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# 40282 27-Aug-2009 19:04

Don't know exactly where this lives in the forum; but has anyone seen this:

http://ziln.co.nz./

What affect do you think it will eventually have on the Freeveiw audiance? They are aiming for 10% of the market and seem to have a good offering.

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# 251080 27-Aug-2009 19:26

I looked at this and it seemed pretty good, BUT, whats the point when there is such a small cap on data in this country?? Kinda makes it unusable if I have a 10 or 20 GB limit...

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# 251081 27-Aug-2009 19:30

IMO unless a major ISP such as telecom get on board and make this unmetered this idea will not go that far.

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# 251104 27-Aug-2009 21:02

TelstraClear is a big support of this service, and also posted here on Geekzone about it.

However, I think the channel lineup is weak (hopefully they don't go the way of Joost), the picture quality has to be much better than it is now for me to even consider watching it, and it should be zero-rated - at least on TelstraClear which is their biggest supporter.

I don't see major channels putting their programmes on there and I am not prepared to watch pixelated pictures in lieu of HD TV.

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# 251105 27-Aug-2009 21:03

My bad, I hadn't read that post on geekzone about it :)

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# 251125 27-Aug-2009 22:23

MMmmm my data cap is way too small to consider TV over broadband, plus its not a patch on HD on the 50".

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# 251168 28-Aug-2009 06:13

its a good way to see what else is on around the world.

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# 251209 28-Aug-2009 09:26

if this was unmetered, it'd be fantastic.

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# 251216 28-Aug-2009 09:47

I watched some last night, the quality of the stream is pretty good, considering how streaming video usually performs.
Finally I can watch Stratos/Triangle (not on Freeview HD dammit!) DW, Al Jazeera etc.
Also the Archives New Zealand section content is great!

I have stuck with Go Large, so no data cap for me to worry about :)

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# 251217 28-Aug-2009 09:49

I wonder if they could add NASA TV streams somehow?
Quality of ziln.co.nz stream is definitely superior to the NASA TV stream from the USA.

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# 251365 28-Aug-2009 16:18

i notice that DW is cropped down from 16:9 to 4:3. Awful.

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# 251372 28-Aug-2009 16:50

if you want internet TV this is probably the best one and its free, there is a lot of weird stuff but you do get BBC world and the ITV channels, the cricket is also on

http://www.tvunetworks.com/

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# 251377 28-Aug-2009 17:06

tonyhughes: plus its not a patch on HD on the 50".

I haer you Tony... nothing but 55" of Samsung LED pleasure with SkyHDi so just dosn't compare to a 24" monitor does it

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# 251668 30-Aug-2009 09:07

For the person who like the Archives NZ material - you can see more (and at relatively hi res) on www.nzonscreen.com

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# 252695 2-Sep-2009 18:37

jofizz: I wonder if they could add NASA TV streams somehow?

Quality of ziln.co.nz stream is definitely superior to the NASA TV stream from the USA.

Asked the question.

"Thanks for your email to us.

We'd love to have NASA but unfortunately they removed the channel from the only satellite we could receive here.

We are hoping they will replace it but do not know yet.

Hope you continue to enjoy our other channels.

Thanks,

Gresham Bradley
Director Online Development
Ziln & e-cast Ltd."

Regards,

Old3eyes

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# 252703 2-Sep-2009 18:53

vexxxboy: if you want internet TV this is probably the best one and its free, there is a lot of weird stuff but you do get BBC world and the ITV channels, the cricket is also on

http://www.tvunetworks.com/

Hmm won't recognise WMP is installed, if you use firefox... ok if you use IE..

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