DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2°E 1920x1080 H.264
Testing, no channel name, no EPG.

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Brian Gregory wrote:

> DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2°E 1920x1080 H.264
> Testing, no channel name, no EPG.

service ID 53710

"Andy Burns" <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote in message
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> Brian Gregory wrote:
>
>> DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2°E 1920x1080 H.264
>> Testing, no channel name, no EPG.
>
> service ID 53710

Ah, I was wonder which of the nameless SID channels it was. I'll have a look
in 15 mins when my tuner is not being used for a recording.

On 07/02/2022 21:46, NY wrote:
> "Andy Burns" <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote in message
> news:j6cp8qFgbliU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Brian Gregory wrote:
>>
>>> DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2°E 1920x1080 H.264
>>> Testing, no channel name, no EPG.
>>
>> service ID 53710
>
> Ah, I was wonder which of the nameless SID channels it was. I'll have a
> look in 15 mins when my tuner is not being used for a recording.

The programming doesn't look very interesting to me.
Quite a lot of rather sensational stuff compared to say CNN or CNBC.

Yes sorry, I should have given the SID too.

Here's a short recording: https://youtu.be/yMB07X9Hh5w

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"NY" <me@privacy.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Andy Burns" <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote in message
> news:j6cp8qFgbliU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Brian Gregory wrote:
>>
>>> DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2°E 1920x1080 H.264
>>> Testing, no channel name, no EPG.
>>
>> service ID 53710
>
> Ah, I was wonder which of the nameless SID channels it was. I'll have a
> look in 15 mins when my tuner is not being used for a recording.

By heck, 30-to-25 fps conversion has improved a lot since the days of
analogue TV when you used to see US TV reports shown on UK news bulletins.

At one stage I got a lot of glitches, and my receiver didn't flagging any
errors so I wonder whether it was errors in reception of the signal from the
US and rebroadcasting it to Astra 28.2.

On 07/02/2022 22:16, NY wrote:
> By heck, 30-to-25 fps conversion has improved a lot since the days of
> analogue TV when you used to see US TV reports shown on UK news bulletins.

Yes motion looks nice and smooth.

> At one stage I got a lot of glitches, and my receiver didn't flagging
> any errors so I wonder whether it was errors in reception of the signal
> from the US and rebroadcasting it to Astra 28.2.

Could be, or maybe bitrate mismatch causing corrupted or dropped data.

I sometimes get something like that on one of the other HD foreign
channels, not sure which one. It's when there is a sudden big scene
change like a cut from one view to another, it causes pixelation like an
I-frame was truncated or dropped.

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NY wrote:

> By heck, 30-to-25 fps conversion has improved a lot since the days of analogue
> TV when you used to see US TV reports shown on UK news bulletins.

or from /that/ year with the American Grand Prix with the legovision standards
conversion ...

> At one stage I got a lot of glitches, and my receiver didn't flagging any errors
> so I wonder whether it was errors in reception of the signal from the US and
> rebroadcasting it to Astra 28.2.

I left it running for a few hours and didn't notice any issues, I was listening
more than watching though.

On 07/02/2022 22:40, Andy Burns wrote:
> NY wrote:
>
>> By heck, 30-to-25 fps conversion has improved a lot since the days of
>> analogue TV when you used to see US TV reports shown on UK news
>> bulletins.
>
> or from /that/ year with the American Grand Prix with the legovision
> standards conversion ...
>
>> At one stage I got a lot of glitches, and my receiver didn't flagging
>> any errors so I wonder whether it was errors in reception of the
>> signal from the US and rebroadcasting it to Astra 28.2.
>
> I left it running for a few hours and didn't notice any issues, I was
> listening more than watching though.

I've just had it drop out altogether several times: playing the channel
in VLC on my PC, I can see blocks of data still being reported on Tools
| Codec | Statistics with no lost, dropped or discarded frames, but
black screen and no sound. Then normal service is resumed - and then
lost again.

That's why they have a testing phase ;-)

On 07/02/2022 22:00, Brian Gregory wrote:
> On 07/02/2022 21:46, NY wrote:
>> "Andy Burns" <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote in message
>> news:j6cp8qFgbliU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Brian Gregory wrote:
>>>
>>>> DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2°E 1920x1080 H.264
>>>> Testing, no channel name, no EPG.
>>>
>>> service ID 53710
>>
>> Ah, I was wonder which of the nameless SID channels it was. I'll have
>> a look in 15 mins when my tuner is not being used for a recording.
>
> The programming doesn't look very interesting to me.
> Quite a lot of rather sensational stuff compared to say CNN or CNBC.
>
> Yes sorry, I should have given the SID too.
>
> Here's a short recording: https://youtu.be/yMB07X9Hh5w

They are certainly getting their moneysworth out of the caption
generator and screen-animation software - like a some who's just
discovered how many fonts they've found in MS Word and who is determined
to use as many of them as possible in the same document.

i wonder if the channel's remit is somewhat akin to GB News (with or
without political bias) in that they are more about discussion and
opinions than hard news.

NY wrote:

> I've just had it drop out altogether several times: playing the channel in VLC
> on my PC, I can see blocks of data still being reported on Tools | Codec |
> Statistics with no lost, dropped or discarded frames, but black screen and no
> sound. Then normal service is resumed - and then lost again.
>
> That's why they have a testing phase ;-)

I was also streaming it from TVH over wifi to VLC, I did watch some of it, but
mostly ust left it on in the background, I won't get much chance to watch today ..

Brian Gregory wrote:

>
> The programming doesn't look very interesting to me.

It seems like "NBC news now" is different from "NBC news"

I presume we're getting trailers in the slots that other viewers are getting
adverts?

Andy Burns wrote:

> Brian Gregory wrote:
>
>> The programming doesn't look very interesting to me.
>
> It seems like "NBC news now" is different from "NBC news"

and I realise I'd read Brian's original subject as
"NBC News" now testing on ...
rather than
"NBC News Now" testing on ...

Do we need yet more biased news. I think news has had its day, many many
people now avoid news, they really want more local news, not just more doom
and gloom and biased views on the way the world is run.
Brian

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"Brian Gregory" <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> wrote in message
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> DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2�E 1920x1080 H.264
> Testing, no channel name, no EPG.
>
> --
> Brian Gregory (in England).

In message <j6emgbFrearU1@mid.individual.net>, Andy Burns
<usenet@andyburns.uk> writes
>Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> Brian Gregory wrote:
>>
>>> The programming doesn't look very interesting to me.
>> It seems like "NBC news now" is different from "NBC news"
>
>and I realise I'd read Brian's original subject as
> "NBC News" now testing on ...
>rather than
> "NBC News Now" testing on ...

It seems rather a tautologous name for a news channel. Unless they're
intending to also launch an "NBC News From Last Year" channel?
--
John Hall
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But you *need* an orgy, once in a while."
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On 08/02/2022 at 08:26, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
> Do we need yet more biased news. I think news has had its day, many many
> people now avoid news, they really want more local news, not just more doom
> and gloom and biased views on the way the world is run.
> Brian
>
>

I think what they want is 'news' which confirms their own bias.
Facebook is great for that if you just stick to the groups you agree
with. Bit of a sadly narrow world, though.

--
Wilf

On 08/02/2022 08:04, Andy Burns wrote:
> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> Brian Gregory wrote:
>>
>>> The programming doesn't look very interesting to me.
>>
>> It seems like "NBC news now" is different from "NBC news"
>
> and I realise I'd read Brian's original subject as
>     "NBC News" now testing on ...
> rather than
>     "NBC News Now" testing on ...

Oops. I never thought of that.

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On 07/02/2022 22:00, Brian Gregory wrote:
> The programming doesn't look very interesting to me.
> Quite a lot of rather sensational stuff compared to say CNN or CNBC.

I was seeing their weekend programming.
Seems a bit better now.

At the weekend there seemed to be a lot of true crime type stuff.

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On 07/02/2022 14:22, Brian Gregory wrote:
> DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2°E 1920x1080 H.264
> Testing, no channel name, no EPG.
>

There seems to be Sky (OpenTV) EPG now.

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On 07/02/2022 14:22, Brian Gregory wrote:
> DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2°E 1920x1080 H.264
> Testing, no channel name, no EPG.

Drat. Looks like it's being encrypted now.
So it's going to be Sky subscribers only :(

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On 01/03/2022 15:15, Brian Gregory wrote:
> On 07/02/2022 14:22, Brian Gregory wrote:
>> DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2°E 1920x1080 H.264
>> Testing, no channel name, no EPG.
>
> Drat. Looks like it's being encrypted now.
> So it's going to be Sky subscribers only :(
>

It does look like it's still marked as unencrypted though, so maybe...
But there are cases where those marks remain incorrect for ages and ages.

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Brian Gregory wrote:

> On 07/02/2022 14:22, Brian Gregory wrote:
>> DVB-S2 11386 H 29500 8/9 QPSK 28.2°E 1920x1080 H.264
>> Testing, no channel name, no EPG.
>
> Drat. Looks like it's being encrypted now.
> So it's going to be Sky subscribers only :(

I last looked at it briefly yesterday, it was still FTA then, but not very
interesting, today, yes it's locked-down