The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good. For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel. The only identified drawbacks are: - - A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them). - Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success". - Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-) - Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000. Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected. Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR. Kiania -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth .... -Richest Man in Babylon
Wondering how long it will take for us to get the juice down here in malindi (read-> end of the world) given that even KBC is streamed from DSTV -> once or twice especially after rainfall weve seen the signal lost and the rescan on TV. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd < kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good.
For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel.
The only identified drawbacks are: -
- A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them).
- Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success".
- Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-)
- Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000.
Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected.
Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR.
Kiania
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@Brian, As for coverage, there's a plan to roll out 40 additional transmitter sites, the particulars and tendering process for this is ongoing however it's envisaged that before the end of the year all these sites will be live am sure Malindi will be in there. The major determining factor is availability of connectivity Fiber or Microwave and protection for the same ... For locations without proper access KBC plans to go via satellite. What I admire most about the expansion plan is what the are calling local insertion. This is where you can have a station specific to an area say Mombasa (Baraka FM) , but will have the same countrywide coverage enjoyed by KBC or Citizen, nationwide coverage as a competitive advantage will be no more. Kiania On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:34 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Wondering how long it will take for us to get the juice down here in malindi (read-> end of the world) given that even KBC is streamed from DSTV -> once or twice especially after rainfall weve seen the signal lost and the rescan on TV. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good.
For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel.
The only identified drawbacks are: -
- A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them).
- Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success".
- Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-)
- Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000.
Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected.
Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR.
Kiania
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I do agree with the insertion factor, means suddenly the whole of the country will be open to all the channels that are available in the "city". -> FYI, talking of the fiber, huku iko kwa wingi. Im assuming the HD factor will now purely be a station specific factor, quality will purely be an issue of how good the stream is, right? On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:46 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd < kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
@Brian, As for coverage, there's a plan to roll out 40 additional transmitter sites, the particulars and tendering process for this is ongoing however it's envisaged that before the end of the year all these sites will be live am sure Malindi will be in there.
The major determining factor is availability of connectivity Fiber or Microwave and protection for the same ... For locations without proper access KBC plans to go via satellite. What I admire most about the expansion plan is what the are calling local insertion. This is where you can have a station specific to an area say Mombasa (Baraka FM) , but will have the same countrywide coverage enjoyed by KBC or Citizen, nationwide coverage as a competitive advantage will be no more.
Kiania
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:34 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Wondering how long it will take for us to get the juice down here in malindi (read-> end of the world) given that even KBC is streamed from DSTV -> once or twice especially after rainfall weve seen the signal lost and the rescan on TV. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good.
For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel.
The only identified drawbacks are: -
- A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them).
- Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success".
- Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-)
- Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000.
Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected.
Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR.
Kiania
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Current Channels are still SD (Standard Definition), however the Thomson Headend installed has capacity for at leave 5 HD channels the determining factor is the content, so yes it's station dependent. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:53 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
I do agree with the insertion factor, means suddenly the whole of the country will be open to all the channels that are available in the "city". -> FYI, talking of the fiber, huku iko kwa wingi. Im assuming the HD factor will now purely be a station specific factor, quality will purely be an issue of how good the stream is, right?
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:46 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
@Brian, As for coverage, there's a plan to roll out 40 additional transmitter sites, the particulars and tendering process for this is ongoing however it's envisaged that before the end of the year all these sites will be live am sure Malindi will be in there.
The major determining factor is availability of connectivity Fiber or Microwave and protection for the same ... For locations without proper access KBC plans to go via satellite. What I admire most about the expansion plan is what the are calling local insertion. This is where you can have a station specific to an area say Mombasa (Baraka FM) , but will have the same countrywide coverage enjoyed by KBC or Citizen, nationwide coverage as a competitive advantage will be no more.
Kiania
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:34 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Wondering how long it will take for us to get the juice down here in malindi (read-> end of the world) given that even KBC is streamed from DSTV -> once or twice especially after rainfall weve seen the signal lost and the rescan on TV. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good.
