we have all been told that in order for freeview approval a stb must not be able to
skip adds allow copying to other media
there may be more restrictions but for the purpose of this discussion we don't need to mention them
for that privilege we get the awesome epg (mehg5) and its bloated sluggish performance etc.
so if you want to do all the bad things like skip ads , transfer to other device . sort epg etc you will have to buy a non freeview approved stb .
thanks to kiwidownunder for posting a very useful link ( see post 369918) owners of the magictv box can now skip ad breaks and with the other great magictv function cut out the add content completely all that's lacking now is the ability to watch the content any where in the house in hd .
the bullet that will kill freview nz is that there is no restriction within the meheg5 software to control upgrades so whilst there is control of stb's for sale there is no control on modifying the software after you get it home . so if magictv make available a software update and call it a beta release they can pretty much make the machine do what ever they want and freeview nz are powerless to change that.
i spent about 20mins this morning editing a few programs and can now sit down with my bacon and eggs fresh coffee and watch csi in hd and no adds .
Shagy: you can also automaticly skip adds or edit adds out in mythtv as well and watch your recordings via xbmc, web or another machine with mythtv on it
A bit different though as it's via a HTPC as opposed to an STB.
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