galtee boy wrote: » All we need to complete the job, is a Saorview PVR with series link to add to the Freesat PVR, or Utopia - a combined Saorview/Freeview HD/Freesat HD PVR in one box !
BuzzFish wrote: » PC with Pinnacle 7010i X running mediaportal and you have it! The latest version of mediaportal even pulls the full sky epg so on the one list you have saorview and freeview all together with over a weeks EPG...... oh and it also uses Sky's series link
galtee boy wrote: » :eek: You've lost me ! I use my laptop for the internet, excel, word, email etc, so I presume even if I did understand what you're talking about, this doesn't sound like a user friendly one box, plug into the back of the tv job, that I could use, never mind my good wife and child ! Does this system mean that you're watching tv via a laptop/PC rather than a conventional tv ?
BuzzFish wrote: » It does take a "little" setup but once up and running the interface is great and very easy to use. Basically just another remote! The way I am set up is that the PC is connected to the TV using hdmi so you are watching on the TV as normal. When the PC boots up it logs in automatically and launches the application "Media Portal" so you have an interface like here:http://www.google.ie/search?q=mediaportal&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1144&bih=963
galtee boy wrote: » Looks very impressive. Am I right in thinking so, that the PC/Laptop becomes the "box/pvr" connected to the tv ? and if so, what is the picture quality like on your tv, after being fed the signal from the PC ? eg, do you lose any quality on say BBC1 HD fed to the tv from the PC as against the same channel being fed from say a Freesat box ?
BuzzFish wrote: » The quality is absolutely perfect. Been watching the F1 on BBC1HD this season and it's amazing! You are correct in saying the PC acts as a PVR... maybe an expensive one but the great thing is it can be upgraded and changed over time to cope with new technology (for example DVB-S2). With Mediaportal I get all the features of a sky box in terms of rewind, record, pause, series link etc.. but on one screen I have Terrestrial and Sat... and no bills!
warlikedave wrote: » Yep indeed....you can use windows media centre as well and do recording and pause as well as rewinding as far back as the buffer allows. You can also increwse the buffer size to extend the rewind range. Also media centre has sky player so if ye have good internet ye can have skyplayer, saorview and freesat all in one. Also a media pc gives you the option of internet tv and with expat shield you can use bbc iplayer and itv player on a browser or with the right mods to media centre yee can also access bbc iplayer and other uk internet tv services all in media centre....see my pc setup post for detais on that above So....plenty of options. Also mediportal can share your tv with other pcs if you install the server option
Elmo wrote: » This thread seems to have gone of topic a while back.
NIMAN wrote: » I was just able to tune in Saorview in the last couple of weeks, but was disappointed not to see Network2 in HD as I had heard it was. Is it coming back?
Karsini wrote: » It is in HD at the moment, what box or TV are you using?
glimmerman123 wrote: » I don't think it's full HD just upscaled stuff at the moment. RTE TWO will be broadcasting in HD from September 2011. RTE TWO upscaled looks really good.:)
Elmo wrote: » I am going to give a guess that RTÉjr will lauch on the 3rd of May.
... The first ever animated TV series in the world in which the lead character has Down syndrome, the 20 x 7 minute series will be broadcast twice a day on the RTÉjr programming block of RTÉ Two, before a move to the RTÉjr channel on Saorview which will be launched as part of the analogue switchover.http://www.iftn.ie/broadcast/BroadcastNews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283842&tpl=archnews&force=1
... After several phases of development, it was decided that Punky would be aimed at the discerning preschool audience. The 20 episodes, each seven minutes long, will be broadcast twice a day on the RTÉjr programming block of RTÉ 2, before finding another home later in the summer on the dedicated RTÉjr channel on Saorview, RTÉ’s free-to-air digital terrestrial television (DTT) service.http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/theindex/2011/04/13/punky-a-cartoon-heroine-for-the-saorview-age/
warlikedave wrote: » Indeed...a cheap pc with a dvb-t or t2 (for uk and irish dtt HD) tuner with another dvb-s2 for satillite HD is a good alternative for recording and watching tv Dvb-t is saorview compatible Dvb-t2 will also recieve freeview hd if you are in an overspill area Dvb-s2 will give you freesat and freesat HD all in one Mpeg codecs are easy to get for a pc Mheg5 is usually available on most tuners and windows media centre seems to be mheg5 compatible altho i noticed that my dvb-s2 tuner doesnt give me red button services for some reason (can someone advise me on this please?) Here is my setup - 4 year old pc so ye could build it cheap these days Windows 732bit Core2duo 2.00 ghz 2gb ram Nvidia 8800gts 614mb gddr3 Tbs 8920 dvb-s2 sat card (note that it doesnt work with 64bit OS from my experience) Nova-t 500 dvb-t dtt tuner Can play most games on this and it is a quality media centre...mediw centre has series recording and manual recording as well as an asteticially pleasing interface which can be modded with pograms like channel logos tunerfreeMCE and MCStudioLaucnher.application if ye use windows windows media centre and you have problems you can download a program called guide tool to add any missing epg data...only problem is for some reason ive no red button on my bbc sat channels while ive full mheg5 aertel services via the dtt tuner...
Macy0161 wrote: » Would've thought the summer holidays would be the next logical time to launch it.
ftakeith wrote: » another test channel available on my humax freeview hd+ box 8 tv channels now on saorview
Originally Posted by warlikedave Indeed...a cheap pc with a dvb-t or t2 (for uk and irish dtt HD) tuner with another dvb-s2 for satillite HD is a good alternative for recording and watching tv
tui0hcg wrote: » Maybe you could start a new thread about this as its well off topic on this thread Would be interesting to see set-ups
glimmerman123 wrote: » Nothing much happening with Saorview at the moment. I thought maybe the two new channels might have made an appearance by now. Is the official launch still this month or has this changed?
Deleted User wrote: » The service goes official from may 11th.
Johnboy1951 wrote: » Yes please do start another thread.
The Cush wrote: » Haven't heard anything to the contrary. This day next week if what Black Briar posted following an RTÉ Saorview trade event, is correct I don't think the new channels are a prerequisite for the official launch.
The Irish question C21Media - 19 Apr 2011 RTÉ's children's strand RTÉ Jr is to be spun off into its own channel at the end of May, via the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform Saorview.
Elmo wrote: » I wasn't at the Saorview trade event however I think a few people got it wrong. I believe that the channels will launch May 11 i.e. May 2011 i.e. 31st May 2011.
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