I was just thinking, with the PANSAT-7000HD and NEUSAT-SP8000HD (already packed in KOREA), being loaded into hundreds of container vans to be shipped-out to US and Canada, what are they gonna do? They are supposed to be out on the market this July, 2006. These are the first HD FTA receivers and HD FTA PVRs (plus other brands of course).I bet you guys, those Koreans are (also) working day and night with their "ARITHMETICS" to come up with a BIN. While they are working on their "algorithms","binaries or bin" repeating it over and over for a new BIN, let's pray the Hail Mary too. *Specs of those boxes could be google searched. -The BIN Chi CODE
- View Standard Definition/High Definition contents (MPEG2 and support MPEG4 AVC/H.264) - Fully Digital HDMI ( SD/HDTV formats) - Full Compliant of MPEG-S &DVB-S2 Digital & DVB broadcasting - 2 Common Interface - Front USB connection - Card Reader embedded - 950-2150 MHz input Frequency (IF Loop Throughout) - Satellite Scan - Simultaneous Scan with 4 Satellites - Flexible receiption of SCPC & MCPC from C/Ku-Band Satellites - Variable Input Symbol Rate (1-45 Msps) - Video output resolution: 480p,720p,1080i - User selectable output resolution - EPG (Electronic Program Guide) - Multi language OSD - Automatic PAL/NTSC Conversion - Fast Channel Change - 5000 Channels TV & Radio program - Timer Function (Automatic Turn On/ Off by Setting Function) - Conditional Access - RTC (Real Time Clock) - PIP , PIG (Picture In Graphic) - 5 Favorite List & Unlimited Programs per each - Powerful Channel Editing Fuction Sorting: Alphabetic, Satellite, FTA/Scramble, Parental Lock Move, Delete, Favorite Edit Parental Lock, Channel Rename, Channel Skip - Manual PID/ Satellite & TP/ Network Scan - S/PDIF (Digital Audio or Dolby AC3 Stream out) - 1 optical digital output for Dolby Digital and PCM digital audio - Diseqc 1.2 and USALS Compatiable - Comparable of Setting the Frequency for SMATV System - SD Memory card compatible(JPEG,MP3,firmware download) - Software Upgrade via RS-232C (Receiver to Receiver, PC to Receiver) - Component Out (YPbPr) - Universal Remote - OTA
Front-End 1 Input Connector F-type, IEC 169-24 IF Input Frequency 950MHz to 2150MHz IF Loop Throughout 950MHz to 2150MHz Input Level -65 dBm~-25 dBm LNB Power 13 /18VDC / 500mA Max DiSEQqC Control Diseq1.2 & USALS compatible Band Switch 22KHz Tone Modulation method LDPC/BCH(DVB-S2) 8PSK/QPSK, DVB-S QPSK Symbol Rate LDPC/BCH(DVB-S2) 8PSK/QPSK :10~30Msps / DVB-S QPSK: 1~45Msps Viterbi Decoding Rate 1/2,2/3,3/4,5/6 and 7/8 Reed Solomon Decoding FEC: 204, 188. t=8 LDPC/BCH Punctured Code ,1/2,2/3,3/4,3/5,4/5,5/6,8/9,9/10 in DVB-S2
MPEG transport Stream A/V Decoding Demultiplex According to ISO/IEC 13818-1 Input syream Max. 90Mbit/s Aspect Ratio 4:3, 16:9 Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 Audio Decoding MPEG Layer l & ll , MPEG-4 AAC+ Audio Mode Single Channel /Dual Channel, Stereo, Joint Stereo Audio Sampling Frequency up to 192KHz
Microprocessor & Memories Main Processor Trinity(ARM926) CPU Clock 280MIPS Flash Memory 8 Mbyte SDRAM 160 Mbyte EEPROM 32 Kbit
Data port Connector 9 Pin D-Sub Type Protocol RS232 Asynchronous Data Rate Max. 19.2Kbps
RF Modulator Connector IEC 169-24, Male/ Female Frequency 470-860MHz (UHF) Output Channel CH 21-69 TV Standard PAL-B/G,D/K, I,M Selectable
Front Panel 4 Digits LED Channel Number Display 8 keys Power,Channel Down/Up, Volume up/down,Menu,Exit,OK VFD VFD Display
Rear Panel IF Input F-type Connector IF Loopthrough output F-type Connector 6 Phone (Cinch) Video, Audio L, Audio R, YPbPr Scart TV / VCR <---- This we won't get S/PDIF Optical HDMI Type A S-VHS 4-pin Mini- Din Modulator F-type RS232 Serial Port 9 Pin D-Sub Type
Electrical and Mechanical Input Voltage AC 90-250V, 50/60Hz Power Consumption Max. 45 Watts Standby Power Less than 10 Watts Size(WxHxD) 340x245x65mm Weight 2.1kg
That's why I believe that they are trying to fix a real problem and that is not a marketing technique.
Might be a dumb question as no one will be able to answer but are the HD channels ECM'd right now? And is there any ramifications to ECM'ing HD channels to subscribers?
I don't think HD channels are anything special with regards to ECM. HD just used multiple channels and compression (for BW-limitation reasons). But apart from the compression, these channels get authenticated the same way as any other channel.
http://www.ee.washington*edu/conselec/CE/kuhn/hdtv/95x5.htm (replace * with dot)
