Auz HD channels still available on satellite?

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Topic # 97674 19-Feb-2012 22:28
Hi, What's the current state of play on the Australian channels available on DVB-S2 HD off Optus D1? Are they still around? If not, is there anything permanently available (ie not a feed) in HD on Optus D1 at the mo? Cheers.

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Reply # 583620 19-Feb-2012 22:38
I was watching SBS HD (720p) last night so it is definitely still around. They have some good BBC Docos on there which are less than a year old. Far better than anything available on FTA TV this side of the ditch.

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Reply # 583637 20-Feb-2012 00:12
Thanks, What about the others that were there for a while, nine gem and go channels?

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Reply # 583642 20-Feb-2012 00:19
Funny you should ask. At what could have been exactly 00:00 tonight, SBS HD and SBS Two seemed to disappear. Now I'm getting an intermittent very low quality signal - just a couple of broken frames every minute or so. Something has clearly happened, whether it is my set up (possum in the dish; rat ate the cable; whatever), or at the satellite end, and whether it's permanent or temporary, I don't know. Anyone else seeing a problem? As for any other FTA HD source from Optus D1, SBS HD was the only one running; GEM disappeared several weeks ago,

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Reply # 583644 20-Feb-2012 00:22
SBS has been through that a few times. A while back their signal strength levels dropped off for a while and then came back up. Thanks for the reply re the other true DVB-S2 broadcasts such as GEM etc. Typical, when I finally look to have secured a cheap DVB-S2 receiver it turns out there's nothing left to receive in HD!

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Reply # 583645 20-Feb-2012 00:32
Them's is the breaks. No sign of a possum in the dish - and it's a very clear night, not that I've ever had rain fade with my 90 cm dish. Fingers crossed it's a technical glitch, maybe with the uplink or something.

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Reply # 583654 20-Feb-2012 01:54
Phew! SBS back up again. That'll at least give you SBS HD in 720p.

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Reply # 583665 20-Feb-2012 03:54
Damn possums aye?!

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Reply # 583718 20-Feb-2012 09:48
Sbs was weak and breaking up for me too around midnight for a couple of hours, so it's not the possums! Sbs 1 is on D1 as SD and 720P HD DVB-S. The only DVB-S2 on the NZ footprint of D1 is Sky and is encrypted. don't mess with me.... i'm the hd insider....

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Reply # 583976 20-Feb-2012 15:58
xarqi: Funny you should ask. At what could have been exactly 00:00 tonight, SBS HD and SBS Two seemed to disappear. Now I'm getting an intermittent very low quality signal - just a couple of broken frames every minute or so. Something has clearly happened, whether it is my set up (possum in the dish; rat ate the cable; whatever), or at the satellite end, and whether it's permanent or temporary, I don't know. Anyone else seeing a problem? As for any other FTA HD source from Optus D1, SBS HD was the only one running; GEM disappeared several weeks ago, I can confirm to you that overnight SBS signal was weak throughout Foxtel and Optus D1 due to the huge storm holding back the uplink.