On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 13:50, Stephen Jolly <st...@jollys.org> wrote: > > On 13 Sep 2010, at 19:38, Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote: > Why would a manufacturer >> make a Canvas box instead of something that they can sell in most of >> the world (or even all of the world with the right components)? > > Why would a manufacturer make a Freesat box instead of something that they > can sell in most of the world (or even all of the world with the right > components)?
Seeing as it seems to be mostly Humax and Grundig making Freesat boxes (http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/r/freesat/0_0_0/?srcid=369&xtor=AL-63) it looks like most of them can't be bothered. And besides the copy protection, they're mostly international standards based tech, aren't they? - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
