DSE SD Set Top Box Revisited

"Kissing Lettuce"



 ** Yep.





**  Why not ?

Each channel allocated to a broadcaster ( 6, 8, 1 & 12) has enough bandwidth
to transmit 3 x SD digital signals or 1 x SD signal and 1 HD signal
simultaneously  -  plus various guides, audio only channels  etc.

The broadcasters are allowed to send duplicates and doing this makes sure
your STB has all the possible channels in its tuning memory  -  so when they
do send something new there is no need ot re-scan the band.





 **  The later.




..............   Phil

Ta thanks Phil

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com says...



It's fine, I and everyone else with a STB has that many channels.

Phew.....  I was a bit worried when there were so many
incarnations of channel 10 but now that I have had a look
at digital there's no way I'll go back to analog with the
ghosting and snowy picture

[snip]



Yeah they run multiples for the (unlikely) possibility they use a second
channel for multi-angle views, or extra info (such as Seven during Rugby
World Cup etc). When they are showing the main channel they use almost no
bandwith because they just "point" to the a/v of the main channel. Nine has
used its HD channel a couple of times for extra info (e.g. Pompeii).

I guess Ten and Seven leave theirs on so people don't have to rescan for
events like that (some boxes pick up new channels automatically, others
don't)

Other times you might get multiples could be if channels are broadcasting
from two sites, e.g. in Sydney I pick up both North Shore VHF and Kings
Cross UHF.

Normal as others have said.
Damn annoying to flick through too unless you program "favourites" or
some such, or delete the unwanted channels.
I've got mine programmed so that I can use one set of arrow keys to
flick through 2/7/9/10/SBS for channel surfing, while the other set of
arrows takes you through them all if needed. If I want the guide (not
often), then I find it easier to just jump straight to that channel.
Eg. 7's guide is on 77, 9 on 99, etc.

Dave :)

Hey, I just tuned mine in last night too and I noticed the same thing.

Trouble is, all the programs are still shite.

Try asking for your money back then! :->

Dave :)

You expected otherwise?



Dick Smith still has a 7 day return policy I believe.

MrT.

14 days actually. It's printed on the bottom of the
sales docket

"Kissing Lettuce"





*  The policy was for 7 days since the mid 1970s.

    It changed recently with the new  2004/5 catalogue.




............    Phil

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 17:25:04 +1000, "Phil Allison"



I would never buy anything from DSE these days......

SO I went to my local Big-W to buy some ink cartridges for my printer
the other day. None in stock. So as I was walking up the other end of
the shopping complex(very small one) i noticed a recent addition, a
DSE. Walked straigt past to the newsagent. $17 for a cartridge. Walked
out and went to DSE. Got 2 for just over $20. So i would buy something
from DSE, but only because Big-W was sold out..

Anyway, looking in the store, no kits...no parts... just the shittiest
consumer crap you can buy, at twice the price of everywhere else. I
can feel a Tandy coming on...

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:28:16 +1000, The Real Andy
<will_get_back_to_you_on_This> wrote:



Tandy = DSE = Woolworths.

Were they brand name cartridges or the others like Calidad/Print
rite/etc? and who had the better price?

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:53:26 +1000, Terry Collins



They were genuine cannon catridges. I think big-w is the cheapest.

I am about to buy a Cannon i9950 printer (photogrophy is one of my
hobbies) so it will be intersting to find out what those cartridges
are worth, considering it has eight ink tanks... Umart
(www.umart.com.au) lists each cartridge at $23 for the i9950. The
BCI-24 that i currently use is listed at $30 for a color, big-w from
memory sells 2 for not much more that this.

"The Real Andy" <will_get_back_to_you_on_This> wrote in message


You do realise DSE, Tandy and Big W are all owned by Woolworths?

MrT.

"> You do realise DSE, Tandy and Big W are all owned by Woolworth's?


----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: DSE SD Set Top Box Revisited
....




Did you also know that Woolworth's own,
Safeway,
Food For Less,
Woolworth's Liquor,
BWS,
First Estate,
Dan Murphy's,
Plus Petrol,
BIG W,
Woolworths Ezy Banking,
Woolworths HomeShop
and GreenGrocer.

That's just unbelievable..
employing over 145 thousand people, and they still selling transistors,
fruit and veg and booze..:>


PS  EVICT HOTDOGS - Call 1902 5555 62
 or
 SMS 19 10 10 with the message 'Hotdogs'

And they own the ALH group of hotels



wtf is that supposed to mean ^^^

I'm guessing you actually went into a DSE "PowerHouse", not a regular DSE
store. The PowerHouses no carry only the basic kids learning type kits, the
former EA/SC/ETI kits section being replaced with small consumer
whitegoods. It appears as though Woolworths have decided that PowerHouse
stores will be nothing but a BigW electrical section on sterioids, which is
fine, most of the staff there seem to be on an intellectual level with
supermarket kiddies.

The regular DSE stores still stock kits, parts and so on as they always
have.

mike