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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:31:18 +0100 Rob Beard wrote: > Dan Lewis wrote: > > > > I was out shopping for a new package deal for my friend and for 360 > > swedish krowns a month - 30 pounds he got an entry level TV box > > with 720p and recording - like the one sky does in the uk. then > > there was a 20 mb internet connection, home telephone line and > > mobile phone contract with calls to mobiles costing 29ore per min > > which is about 2.5p. My point is all of this comes into the house > > through a combination of cables from the phone jack see here for > > diagram > > http://www.telia.se/privat/kundservice/support/tv/digitaltv/guider/installation_digitalbox.page > > or here for brochure showing real units > > http://www.telia.se/files/Inst_handb_TeliaDigiTV_B.pdf > > > Just had a look at the links, it actually looks like it works in a > similar way to BT Vision and Tiscalli TV which are both IPTV based > systems. BT Vision for instance is a custom Freeview PVR which can > stream on demand content (standard definition only) over the ADSL > connection and download stuff in high definition (720p). Wasn't a > bad system apart from the fact it was locked into BT and without a BT > connection the box was pretty much useless, although it can be > modified to run Linux with a bit of hardware hacking (I believe it > requires some sort of chip to get round the protections). > > If BT don't ask for my old box back, I'll look at getting mine done > so I can re-use it. I seem to recall reading that the BT Vision > hardware is similar to the Popcorn Hour box. > > Rob > Apparently the BT Vision box runs Microsoft Mediaroom: http://tinyurl.com/ydrph6n Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html