For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel.
The only identified drawbacks are: -
- A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them).
- Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success".
- Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-)
- Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000.
Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected.
Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR.
Kiania
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7,700 is way too much for peeps. . . whtaever happened to the local initiative to assemble them locally?. . . .I agree, 2,000/- is workable for the box. . . . On 1/13/10, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
I do agree with the insertion factor, means suddenly the whole of the country will be open to all the channels that are available in the "city". -> FYI, talking of the fiber, huku iko kwa wingi.
Im assuming the HD factor will now purely be a station specific factor, quality will purely be an issue of how good the stream is, right?
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:46 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd < kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
@Brian, As for coverage, there's a plan to roll out 40 additional transmitter sites, the particulars and tendering process for this is ongoing however it's envisaged that before the end of the year all these sites will be live am sure Malindi will be in there.
The major determining factor is availability of connectivity Fiber or Microwave and protection for the same ... For locations without proper access KBC plans to go via satellite. What I admire most about the expansion plan is what the are calling local insertion. This is where you can have a station specific to an area say Mombasa (Baraka FM) , but will have the same countrywide coverage enjoyed by KBC or Citizen, nationwide coverage as a competitive advantage will be no more.
Kiania
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:34 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Wondering how long it will take for us to get the juice down here in malindi (read-> end of the world) given that even KBC is streamed from DSTV -> once or twice especially after rainfall weve seen the signal lost and the rescan on TV. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good.
For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel.
The only identified drawbacks are: -
- A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them).
- Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success".
- Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-)
- Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000.
Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected.
Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR.
Kiania
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and does signet have a website? On 1/13/10, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
7,700 is way too much for peeps. . . whtaever happened to the local initiative to assemble them locally?. . . .I agree, 2,000/- is workable for the box. . . .
On 1/13/10, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
I do agree with the insertion factor, means suddenly the whole of the country will be open to all the channels that are available in the "city". -> FYI, talking of the fiber, huku iko kwa wingi.
Im assuming the HD factor will now purely be a station specific factor, quality will purely be an issue of how good the stream is, right?
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:46 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd < kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
@Brian, As for coverage, there's a plan to roll out 40 additional transmitter sites, the particulars and tendering process for this is ongoing however it's envisaged that before the end of the year all these sites will be live am sure Malindi will be in there.
The major determining factor is availability of connectivity Fiber or Microwave and protection for the same ... For locations without proper access KBC plans to go via satellite. What I admire most about the expansion plan is what the are calling local insertion. This is where you can have a station specific to an area say Mombasa (Baraka FM) , but will have the same countrywide coverage enjoyed by KBC or Citizen, nationwide coverage as a competitive advantage will be no more.
Kiania
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:34 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Wondering how long it will take for us to get the juice down here in malindi (read-> end of the world) given that even KBC is streamed from DSTV -> once or twice especially after rainfall weve seen the signal lost and the rescan on TV. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good.
For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel.
The only identified drawbacks are: -
- A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them).
- Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success".
- Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-)
- Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000.
Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected.
Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR.
Kiania
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On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
7,700 is way too much for peeps. . . whtaever happened to the local initiative to assemble them locally?. . . .I agree, 2,000/- is workable for the box. . . .
Locally Assembled, like the "Nyayo Pioneer", you mean? Discussions elsewhere suggest that some Kenyan folks did "reverse engineer" some STB technology and intend to produce them locally. Do you really want to wait till that is formalized? Early adopters always have to pay a fortune. Prices will come down once the "Digital Inc" have made their profits! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. . .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the local industries. . . . INMHO. . . .. On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
7,700 is way too much for peeps. . . whtaever happened to the local initiative to assemble them locally?. . . .I agree, 2,000/- is workable for the box. . . .
Locally Assembled, like the "Nyayo Pioneer", you mean?
Discussions elsewhere suggest that some Kenyan folks did "reverse engineer" some STB technology and intend to produce them locally. Do you really want to wait till that is formalized? Early adopters always have to pay a fortune. Prices will come down once the "Digital Inc" have made their profits!
