[TelstraClear] 15 new channels by November + improved picture quality

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#94482 9-Nov-2007 16:41

lchiu7:
munchkin: We can do that with the analogue channels though..

True but you get what you pay for!

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#94558 10-Nov-2007 10:44

sbiddle: How did The Cheese make it in there?

;) :D

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#94680 11-Nov-2007 12:56

sbiddle: How did The Cheese make it in there?

Congratulations Grant [zollymonsta] on getting your proposal accepted.
Now everyone on the TelstraClear network will be able to listen to NZ's #1 LPFM station!

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#94690 11-Nov-2007 14:07

ictgeeknz:
sbiddle: How did The Cheese make it in there?

Congratulations Grant [zollymonsta] on getting your proposal accepted.
Now everyone on the TelstraClear network will be able to listen to NZ's #1 LPFM station!

LOL Thanks.. now back to the original subject!

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#95218 14-Nov-2007 20:22

YAY!!! finally we get more channels and is it just me or it is real, that the picture quality are somewhat better now too?!

Next... will we get Cartoon Network Boomerang for those 80's 90's classic cartoons?! PLEASE?!!!!

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#95221 14-Nov-2007 20:24

chiefie: YAY!!! finally we get more channels and is it just me or it is real, that the picture quality are somewhat better now too?!!!!

Yes, part of the upgrade is improving picture quality, as you can see with the new channels that have been added.
It's all good! :)

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#95223 14-Nov-2007 20:28

The improvement to the picture quality is the most welcome one! Kudos to TCL! Looks great on our Philips LCD 32" TV!

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#95226 14-Nov-2007 20:34

Next... will we get Cartoon Network Boomerang for those 80's 90's classic cartoons?! PLEASE?!!!!

Seconded!

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#95379 15-Nov-2007 17:17

I can see Vibe and Crime and Investigation added for me today! Sigh no Alt TV yet... I can't wait to see racist comments splashed accross my television set.

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#95398 15-Nov-2007 19:23

I was wondering where Alt TV disappeared to...I've also noticed that the channel differ to what is listed on the TCL website (as compared to the start of this thread)

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#95400 15-Nov-2007 19:49

Fox (92) and bloomberg (96) are now there as well...

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#95405 15-Nov-2007 20:02

There's more to come. I'm sure Jeff will fill in the details.

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#95567 16-Nov-2007 20:45

World TV (all channels) and Sky 1 (among others) are still pretty poor. But TV1-3 are much better and almost as good Freeview (though it's not a fair comparison with Freeview coming over component and TCL over s-video)

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#95870 19-Nov-2007 08:58

ZollyMonsta:
chiefie: YAY!!! finally we get more channels and is it just me or it is real, that the picture quality are somewhat better now too?!!!!

Yes, part of the upgrade is improving picture quality, as you can see with the new channels that have been added.
It's all good! :)

Humm... from what I saw this weekend there isn't any problem with the image quality from the DVB stream, only the quality of the TelstraClear ADB set top box's MPEG2 Decoder. Now my wife isn't any AVI freak and we only have a 26" (or so) Sony CRT TV, but she noticed a substantial difference, especially with cartoons on channels like Playhouse Disney. Huge difference in contrast and much less blury. And doing a compare between TCL's DVB stream and what comes off Sky, I couldn't see any noticable difference myself.

How are TCL going to software ugprade a hardware mpeg decoder.... or does this mean we are all finally going to get a new Set Top Box this december from TCL?

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#95875 19-Nov-2007 09:16

It seems to me that TV3 has it over 1 & 2 by a fair margin for picture quality. Is it the same on Freeveiw? Watched James Bond on Friday and was quite impressed with the quality of the picture.

Also noticed that on the Breakfast show there is one camera (the one on the right) which looks like someone has mounted a phone camera it looks so blocky. Any idea what is going on there?

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