Re: [LUG] OT Digital TV

["Dave" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad Wrote:
This means, for the most part, vehicles with rubbishy spark plug caps.
Not a big issue in rural areas, but when I lived in an urban area, it
could be quite noticeable.  On a couple of occasions, the digibox locked up,
and had to have a hard reset (power disconnected) to recover.

Ah! I always wondered why my telly played up when certain vans or cars went
through the Village. It's not just rubbishy Spark Pugs either I have a
Vibrating Head Massage Pillow which has the same effect when turned on
(would that be UHF Transmissions as well?).

Regards,
Dave.

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Sent: 08 May 2009 20:46
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Subject: Re: [LUG] OT Digital TV

On Fri, 08 May 2009 20:05:58 +0100
Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Julian,

> c) bandwidth - not sure which is better on this one, but logically 60 
> million people pulling the same programme at once would pull more than
> 2 million, and the signal would get a bit choppy I would suspect due
> to data loss.

This sort of thing isn't an issue for analogue transmissions (for
practical purposes) on TV or radio, so why should it be an issue for
digital?  TV is tx only don't forget, not tx/rx.

Finally, add;

d) poorly suppressed UHF transmissions.

This means, for the most part, vehicles with rubbishy spark plug caps.
Not a big issue in rural areas, but when I lived in an urban area, it
could be quite noticeable.  On a couple of occasions, the digibox locked
up, and had to have a hard reset (power disconnected) to recover.

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