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On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. . .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the local industries. . . . INMHO. . . ..
Very true - in theory. You do know what the reality is like, has been like. I am open to suggestions on how to make yourtheory work. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
first of all the media coverage by the government on the affair is lacklustre. . . they have a tiny ad with FAQ's in the dailies that barely answers my questions. They still don't have a website for crying out loud! no-one (by this I mean a typical tv user) knows what a set-top box looks like or works.. . . .I may be jumping the gun but a fully functional site complete with maybe even a comparison on picture quality between the analogue and digital broadcast would work well. . . . I know media coverage can cost a few body parts but if Safaricom can do it. . . .. surely CCK can handle it? On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. . .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the local industries. . . . INMHO. . . ..
Very true - in theory. You do know what the reality is like, has been like. I am open to suggestions on how to make yourtheory work.
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hello guys, I was wondering about the outputs of the currently available stbs, do they have component outputs/hdmi or spdif outputs for sound? thanks. On 13/01/2010, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
first of all the media coverage by the government on the affair is lacklustre. . . they have a tiny ad with FAQ's in the dailies that barely answers my questions. They still don't have a website for crying out loud! no-one (by this I mean a typical tv user) knows what a set-top box looks like or works.. . . .I may be jumping the gun but a fully functional site complete with maybe even a comparison on picture quality between the analogue and digital broadcast would work well. . . . I know media coverage can cost a few body parts but if Safaricom can do it. . . .. surely CCK can handle it?
On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. . .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the local industries. . . . INMHO. . . ..
Very true - in theory. You do know what the reality is like, has been like. I am open to suggestions on how to make yourtheory work.
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Unfortunately, there are no HDMI or SPDIF outputs (I can check again to confirm), adding these interfaces would increase the price on people who never use them. Here's what I recommend, feed RCA into an amp, denon, marantz, onkyo etc and then upscale the to HDMI interface. Most of these models do that with no problem. I an interesting development, I learned yesterday in a high-level meeting that KBC (Signet) will be pumping 2mb pipe bundled in to the DTT service. If executed this will have very interesting repercussions into the whole connectivity space, talk about disruption ;-) If you are looking at a PC connection, check out www.linuxmce.org. Kiania D. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM, benson orina <benson.orina@gmail.com> wrote:
hello guys,
I was wondering about the outputs of the currently available stbs, do they have component outputs/hdmi or spdif outputs for sound?
thanks.
On 13/01/2010, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
first of all the media coverage by the government on the affair is lacklustre. . . they have a tiny ad with FAQ's in the dailies that barely answers my questions. They still don't have a website for crying out loud! no-one (by this I mean a typical tv user) knows what a set-top box looks like or works.. . . .I may be jumping the gun but a fully functional site complete with maybe even a comparison on picture quality between the analogue and digital broadcast would work well. . . . I know media coverage can cost a few body parts but if Safaricom can do it. . . .. surely CCK can handle it?
On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. . .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the local industries. . . . INMHO. . . ..
Very true - in theory. You do know what the reality is like, has been like. I am open to suggestions on how to make yourtheory work.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
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Daudi, Interesting point regarding the 2mb pipe. But remember, this is a broadcast medium, which means that any internet content would have to be 'pushed' at subscribers, unless there is a return path, which can make it interactive and thus push the whole deal into the realm of triple play/broadband... I'm loving this! Mblayo On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd < kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Unfortunately, there are no HDMI or SPDIF outputs (I can check again to confirm), adding these interfaces would increase the price on people who never use them. Here's what I recommend, feed RCA into an amp, denon, marantz, onkyo etc and then upscale the to HDMI interface. Most of these models do that with no problem.
I an interesting development, I learned yesterday in a high-level meeting that KBC (Signet) will be pumping 2mb pipe bundled in to the DTT service. If executed this will have very interesting repercussions into the whole connectivity space, talk about disruption ;-)
If you are looking at a PC connection, check out www.linuxmce.org.
