

    I have Sky myself, but earlier today I was watching UTV on my parent's cable system in Cork, and I couldn't believe when the picture started pixelating, which was obviously a digital feed. This continued for quite a while, and the teletext was also missing.

    It would be nice to know how Chorus got their FTV card - did they use their MD's relatives address in the UK??

    They make me want to v*mit.


  • #3
    bkehoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭bkehoe


    The deflectors use FTV cards too... ;)


  • #4
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    if they have permission to relay UTV on their network which they do, they obviously have permission to obtain the signal by any means necessary. would you rather a blank screen when their network goes down or a picture from a Sky Digibox


  • #5
    ozpass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭ozpass


    I use their digital service and I've been consistently disappointed with the picture quality on certain channels, namely Sky1, Discovery Channel and Discovery Home & Leisure. If Chorus are using Sky Digiboxes, that means Sky's digital feed is being converted to analogue (utilising low-end consumer hardware), before being converted back to a digital format for re-transmission.

    Would this be a likely cause for the rubbish quality and pixellisation on the above channels?

    I may have misunderstood how Chorus receive and transmit their television channels, could anyone clarify for me?:confused:


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