Could a voom box be used for FTA?

[mdovell]

I was just thinking on this for a bit. Naturally you'd need a larger dish (30cm's or more) but was curious.

Also could you use this to get HDTV programming from cable? Just wondering

 

[lilyarbie]

Technically, yes....

The Voom receiver (hardware) has the capability of receiving both free-to-air Digicypher-2 and DVB signals, but the firmware (software) doesn't support free-to-air reception. A guy called Ultatryon has a project that is aiming to create a new firmware for the receiver to make the satellite tuner, which is useless for the moment worth something.

http://www.ultatryon.com/

 

[mdovell]

That site is looking pretty dead. It would be interesting though if that did work....

 

[Mr Tony]

wont work due to the software in the box. If it worked, it could only get DCII free stuff.

I tried it with a different motorola box and couldnt get it to work correctly