Kiania D.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM, benson orina <benson.orina@gmail.com> wrote:
hello guys,
I was wondering about the outputs of the currently available stbs, do they have component outputs/hdmi or spdif outputs for sound?
thanks.
On 13/01/2010, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
first of all the media coverage by the government on the affair is lacklustre. . . they have a tiny ad with FAQ's in the dailies that barely answers my questions. They still don't have a website for crying out loud! no-one (by this I mean a typical tv user) knows what a set-top box looks like or works.. . . .I may be jumping the gun but a fully functional site complete with maybe even a comparison on picture quality between the analogue and digital broadcast would work well. . . . I know media coverage can cost a few body parts but if Safaricom can do it. . . .. surely CCK can handle it?
On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. . .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the local industries. . . . INMHO. . . ..
Very true - in theory. You do know what the reality is like, has been like. I am open to suggestions on how to make yourtheory work.
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Using an RCA then upscaling to HDMI or component might not bring out the desired effect which is better quality (HD). In any case, for you to benefit from HD, the source and transmission will have to be HD.If not, then there won't be any difference between using HDMI or component and RCA. However, there are other compatible STBs(DVB-T and MPEG4 standards) that have such outputs. ./bernard On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
Daudi,
Interesting point regarding the 2mb pipe. But remember, this is a broadcast medium, which means that any internet content would have to be 'pushed' at subscribers, unless there is a return path, which can make it interactive and thus push the whole deal into the realm of triple play/broadband...
I'm loving this!
Mblayo
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd < kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Unfortunately, there are no HDMI or SPDIF outputs (I can check again to confirm), adding these interfaces would increase the price on people who never use them. Here's what I recommend, feed RCA into an amp, denon, marantz, onkyo etc and then upscale the to HDMI interface. Most of these models do that with no problem.
I an interesting development, I learned yesterday in a high-level meeting that KBC (Signet) will be pumping 2mb pipe bundled in to the DTT service. If executed this will have very interesting repercussions into the whole connectivity space, talk about disruption ;-)
If you are looking at a PC connection, check out www.linuxmce.org.
Kiania D.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM, benson orina <benson.orina@gmail.com> wrote:
hello guys,
I was wondering about the outputs of the currently available stbs, do they have component outputs/hdmi or spdif outputs for sound?
thanks.
On 13/01/2010, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
first of all the media coverage by the government on the affair is lacklustre. . . they have a tiny ad with FAQ's in the dailies that barely answers my questions. They still don't have a website for crying out loud! no-one (by this I mean a typical tv user) knows what a set-top box looks like or works.. . . .I may be jumping the gun but a fully functional site complete with maybe even a comparison on picture quality between the analogue and digital broadcast would work well. . . . I know media coverage can cost a few body parts but if Safaricom can do it. . . .. surely CCK can handle it?
On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. . .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the local industries. . . . INMHO. . . ..
Very true - in theory. You do know what the reality is like, has been like. I am open to suggestions on how to make yourtheory work.
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Upscaling is the best you can do right now, the picture quality is still SD. I guess this means HDMI inputs or not wont matter. I also got the impression that there'll be different STB models available in the market, not to mention HD content at a later date. David On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
Using an RCA then upscaling to HDMI or component might not bring out the desired effect which is better quality (HD). In any case, for you to benefit from HD, the source and transmission will have to be HD.If not, then there won't be any difference between using HDMI or component and RCA. However, there are other compatible STBs(DVB-T and MPEG4 standards) that have such outputs. ./bernard
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> wrote:
Daudi,
Interesting point regarding the 2mb pipe. But remember, this is a broadcast medium, which means that any internet content would have to be 'pushed' at subscribers, unless there is a return path, which can make it interactive and thus push the whole deal into the realm of triple play/broadband...
I'm loving this!
