Digital or Intelligent TV
Hi Skunks and Skunkettes, Happy Hoildays! My small Sony TV is amazing me. I have the normal Aerial and with it, i am getting National Geographic channel, Some Supersport Channels, at times African Magic (depending on what the neighbor's house girl wants to watch that day) and some Indian Channels among others (even some local channels and Arabic). With this intelligence i am not even thinking of taking up the star times offer for the decoder. :) Regards Joey
I don't think the TV will be so smart when the neighbors move. Regards, Allay On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Joe Mayaka <joeyax@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunks and Skunkettes,
Happy Hoildays!
My small Sony TV is amazing me.
I have the normal Aerial and with it, i am getting National Geographic channel, Some Supersport Channels, at times African Magic (depending on what the neighbor's house girl wants to watch that day) and some Indian Channels among others (even some local channels and Arabic).
With this intelligence i am not even thinking of taking up the star times offer for the decoder. :)
Regards
Joey
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Just out of curiosity how is this technically possible. I am thinking someone near your vicinity is retransmitting this channels at a frequency your TV can tune to. So you are not the only one enjoying it. As to your neighbors TV I doubt your story unless their TV can retransmit signals. I thought this was a techie maillist how can some of you be so gullible. On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:29 PM, <calvinebarongo@gmail.com> wrote:
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The other thing is that your TV is digital. Which means you don't have to buy the DVBT2 and the channels you are getting are among the 25 channels being broadcasted free of charge. On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
Just out of curiosity how is this technically possible. I am thinking someone near your vicinity is retransmitting this channels at a frequency your TV can tune to. So you are not the only one enjoying it. As to your neighbors TV I doubt your story unless their TV can retransmit signals. I thought this was a techie maillist how can some of you be so gullible.
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HI Joe, The secret lies in RF modulation. What your neighbor has done is simply connecting composite cable from his/her DSTV decoder to a wireless RF modulator broadcasts a radio frequency-modulated signal. That is the reason why you are watching what your neighbor is watching :) Stephen, hope this explains it...:) Regards Me. On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
The other thing is that your TV is digital. Which means you don't have to buy the DVBT2 and the channels you are getting are among the 25 channels being broadcasted free of charge.
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Just out of curiosity how is this technically possible. I am thinking someone near your vicinity is retransmitting this channels at a frequency your TV can tune to. So you are not the only one enjoying it. As to your neighbors TV I doubt your story unless their TV can retransmit signals. I thought this was a techie maillist how can some of you be so gullible.
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I am wondering if this guys neighbor should be arrested. I doubt he would go through that entire process for zero financial gains. On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:20 AM, skunk me <skunksme@gmail.com> wrote:
HI Joe,
The secret lies in RF modulation. What your neighbor has done is simply connecting composite cable from his/her DSTV decoder to a wireless RF modulator broadcasts a radio frequency-modulated signal.
That is the reason why you are watching what your neighbor is watching :)
Stephen, hope this explains it...:)
Regards Me.
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
The other thing is that your TV is digital. Which means you don't have to buy the DVBT2 and the channels you are getting are among the 25 channels being broadcasted free of charge.
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
Just out of curiosity how is this technically possible. I am thinking someone near your vicinity is retransmitting this channels at a frequency your TV can tune to. So you are not the only one enjoying it. As to your neighbors TV I doubt your story unless their TV can retransmit signals. I thought this was a techie maillist how can some of you be so gullible.
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On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
I am wondering if this guys neighbor should be arrested.
maybe not...assuming he is not rebroadcasting with aim of any financial returns.
I doubt he would go through that entire process for zero financial gains.
The guy might be having more than one TV and he doesnt want to run cables all over, (unfortunately most of these cheap modulators have low picture quality.)
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:20 AM, skunk me <skunksme@gmail.com> wrote:
HI Joe,
The secret lies in RF modulation. What your neighbor has done is simply connecting composite cable from his/her DSTV decoder to a wireless RF modulator broadcasts a radio frequency-modulated signal.
That is the reason why you are watching what your neighbor is watching :)
Stephen, hope this explains it...:)
Regards Me.
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
The other thing is that your TV is digital. Which means you don't have to buy the DVBT2 and the channels you are getting are among the 25 channels being broadcasted free of charge.
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
Just out of curiosity how is this technically possible. I am thinking someone near your vicinity is retransmitting this channels at a frequency your TV can tune to. So you are not the only one enjoying it. As to your neighbors TV I doubt your story unless their TV can retransmit signals. I thought this was a techie maillist how can some of you be so gullible.
