[TelstraClear] Telstra clear HD and PVRs

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#21963 12-May-2008 12:25

Are you like me in thinking that its about time they made a bit more of an announcement.

TelstraClear Promises HD

As far as I recall this is the first annoucement from them mentioning HD.

And again the mention PVRs, but I think this has been on the cards for a while, still very short on details....

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#130225 12-May-2008 13:57

You got me excited with your headline for a second there until I read the article - no details at all. I'm guessing it's a long way off yet.

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#130229 12-May-2008 14:16

The ultimate would be Telstra replaying both SkyHD and FreeviewHD.

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#130230 12-May-2008 14:17

With a single PVR where the content is accessible by two or more tvs.........

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#130310 12-May-2008 18:01

Come on, lets get real about if TCL or any other Pay TV provider will release a box that allows remote content access... it will never happen. They will find the cheapest and least functional PVR on the market... Like the MySky!

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#130314 12-May-2008 18:22

Last time I checked, dreams were free :D

We can live in hope. But no I recognise there'd be no money in it for the content providers so why would they supply such a box...

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#130337 12-May-2008 19:40

BarTender: Come on, lets get real about if TCL or any other Pay TV provider will release a box that allows remote content access... it will never happen. They will find the cheapest and least functional PVR on the market... Like the MySky!

I wonder what DRM will be on the new Sky Online service. Apparently it's available to existing Sky users sometime this week. So will that apply to TCL customers? I ask, because apparently for TCL broadband users, the downloads won't count towards their cap.

Edit: Link to article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4523352a28.html

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#130354 12-May-2008 20:34

JonC:
BarTender: Come on, lets get real about if TCL or any other Pay TV provider will release a box that allows remote content access... it will never happen. They will find the cheapest and least functional PVR on the market... Like the MySky!

I wonder what DRM will be on the new Sky Online service. Apparently it's available to existing Sky users sometime this week. So will that apply to TCL customers? I ask, because apparently for TCL broadband users, the downloads won't count towards their cap.

Edit: Link to article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4523352a28.html

The DRM i think is windows media DRM? Not sure if ive seen this somewhere or what.

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#130420 12-May-2008 22:50

Rgr. Windows Media. TVNZondemand used it, but then canned it once a bunch of people started cracking it. Now they only allow streaming. Word is most of the files will have DRM will allow the file to be viewed as many times within 7 days of downloading.

A PVR with built in DLNA would be fantastic. That way the likes of the PS3 would be able to view the saved files, or any PC.

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#130494 13-May-2008 09:36

JonC: I wonder what DRM will be on the new Sky Online service. Apparently it's available to existing Sky users sometime this week. So will that apply to TCL customers? I ask, because apparently for TCL broadband users, the downloads won't count towards their cap.

I sent a message to the TCL customer service guys and they came back saying that they have no plans to offer the service at this stage.

Looks like either they didn't think to work in a deal to allow TCL customers to use the service too or the customer service ppl don't know about it