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#98966 9-Mar-2012 20:14

Just reinstalled my desktop in the office, installed the HDHomeRun drivers and saw a notice the first time I started media center, saying I will need to "retune this device 13th March"...

Any more information on this?

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#592929 9-Mar-2012 20:16

Here's the full message:

Oh, and a link to the change timetable...

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#592934 9-Mar-2012 20:29

There is a frequency change for Manawatu on March 13.

http://www.rsm.govt.nz/cms/policy-and-planning/projects/digital-terrestrial-television-frequency-restacking/timing-and-channel-information

Edit: Never mind...

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#592941 9-Mar-2012 20:38

Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

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#592977 9-Mar-2012 21:11

codyc1515: Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

How else are you supposed to get the message out to people with a large reach?

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#592978 9-Mar-2012 21:14

sbiddle:
codyc1515: Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

How else are you supposed to get the message out to people with a large reach?

It should have never happened, they should have had the correct frequencies in the first place.

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#592979 9-Mar-2012 21:14

sbiddle:
codyc1515: Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

How else are you supposed to get the message out to people with a large reach?

Via the channel message on the TV. I have been getting that message for the last few weeks on my PCs tuner, but it doesn't appear on my Tivo, but perhpas that detects I am in Wellington.

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#593070 10-Mar-2012 01:32

I guess all the flyers will be paid for by the spectrum they are clearing to sell. The flyers must be for the viewers that only turn the tv on every few weeks!

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#593087 10-Mar-2012 08:26

codyc1515:
sbiddle:
codyc1515: Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

How else are you supposed to get the message out to people with a large reach?

It should have never happened, they should have had the correct frequencies in the first place.

Mind explaining how they could have used frequencies that already had existing users with existing management rights?

If you were standing on the street eating an apple and somebody came along and stole it from you because they wanted an apple you'd consider it theft. Are you suggesting it would have been OK for Freeview to do precisely this?

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#593089 10-Mar-2012 08:28

mattwnz:
sbiddle:
codyc1515: Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

How else are you supposed to get the message out to people with a large reach?

Via the channel message on the TV. I have been getting that message for the last few weeks on my PCs tuner, but it doesn't appear on my Tivo, but perhpas that detects I am in Wellington.

The DVB standard has region coding built in, and most approved boxes will ask you for this when you set them up.

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#593101 10-Mar-2012 09:55

sbiddle:
mattwnz:
sbiddle:
codyc1515: Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

How else are you supposed to get the message out to people with a large reach?

Via the channel message on the TV. I have been getting that message for the last few weeks on my PCs tuner, but it doesn't appear on my Tivo, but perhpas that detects I am in Wellington.

The DVB standard has region coding built in, and most approved boxes will ask you for this when you set them up.

Now, that makes sense. How do they check the region, by ZIP or something else?

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#593122 10-Mar-2012 11:07

freitasm:
sbiddle:
mattwnz:
sbiddle:
codyc1515: Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

How else are you supposed to get the message out to people with a large reach?

Via the channel message on the TV. I have been getting that message for the last few weeks on my PCs tuner, but it doesn't appear on my Tivo, but perhpas that detects I am in Wellington.

The DVB standard has region coding built in, and most approved boxes will ask you for this when you set them up.

Now, that makes sense. How do they check the region, by ZIP or something else?

?

There is mandatory regions specified: Auckland, northland, manawatu, etc.

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#593123 10-Mar-2012 11:08

sbiddle:
codyc1515:
sbiddle:
codyc1515: Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

How else are you supposed to get the message out to people with a large reach?

It should have never happened, they should have had the correct frequencies in the first place.

Mind explaining how they could have used frequencies that already had existing users with existing management rights?

If you were standing on the street eating an apple and somebody came along and stole it from you because they wanted an apple you'd consider it theft. Are you suggesting it would have been OK for Freeview to do precisely this?

They couldn't have waited?

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#593129 10-Mar-2012 11:16

codyc1515:
sbiddle:
codyc1515:
sbiddle:
codyc1515: Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

How else are you supposed to get the message out to people with a large reach?

It should have never happened, they should have had the correct frequencies in the first place.

Mind explaining how they could have used frequencies that already had existing users with existing management rights?

If you were standing on the street eating an apple and somebody came along and stole it from you because they wanted an apple you'd consider it theft. Are you suggesting it would have been OK for Freeview to do precisely this?

They couldn't have waited?

So instead of Freeview terrestrial trial broadcasts commencing in December 2007 we should have had a 4 year delay and waited until December 2011 before launching Freeview|HD? That has to be the craziest thing I've heard in a long time.

If frequency restacking is such a bad thing maybe you can point me in the direction of all the discussions and damning media stories detailing the dramas restacking has caused in areas where it has already occured?

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#593133 10-Mar-2012 11:25

sbiddle:
codyc1515:
sbiddle:
codyc1515:
sbiddle:
codyc1515: Got a pamphlet in the mail about this the other day. What a waste of money...

How else are you supposed to get the message out to people with a large reach?

It should have never happened, they should have had the correct frequencies in the first place.

Mind explaining how they could have used frequencies that already had existing users with existing management rights?

If you were standing on the street eating an apple and somebody came along and stole it from you because they wanted an apple you'd consider it theft. Are you suggesting it would have been OK for Freeview to do precisely this?

They couldn't have waited?

So instead of Freeview terrestrial trial broadcasts commencing in December 2007 we should have had a 4 year delay and waited until December 2011 before launching Freeview|HD? That has to be the craziest thing I've heard in a long time.

If frequency restacking is such a bad thing maybe you can point me in the direction of all the discussions and damning media stories detailing the dramas restacking has caused in areas where it has already occured?

I'm not saying it was a bad thing just that it was expensive and unnecessary.

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#593145 10-Mar-2012 11:37

codyc1515: I'm not saying it was a bad thing just that it was expensive and unnecessary.

Did you read the explanation? "Unnecessary" I understand would be the four years wait.

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