On Sunday 15 August 2010 07:57 PM, Mukund Deshmukh wrote: > > >> Here are some links to cheap STB type pc devices and interesting writeups. >> >> > As JTD has pointed out, there is no up link in STB, so it is not possible to > browse. Some time back I have read about, down link through satellite and up > link through land line. > >
Any device that sits on top of the television set is a Set Top Box. There is no link in particular with any Satellite device. I had used IPTV for a month before I gave it up. It was a linux based thin client STB, the size of an ADSL modem. It had an audio/video out and an ethernet port. MTNL charged Rs. 100 per month as rental and 200/- per month for all channels. The same can be modified to turn the TV into a linux desktop. As net booting is laden with problems, a local booting through a flash card would be ideal for any ISP situation. -- As a proper list etiquette... Please trim your replies. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Do not re-use old messages to write new ones. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