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Hey Skunks me, Thanks for the explanation. Atleast some of us have now stopped being gullible :) On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:17 PM, skunk me <skunksme@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
I am wondering if this guys neighbor should be arrested.
maybe not...assuming he is not rebroadcasting with aim of any financial returns.
I doubt he would go through that entire process for zero financial gains.
The guy might be having more than one TV and he doesnt want to run cables all over, (unfortunately most of these cheap modulators have low picture quality.)
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:20 AM, skunk me <skunksme@gmail.com> wrote:
HI Joe,
The secret lies in RF modulation. What your neighbor has done is simply connecting composite cable from his/her DSTV decoder to a wireless RF modulator broadcasts a radio frequency-modulated signal.
That is the reason why you are watching what your neighbor is watching :)
Stephen, hope this explains it...:)
Regards Me.
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
The other thing is that your TV is digital. Which means you don't have to buy the DVBT2 and the channels you are getting are among the 25 channels being broadcasted free of charge.
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com>wrote:
Just out of curiosity how is this technically possible. I am thinking someone near your vicinity is retransmitting this channels at a frequency your TV can tune to. So you are not the only one enjoying it. As to your neighbors TV I doubt your story unless their TV can retransmit signals. I thought this was a techie maillist how can some of you be so gullible.
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But this is an old concept, somehow TVs transmit what you watch, especially for cheap stuff. when I was in primary school, people could bend their aerials towards a DSTv dish to watch what the owner was watching. Meanwhile, in Campus, where rooms were next to each other and with tables separated by a thin wall, a Tv in one room could "watch" what the occupants of the other room were playing from a DVD player.
so a we still *gullible* as techies. simple wisdom - nothing is impossible to human techie except 'the concept of life' I guess you even answered your question by providing possibility On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
But this is an old concept, somehow TVs transmit what you watch, especially for cheap stuff. when I was in primary school, people could bend their aerials towards a DSTv dish to watch what the owner was watching. Meanwhile, in Campus, where rooms were next to each other and with tables separated by a thin wall, a Tv in one room could "watch" what the occupants of the other room were playing from a DVD player. _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
But this is an old concept, somehow TVs transmit what you watch, especially for cheap stuff. when I was in primary school, people could bend their aerials towards a DSTv dish to watch what the owner was watching. Meanwhile, in Campus, where rooms were next to each other and with tables separated by a thin wall, a Tv in one room could "watch" what the occupants of the other room were playing from a DVD player.
TV transmitting??.. not sure this is in anyway possible. .. The RF card on tv is a receive only. _______________________________________________
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Bending an aerial towards DsTV to watch what the owner was watching? The skeptic in me doubts it. Something called CAS- conditional Access System. Sent from my iPad On Dec 29, 2012, at 11:22 AM, skunk me <skunksme@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
But this is an old concept, somehow TVs transmit what you watch, especially for cheap stuff. when I was in primary school, people could bend their aerials towards a DSTv dish to watch what the owner was watching. Meanwhile, in Campus, where rooms were next to each other and with tables separated by a thin wall, a Tv in one room could "watch" what the occupants of the other room were playing from a DVD player.
TV transmitting??.. not sure this is in anyway possible. .. The RF card on tv is a receive only.
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John Doe, Let assume the services are "in the clear", Denis, how does a RO dish transmit? Which frequencies is it transmitting? If it worked then, why not now? On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 10:36 AM, John Doe <fivepings@gmail.com> wrote:
Bending an aerial towards DsTV to watch what the owner was watching?
The skeptic in me doubts it. Something called CAS- conditional Access System.
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On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
But this is an old concept, somehow TVs transmit what you watch, especially for cheap stuff. when I was in primary school, people could bend their aerials towards a DSTv dish to watch what the owner was watching. Meanwhile, in Campus, where rooms were next to each other and with tables separated by a thin wall, a Tv in one room could "watch" what the occupants of the other room were playing from a DVD player.
TV transmitting??.. not sure this is in anyway possible. .. The RF card on tv is a receive only.
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I dont think it is true,maybe on 1st April..I would like to see this happening. On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 11:12 AM, skunk me <skunksme@gmail.com> wrote:
John Doe, Let assume the services are "in the clear",
Denis, how does a RO dish transmit? Which frequencies is it transmitting? If it worked then, why not now?
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 10:36 AM, John Doe <fivepings@gmail.com> wrote:
Bending an aerial towards DsTV to watch what the owner was watching?
The skeptic in me doubts it. Something called CAS- conditional Access System.
