Streaming TransTV (was: RE: [clug] TransAct ISP)

[Francis James Whittle]

On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 09:28, Dale Shaw wrote:
> The guy I spoke to at TransACT denied this was possible, so I guess they
> either don't want you to do it or he didn't know what I meant.

I'd guess actually don't want to admit it's possible.  It could cause
problems.  However the encrypted stream for Disney Channel would
intrigue me somewhat more if this were the case....

> He claimed the Motorola STB could do twice as much as the i3 STB and
> that the i3 STB was 'budget'.

This surprises me, as the i3 Mood STB is actually a full embedded linux
device, and also the 'New' STB (When we subscribed to TransACT they sent
us an apology that they had to roll out the new i3 STBs early and
wouldn't have Video on Demand working on them for about another month).

>  Nevertheless, this 'feature' interests me.
> I initially called to see if I could request a STB swap but I don't
> think I'll have much success there. Are there any other pros/cons of the
> i3 STB that are worth the effort to try again? Is it actually against
> TransACT policy?

I suspect that changing STBs is probably not likely to happen unless
TransACT deems that you need a new STB....

> cheers,
> Dale

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Francis James Whittle
BSEng Student,
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia