This is great news! What is the UHF channel number that this test service is being broadcast on from the Guildford transmitter?
I'm presuming that this is in 256QAM mode, with about 30Mb/s with a few MPEG-4 (part 10) video streams? Will any of the existing DVB-T USB dongles will work in 256QAM mode? Are the other broadcast parameters now fixed, or will this test service be used with varying power levels and error correction levels to determine the best possible ones for UK broadcast? Is the BBC going to do some tests to see if the service is really going to work in domestic properties like it did with WHP056? http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp056.shtml 2008/6/27 Simon Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > David Johnston wrote: > > I thought DVB-T2 was still a work-in-progress? Don't think any > consumer boxes support it yet. > > (Or I may be horribly out of date.) > > -d > > 2008/6/27 Matt Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Anyone had any luck picking this up? I have a HDTV with a Freeview tuner, > but have no idea if this is capable of picking up HD over the air... is it > ATSC? I'm unsure of the specifics. > > --Matt > > > > > DVB-T2 physical layer specification was ratified yesterday - and was on-air > this morning (admittedly by the guys who were working on the specification). > > The RF specification does differ from Freeview (DVB-T), as does the > physical layer and the signalling - so no, I doubt anyone has hacked it yet* > and no, it isn't ATSC. > > > > Simon > > > * although please feel free - the spec will be available on the ETSI > website, free of charge, soon > > -- > ------------------------------ > *Simon Thompson MEng MIET* > Research Engineer (Electronics) > PRINCE2TM Registered Practitioner > > *BBC Future Media and Technology* > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