Sent from my iPad
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On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
But this is an old concept, somehow TVs transmit what you watch, especially for cheap stuff. when I was in primary school, people could bend their aerials towards a DSTv dish to watch what the owner was watching. Meanwhile, in Campus, where rooms were next to each other and with tables separated by a thin wall, a Tv in one room could "watch" what the occupants of the other room were playing from a DVD player.
TV transmitting??.. not sure this is in anyway possible. .. The RF card on tv is a receive only.
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@ skunk me, why assume DSTV services are "in the clear"? Don't we all wish they were so we wouldn't pay? :-) I'm beginning to think Denis was being sarcastic! Sent from my iPad On Dec 30, 2012, at 11:17 AM, maina <dmaishe@gmail.com> wrote:
I dont think it is true,maybe on 1st April..I would like to see this happening.
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John Doe, Let assume the services are "in the clear",
Denis, how does a RO dish transmit? Which frequencies is it transmitting? If it worked then, why not now?
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 10:36 AM, John Doe <fivepings@gmail.com> wrote:
Bending an aerial towards DsTV to watch what the owner was watching?
The skeptic in me doubts it. Something called CAS- conditional Access System.
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On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
But this is an old concept, somehow TVs transmit what you watch, especially for cheap stuff. when I was in primary school, people could bend their aerials towards a DSTv dish to watch what the owner was watching. Meanwhile, in Campus, where rooms were next to each other and with tables separated by a thin wall, a Tv in one room could "watch" what the occupants of the other room were playing from a DVD player.
TV transmitting??.. not sure this is in anyway possible. .. The RF card on tv is a receive only.
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Just because you find it unbelievable, doesn't mean it is impossible. It did happen, the physics behind it, no idea. But hey, you guys can Google?
For some reason this happens. I remember sometimes back I could watch whatever the next door neighbour was watching on DSTV though with alot of "rain" and un-audible sound. Jeff On 12/30/12, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
Just because you find it unbelievable, doesn't mean it is impossible. It did happen, the physics behind it, no idea. But hey, you guys can Google?
This used to happen in the 90's - it was possible to pick signals from next door neighbours. However, based on physics; it is not possible to pick it from the incoming frequency on the dish (frequency, beam, etc). The possible ways this would have been happening was retransmission from the decoders or from the subscriber (knowingly or not). IMHO, it happened; the contention here is point aerial towards the dish - not possible unless it is a retransmission from subscriber. Aseda On 30 Dec 2012 17:23, "Geofrey Karani" <jeffkarani@gmail.com> wrote:
For some reason this happens. I remember sometimes back I could watch whatever the next door neighbour was watching on DSTV though with alot of "rain" and un-audible sound.
Jeff
On 12/30/12, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
Just because you find it unbelievable, doesn't mean it is impossible. It did happen, the physics behind it, no idea. But hey, you guys can Google?
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Well, probably then, maybe the people were not aware the aerial had nothing to do with the reception, but maybe Mayaka can put the issue to rest by moving his aerial and observing if there's a difference?
Hey Dennis, The Aerial is not pointing to any DSTV dish in particular. I checked and most dishes are pointing the other side. Could be the RF modulator digitizing my life :) Regards!! Joe On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, probably then, maybe the people were not aware the aerial had nothing to do with the reception, but maybe Mayaka can put the issue to rest by moving his aerial and observing if there's a difference? _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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I'm no expert but here are my 2 cents... Since DSTV operates roughly in the 11-12Ghz range it's not supposed to happen as normal FTA is in the range of a few hundred MHz. However, 2 theories may be possible: 1. Harmonics...those who remember this from physics class - though I find it unlikely as it would change every time the DSTV client changes channels hence requiring a retune on your telly - channels from the transponder do differ by a few MHz 2. The RF cable from the decoder to the TV could be acting as an aerial - either if the RF modulator on the decoder was of low quality, or the TV tuner has some sort of backfeed (low quality too). Since you say this used to happen way back, my money's on the former...as what has changed is the decoder models. The coax type used then could also be suspect as it probably didn't have proper shielding. Many people still operate old tellys but I don't see my neighbours' channels when I do an analogue scan. Someone with a decoder from waaay back (when having DSTV was swag) should be able to confirm this :)
While we are on this subject.... You can stream netflix movies, amazon prime, BBC... using unotelly's unodns. The service costs 5 usd/month + provider's cost. Example: 1) Netflix costs you 8usd/month + 5 usd unotelly = 13 USD/month for unlimited movies + series. It works brilliantly on a 4 Mbps link. https://signup.netflix.com/global 2) Amazon prime costs 79 usd/year + 60 usd/year for unotelly = 139 us/year for thousands of movies, ebooks, tv series.. That's a year's package for < 3 months of DSTV's subscription fees. http://www.amazon.com/gp/prime/signup/videos See http://www.unotelly.com/unodns/channels Installation is a breeze. Just make unodns your primary DNS server ... and that's it! On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm no expert but here are my 2 cents...
