DTV In The UK

[jeremymacmull]

Dear All,
Ive got a Laptop and i would like to be able to recieve the free to air DTV channels and also record the Channels.

Has anyone had any experience with the USB version of the hauppage Win TV nova t usb or DEC 2000 t or any others by other manufacturers etc. either in viewing or recording using the software provided?? as i believe it can record to MPEG2 ??


and on a separate point in what format is UK digital terrestial television broadcast in ? What resolution etc interlaced etc. and what quality is the sound broadcast in aswell ie 96k mp3 equivalent ??

any other technical info on UK DTV free to air would be appreciated as well??

anyway thanks to all for their help in advance

Jeremy MacMull

[dar1us]

I guess it will be in MPEG-2 with MP2 audio.

UK Digital Satellite works in that format, except it has DolbyDigital or DTS surround.

It can be be interlaced or progressive. It varies from program to program (a channel may do one program progressive and the next interlaced) - the first episode of Massiah II on BBC1 was progressive and then the second part was interlaced, on the very same channel from the very same tv system.

The audio is broadcast at AT LEAST 48kHZ MP2 but I guess that with the new DTV it is probably done using (usually) 2 channel AC3 or something weird, it is hard to find info like that because it isn't usually useful for the average guy. There will be some tech sheet somewhere, try looking for Crown Castle, they sort out the broadcasting side of the BBC, they run the network for broadcasting in the UK and things like that. If you contacted them at www.crowncastle.com (or co.uk) - I am sure they could return some useful info.