Kiania<br><br>Is family on the servce and I hear there are additional free channels. Which are they.<br><br><br>Kevin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kianiadee@gmail.com">kianiadee@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and<br>
now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the<br>
outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at<br>
Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them<br>
test it on the Tele&#39;s there and made a mad dash home to watch the<br>
Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard<br>
Definition) No HD as yet but good.<br>
<br>
For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG<br>
(Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but<br>
function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is<br>
in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the<br>
EPG by date and channel.<br>
<br>
The only identified drawbacks are: -<br>
<br>
- A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you<br>
have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if<br>
you watch them).<br>
<br>
- Most stations have not updated the Program Guide&#39;s so when the game<br>
was going on, was showing Now watching &quot;Road To Success&quot;.<br>
<br>
- Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and<br>
sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-)<br>
<br>
- Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT<br>
Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than<br>
KES 2,000.<br>
<br>
<br>
Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations<br>
are connected.<br>
<br>
Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR.<br>
<br>
<br>
Kiania<br>
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<br>
[Asentric Consulting Ltd]<br>
<br>
If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no<br>
matter what his birth ....<br>
<br>
-Richest Man in Babylon<br>
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