Since DSTV operates roughly in the 11-12Ghz range it's not supposed to happen as normal FTA is in the range of a few hundred MHz. However, 2 theories may be possible:
Harmonics...those who remember this from physics class - though I find it unlikely as it would change every time the DSTV client changes channels hence requiring a retune on your telly - channels from the transponder do differ by a few MHz The RF cable from the decoder to the TV could be acting as an aerial - either if the RF modulator on the decoder was of low quality, or the TV tuner has some sort of backfeed (low quality too). Since you say this used to happen way back, my money's on the former...as what has changed is the decoder models. The coax type used then could also be suspect as it probably didn't have proper shielding. Many people still operate old tellys but I don't see my neighbours' channels when I do an analogue scan. Someone with a decoder from waaay back (when having DSTV was swag) should be able to confirm this :)
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been trying to bend my aerial for the last 2 hours. On 1/13/13, Laban Mwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
While we are on this subject.... You can stream netflix movies, amazon prime, BBC... using unotelly's unodns. The service costs 5 usd/month + provider's cost. Example: 1) Netflix costs you 8usd/month + 5 usd unotelly = 13 USD/month for unlimited movies + series. It works brilliantly on a 4 Mbps link. https://signup.netflix.com/global 2) Amazon prime costs 79 usd/year + 60 usd/year for unotelly = 139 us/year for thousands of movies, ebooks, tv series.. That's a year's package for < 3 months of DSTV's subscription fees. http://www.amazon.com/gp/prime/signup/videos
See http://www.unotelly.com/unodns/channels
Installation is a breeze. Just make unodns your primary DNS server ... and that's it!
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm no expert but here are my 2 cents...
Since DSTV operates roughly in the 11-12Ghz range it's not supposed to happen as normal FTA is in the range of a few hundred MHz. However, 2 theories may be possible:
Harmonics...those who remember this from physics class - though I find it unlikely as it would change every time the DSTV client changes channels hence requiring a retune on your telly - channels from the transponder do differ by a few MHz The RF cable from the decoder to the TV could be acting as an aerial - either if the RF modulator on the decoder was of low quality, or the TV tuner has some sort of backfeed (low quality too). Since you say this used to happen way back, my money's on the former...as what has changed is the decoder models. The coax type used then could also be suspect as it probably didn't have proper shielding. Many people still operate old tellys but I don't see my neighbours' channels when I do an analogue scan. Someone with a decoder from waaay back (when having DSTV was swag) should be able to confirm this :)
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An old thread...but I can confirm that Laban's suggestion works perfectly! I'm using the WD TV Live with unodns and netflix...if you have a good link your experience should be flawless! On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Laban Mwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
While we are on this subject.... You can stream netflix movies, amazon prime, BBC... using unotelly's unodns. The service costs 5 usd/month + provider's cost. Example: 1) Netflix costs you 8usd/month + 5 usd unotelly = 13 USD/month for unlimited movies + series. It works brilliantly on a 4 Mbps link. https://signup.netflix.com/global 2) Amazon prime costs 79 usd/year + 60 usd/year for unotelly = 139 us/year for thousands of movies, ebooks, tv series.. That's a year's package for < 3 months of DSTV's subscription fees. http://www.amazon.com/gp/prime/signup/videos
See http://www.unotelly.com/unodns/channels
Installation is a breeze. Just make unodns your primary DNS server ... and that's it!
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm no expert but here are my 2 cents...
Since DSTV operates roughly in the 11-12Ghz range it's not supposed to happen as normal FTA is in the range of a few hundred MHz. However, 2 theories may be possible:
Harmonics...those who remember this from physics class - though I find it unlikely as it would change every time the DSTV client changes channels hence requiring a retune on your telly - channels from the transponder do differ by a few MHz The RF cable from the decoder to the TV could be acting as an aerial - either if the RF modulator on the decoder was of low quality, or the TV tuner has some sort of backfeed (low quality too). Since you say this used to happen way back, my money's on the former...as what has changed is the decoder models. The coax type used then could also be suspect as it probably didn't have proper shielding. Many people still operate old tellys but I don't see my neighbours' channels when I do an analogue scan. Someone with a decoder from waaay back (when having DSTV was swag) should be able to confirm this :)
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