August 10, 2007
KWorld Releases Vista-ready Satellite TV-tuners
The multimedia PC company KWorld Computer, in Taiwan, has two Windows Vista-ready DVB-S TV-tuner cards available. One is designed for desktops and the other for laptops, according to current information on the company website. The Plus TV DVB-S PI210 allows a PC with a free PCI slot to receive free-to-air digital satellite broadcasts AND analog TV and FM radio. KWorld bundles the PI210 with its HyperMedia Software package, which supports such features as picture-in-picture (PIP) viewing, time-shifting, and electronic program guides (EPGs). It also allows for scheduled recording, even when the PC is not switched on. The compact Plus TV DVB-S 300U offers the same features and capabilities as the PI210, but uses USB connectivity. Both tuners come packed with a remote control for the PC.
August 4, 2007
Ten Sports to be Available on the Sri Lanka DTH Platform
Ten Sports has recently signed a non-exclusive agreement with Dialog Satellite TV, a direct-to-home (DTH) service provider in Sri Lanka. In this agreement, Ten Sports will become available across the country on the Sri Lankan DTH platform for satellite TV. Ten Sports is actually the exclusive broadcast-rights holder of all Sri Lankan Cricket games played in that country and Cricket has a large following in Sri Lanka.
Later in 2007, Ten Sports will broadcast the cricket tour in England including Sri Lankan competitors. Taj Television Limited, the owner of Ten Sports, believes that Ten Sports has an excellent viewer base in Sri Lanka, many of them being avid cricket fans. Ten Sports also offers satellite TV programming for a variety of global sports that include the US Open tennis classic, the Tour De France, WWE wrestling, UEFA Champions League, COPA America, US PGA golf other popular sports programs.
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The SIRIUS Satellite Radio digital video receiver provides exceptional reception in several new Chrysler Group vehicles already. STMicroelectronics now provides the digital broadcasting chipset for SIRIUS Backseat satellite TV. This in-vehicle satellite TV is featured in select 2008-model Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles. The in-vehicle satellite TV has three channels of family TV and is received by an in-vehicle satellite video receiver and two roof antennas. The SIRIUS Backseat satellite TV digital audio/video signal broadcasts over the same frequency spectrum as SIRIUS radio.
The core of this satellite TV video receiver is three ST chips: the STA210 RF tuner IC; the STA240 channel, service and source decoder IC; and the STA264 advanced hierarchical demodulator chip. ST collaborated with SIRIUS in 2004 to develop radio receiver chipsets. SIRIUS is now a major member of the automotive entertainment field. ST has led digital broadcast radio technology for 10 years and is the world's leading supplier of microchip components for digital radio receivers for automotive radio manufacturers. In the US, ST is also the chip supplier for XM Radio receivers and SIRIUS digital satellite radios.
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March 11, 2007
Satellite TV PC - How Good is The Quality?
That's a great question, and one that many readers are asking about Satellite TV PC…just how good is the quality?
Well the quality of your Satellite TV PC depends on the rate at which video streams are transmitted. This quality is measured by the same units measuring how broad you internet connection is: Kb/Sec.
Most video streams are transmitted at a quality of between 100 Kb/Sec and 400 Kb/sec, so if your connection is somewhere around 750 Kbs there is no need to rush off and pay for a faster or broader connection package. 400 Kb/sec is more or less the rate at which it is possible to watch the Satellite TV PC video stream on a full screen in reasonable quality. For quality lesser than that, the size of the media player's window has to be reduced, in other words you may have to watch the picture at 1/3 your screen size rather than full screen.
While this method might be a good alternative to the good old TV set, there are still some problems associated with it. Namely overloaded servers trying to serve up 1000's of connections to all the hungry Satellite TV PC fans out there, don't worry though there a few Satellite TV for PC systems out there that balance out their server loads and make sure they keep ahead of the demands.
Find out more here in my free special report
Andrew Carlton
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