Mblayo
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Unfortunately, there are no HDMI or SPDIF outputs (I can check again to confirm), adding these interfaces would increase the price on people who never use them. Here's what I recommend, feed RCA into an amp, denon, marantz, onkyo etc and then upscale the to HDMI interface. Most of these models do that with no problem.
I an interesting development, I learned yesterday in a high-level meeting that KBC (Signet) will be pumping 2mb pipe bundled in to the DTT service. If executed this will have very interesting repercussions into the whole connectivity space, talk about disruption ;-)
If you are looking at a PC connection, check out www.linuxmce.org.
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On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM, benson orina <benson.orina@gmail.com> wrote:
hello guys,
I was wondering about the outputs of the currently available stbs, do they have component outputs/hdmi or spdif outputs for sound?
thanks.
On 13/01/2010, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
first of all the media coverage by the government on the affair is lacklustre. . . they have a tiny ad with FAQ's in the dailies that barely answers my questions. They still don't have a website for crying out loud! no-one (by this I mean a typical tv user) knows what a set-top box looks like or works.. . . .I may be jumping the gun but a fully functional site complete with maybe even a comparison on picture quality between the analogue and digital broadcast would work well. . . . I know media coverage can cost a few body parts but if Safaricom can do it. . . .. surely CCK can handle it?
On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
> just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of > their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen > here. > . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. > . > .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then > the > local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the > local industries. . . . INMHO. . . .. > > Very true - in theory. You do know what the reality is like, has been like. I am open to suggestions on how to make yourtheory work.
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@kiania Out of curiosity are any of the channels on Signet being broadcast in Stereo. ? It would be interesting as all the local channels( KTN , NTV etc ) on DSTV are in mono. Kevin On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Unfortunately, there are no HDMI or SPDIF outputs (I can check again to confirm), adding these interfaces would increase the price on people who never use them. Here's what I recommend, feed RCA into an amp, denon, marantz, onkyo etc and then upscale the to HDMI interface. Most of these models do that with no problem.
I an interesting development, I learned yesterday in a high-level meeting that KBC (Signet) will be pumping 2mb pipe bundled in to the DTT service. If executed this will have very interesting repercussions into the whole connectivity space, talk about disruption ;-)
If you are looking at a PC connection, check out www.linuxmce.org.
Kiania D.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM, benson orina <benson.orina@gmail.com> wrote:
hello guys,
I was wondering about the outputs of the currently available stbs, do they have component outputs/hdmi or spdif outputs for sound?
thanks.
On 13/01/2010, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
first of all the media coverage by the government on the affair is lacklustre. . . they have a tiny ad with FAQ's in the dailies that barely answers my questions. They still don't have a website for crying out loud! no-one (by this I mean a typical tv user) knows what a set-top box looks like or works.. . . .I may be jumping the gun but a fully functional site complete with maybe even a comparison on picture quality between the analogue and digital broadcast would work well. . . . I know media coverage can cost a few body parts but if Safaricom can do it. . . .. surely CCK can handle it?
On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. . .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the local industries. . . . INMHO. . . ..
Very true - in theory. You do know what the reality is like, has been like. I am open to suggestions on how to make yourtheory work.
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Truth be told local broadcasting is in Mono, try connecting Tele through an amp and you'll tell me the outcome. However as for DSTV we are not sure, but I suspect it's in Stereo. For the DTT Networks all channels are in stereo that I have experienced this far. David On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Kevin Ouma <kevin.ouma@gmail.com> wrote:
@kiania
Out of curiosity are any of the channels on Signet being broadcast in Stereo. ? It would be interesting as all the local channels( KTN , NTV etc ) on DSTV are in mono.
Kevin
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Unfortunately, there are no HDMI or SPDIF outputs (I can check again to confirm), adding these interfaces would increase the price on people who never use them. Here's what I recommend, feed RCA into an amp, denon, marantz, onkyo etc and then upscale the to HDMI interface. Most of these models do that with no problem.
