DTV Pal
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I hope they are better than the Magnavox units or at least good without sacrificing the sensitivity.
This is the closest I have found:
Birds-Eye.Net Digital Television (DTV) Converter Box Review & Where to Buy
However, since the DTVPal is not yet available, there are no reviews of it.
The TR-40 is now the DTVPal due to ship sometime this month. The TR-50 OTA DVR isn't due out unitil Aug/Sept. Charlie MAY say something about these on Monday's Charlie Chat.
OK thanks Bradtothebone. My retailer don't seem to know much about the converter boxes. I already have my two coupons. Where will these DTVPals be able to be purchased? On line, etc!!
I imagine that Dish Network retailers will be selling these and that they will be available online as well.
Zatz Not Funny has posted DTVPal images
Hands On With DTVPal
pabeader my EPG curiosity has ended.
It uses PSIP but looks like a TVGuide EPG.
Now I am wondering about:
1. Ability to add and remove channels
2. Can it manually add channels
3. Programming Search Function
4. Event Timer
About the Event Timer, I have a feeling it will be a manually set timer where you give a start time and channel and optional a repeat function.
I do wounder what happened to the plural timers from the TR-40
You did after all say that I should look at DTVPAL.COM for answers.
Hands On With DTVPal
pabeader my EPG curiosity has ended.
It uses PSIP but looks like a TVGuide EPG.
Now I am wondering about:
1. Ability to add and remove channels
2. Can it manually add channels
3. Programming Search Function
4. Event Timer
About the Event Timer, I have a feeling it will be a manually set timer where you give a start time and channel and optional a repeat function.
I do wounder what happened to the plural timers from the TR-40
You did after all say that I should look at DTVPAL.COM for answers.
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How did you figure this out? The "Downloading Guide" screen shot says, "...this will take a few minutes to complete." Don't you have to actually tune every channel in the guide to receive PSIP program data. Is that what's it does?
TVGOS analog downloaded at timed intervals, this looks like its using PSIP. Going by the screenshots this looks a lot nicer than the other converters
Symbios in the AVS Forum sent a eMail to Francie Bauer @ Dish Network and simply asked her, "Will the DTVPal use PSIP, or Gemstar's TVGuide solution"? She said she'd have to ask the Engineers in London. Today she got back and said the DTVPal uses a PSIP guide.
Not only that but it has "DTV Program" as some listings.
It would be nice if the "Downloading Guide" screen was a setup screen and you don't have to keep repeating this, I do agree that this sounds like it is getting all the PSIP data for you.
You are correct that to receive PSIP data you have to tune to the channel so I have no idea how it operates if you don't run the "Downloading Guide".
Not only that but it has "DTV Program" as some listings.
It would be nice if the "Downloading Guide" screen was a setup screen and you don't have to keep repeating this, I do agree that this sounds like it is getting all the PSIP data for you.
You are correct that to receive PSIP data you have to tune to the channel so I have no idea how it operates if you don't run the "Downloading Guide".
might it not be able to scan the PSIP data in the background?
i feel sorry for the person who posted the above pictures...
i feel sorry for the person who posted the above pictures...
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I agree pabeader.
In the EPG picture it does not show any live channels so it could be like the RCA DTA800B - What's on Now/What's on Next EPG
The guide could work "in the background" showing one page of four channels at a time it would have to download at most four channels to fill the grid and when you page down it would download the next four. Either that or when looking at the guide it could keep "Updating" like the RCA.
In the picture it would have had to download three as one was a sub-channel.
KGO-HD (007-01), KPIX-HD (005-01), KTVU-SD (002-02), and KTVU-DT(002-01)
In the EPG picture it does not show any live channels so it could be like the RCA DTA800B - What's on Now/What's on Next EPG
The guide could work "in the background" showing one page of four channels at a time it would have to download at most four channels to fill the grid and when you page down it would download the next four. Either that or when looking at the guide it could keep "Updating" like the RCA.
In the picture it would have had to download three as one was a sub-channel.
KGO-HD (007-01), KPIX-HD (005-01), KTVU-SD (002-02), and KTVU-DT(002-01)
the pictures might not be in proper 'order'
from what i know about computers and such, it is possible that they could store a bunch of data and then just update it as time goes on. for all the channels you receive. they do mention a number of features that would require that ability on DTVPAL.COM
from what i know about computers and such, it is possible that they could store a bunch of data and then just update it as time goes on. for all the channels you receive. they do mention a number of features that would require that ability on DTVPAL.COM
It was Dave Zatz a SlingMedia employee
He has also been the one who was giving Matt Whitlock information for the sling media community news.