I an interesting development, I learned yesterday in a high-level meeting that KBC (Signet) will be pumping 2mb pipe bundled in to the DTT service. If executed this will have very interesting repercussions into the whole connectivity space, talk about disruption ;-)
If you are looking at a PC connection, check out www.linuxmce.org.
Kiania D.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM, benson orina <benson.orina@gmail.com> wrote:
hello guys,
I was wondering about the outputs of the currently available stbs, do they have component outputs/hdmi or spdif outputs for sound?
thanks.
On 13/01/2010, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
first of all the media coverage by the government on the affair is lacklustre. . . they have a tiny ad with FAQ's in the dailies that barely answers my questions. They still don't have a website for crying out loud! no-one (by this I mean a typical tv user) knows what a set-top box looks like or works.. . . .I may be jumping the gun but a fully functional site complete with maybe even a comparison on picture quality between the analogue and digital broadcast would work well. . . . I know media coverage can cost a few body parts but if Safaricom can do it. . . .. surely CCK can handle it?
On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. . .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the local industries. . . . INMHO. . . ..
Very true - in theory. You do know what the reality is like, has been like. I am open to suggestions on how to make yourtheory work.
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dstv is stereo by default but capable of 5.1 surround through spdif, though i guess the local channels on dstv are in mono(not sure). what disappoints me about the dstv decoders is lack of component outputs. Do you know where I can get a good a/v receiver locally? On 26/01/2010, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Truth be told local broadcasting is in Mono, try connecting Tele through an amp and you'll tell me the outcome. However as for DSTV we are not sure, but I suspect it's in Stereo.
For the DTT Networks all channels are in stereo that I have experienced this far.
David
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Kevin Ouma <kevin.ouma@gmail.com> wrote:
@kiania
Out of curiosity are any of the channels on Signet being broadcast in Stereo. ? It would be interesting as all the local channels( KTN , NTV etc ) on DSTV are in mono.
Kevin
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Unfortunately, there are no HDMI or SPDIF outputs (I can check again to confirm), adding these interfaces would increase the price on people who never use them. Here's what I recommend, feed RCA into an amp, denon, marantz, onkyo etc and then upscale the to HDMI interface. Most of these models do that with no problem.
I an interesting development, I learned yesterday in a high-level meeting that KBC (Signet) will be pumping 2mb pipe bundled in to the DTT service. If executed this will have very interesting repercussions into the whole connectivity space, talk about disruption ;-)
If you are looking at a PC connection, check out www.linuxmce.org.
Kiania D.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM, benson orina <benson.orina@gmail.com> wrote:
hello guys,
I was wondering about the outputs of the currently available stbs, do they have component outputs/hdmi or spdif outputs for sound?
thanks.
On 13/01/2010, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
first of all the media coverage by the government on the affair is lacklustre. . . they have a tiny ad with FAQ's in the dailies that barely answers my questions. They still don't have a website for crying out loud! no-one (by this I mean a typical tv user) knows what a set-top box looks like or works.. . . .I may be jumping the gun but a fully functional site complete with maybe even a comparison on picture quality between the analogue and digital broadcast would work well. . . . I know media coverage can cost a few body parts but if Safaricom can do it. . . .. surely CCK can handle it?
On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
> just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of > their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. > . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. > . > .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the > local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the > local industries. . . . INMHO. . . .. > > Very true - in theory. You do know what the reality is like, has been like. I am open to suggestions on how to make yourtheory work.
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Hi David, Any chance you could provide a listing of which channels are available? On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good.
For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel.
The only identified drawbacks are: -
- A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them).
- Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success".
- Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-)
- Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000.
Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected.
Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR.
Kiania
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Kiania Is family on the servce and I hear there are additional free channels. Which are they. Kevin On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd < kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good.
For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel.
The only identified drawbacks are: -
- A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them).
- Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success".
- Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-)
- Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000.
Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected.
Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR.
Kiania
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@Kevin, All channels are available save for Kiss Classic, Oxygen & CNBC. Christian channels are Family, God Channel and another one called Gospel something .... They say it's a matter of time before these and others come on board, would it be too audacious to envision a Skunk channel .. Tech TV kind of thing? Kiania On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Kevin Ouma <kevin.ouma@gmail.com> wrote:
Kiania
Is family on the servce and I hear there are additional free channels. Which are they.
Kevin
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good.
For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel.
The only identified drawbacks are: -
- A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them).
- Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success".
- Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-)
- Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000.
Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected.
Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR.
Kiania
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[Asentric Consulting Ltd]
If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth ....
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MMhhhhh 8~) 8~) 8~) Forgive my ignorance in this subject. Does this mean I can get rid of my antenna once I install the box? Apart from CNBC, KissTV and ClassicTV, are all other local channels are on digital? It's indeed a shame CNBC is not on. Anything else???? --- On Wed, 1/13/10, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote: From: David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> Subject: [Skunkworks] Digital TV To: "skunkworks Works" <skunkworks@my.co.ke> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 11:29 AM The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Network is up and running and now available to as many people as can buy the Set-top-boxes at the outlets stated by Signet (Circa KBC Channel 2). I bought the STB at Vertex (Electronics Shop at the Corner of Ambassador Hotel) had them test it on the Tele's there and made a mad dash home to watch the Nigeria - Egypt match. The picture quality is still SD (Standard Definition) No HD as yet but good. For the first time I was able to watch all channels on Stereo. The EPG (Electronics Product Guide) is pretty rudimentary (Read Chinese) but function. The picture quality is superb given that the transmitter is in Limuru, and you can tell the next program each day by scrolling the EPG by date and channel. The only identified drawbacks are: - - A number of TV stations have not connected to the headend so you have to contend with NO CNBC Africa (shame), KissTV and Classic TV (if you watch them). - Most stations have not updated the Program Guide's so when the game was going on, was showing Now watching "Road To Success". - Some TV Stations are encoding on MPEG2 so the picture quality and sound sucks. Wont name which lest am labeled Draconian ;-) - Cost of the STB KES 7,700 (Costs 2000 more than a Linksys WRT Router). For critical mass the price needs to come down to less than KES 2,000. Radio stations will be also available though currently only 4 stations are connected. Next Project will be to get a PC, install Linux MCE and have a Home-brew PVR. Kiania -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth .... -Richest Man in Babylon _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:53 PM, wesley kirinya <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com>wrote:
MMhhhhh 8~) 8~) 8~)
Forgive my ignorance in this subject. Does this mean I can get rid of my antenna once I install the box?
I too need to know the answer to that:) @Kiania - you being in the mainstream of this New Technology, could you please be specific on the model/type of the STB and why you recommend that particular one? You can help us in making the right decision the first time. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
I used my existing antenna provided is supports UHF, normally the Ellies type works very well. However the STB comes with it's own small antenna, which they disclaim is not adequate for areas far from Limuru (The transmission site). As for the model, any Set Top Box that supports MPEG4 compression would do however, I insisted on getting the Star Media one because they did the KBC deployment and comes with a slot for the smart card. KBC are running a conditional access system from Connax which will be used for Pay-TV. The belief is that once activated you can purchase the smart cards from any outlet and will plug-in with no problem. I would still recommend going for the Star Media STB, the prices will definitely come down, but I believe this is the price early adopters bear. Kiania On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:53 PM, wesley kirinya <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com>wrote:
MMhhhhh 8~) 8~) 8~)
Forgive my ignorance in this subject. Does this mean I can get rid of my antenna once I install the box?
I too need to know the answer to that:)
@Kiania - you being in the mainstream of this New Technology, could you please be specific on the model/type of the STB and why you recommend that particular one? You can help us in making the right decision the first time.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
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participants (10)
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[ Brainiac ] -
benson orina -
Bernard Mwagiru -
Brian Munyao Longwe -
Brian Ngure -
David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd -
Kevin Ouma -
Mark Mwangi -
Odhiambo Washington -
wesley kirinya