[00:02] <penguin42> so that must get mixed in somewhere up
[00:02] <penguin42> hmm cds is an interesting company; seems to be anything which you want to connect to a cable
[00:03] <daftykins> yeah i remember the client declining to have it from the satellite guys, and having them remove the antenna
[00:03] <penguin42> they should probably fix the 'Outlet Pates' in their menu :-)
[00:04] <daftykins> bit o' paté whilst you terminate your cables
[00:10] <daftykins> can't quite work out how a 5th feed enters the picture with that specific model multiswitch, there are other 5 input ones where you can clearly see the antenna input
[00:11] <daftykins> there was a much chunkier unit at his previous house, non-dSCR that was just a maybe 8 output satellite feed, i bought a box that converted 4 feeds into the 2 x dSCR then since the local sky Q installers were trying to lie to us saying they needed a cherry picker to get up to the dish
[00:12] <daftykins> that was good advice from some UK seller that has since disappeared
[00:25] <daftykins> probably won't be long before Sky are online only :)
[00:26] <penguin42> a skyless sky
[00:27] <daftykins> subscriberless would be the real dream (:
[00:43] <ball> I sort of want a Tivo
[00:43] <daftykins> i thought i'd read those were practically dead
[00:45] <ball> They're probably an old people thing at this point.
[00:45] <ball> At least over here.
[00:45] <daftykins> that's how i view broadcast TV xD
[00:46] <daftykins> over at my folks for the holidays, see them living their lives to the schedule of what's on TV
[00:46] <ball> Tempted to spend $80 on a TV aerial
[00:46] <ball> Should get one station with two or three streams on it.
[00:51] <daftykins> reminds me of the 4 channels of the 90s
[00:51] <ball> Not quite Freeview.
[00:51] <ball> daftykins: I grew up with three ;-)
[00:51] <daftykins> woot
[00:52] <ball> BBC1, BBC2 and HTV
[00:52] <daftykins> H o0
[00:52] <ball> Then Channel 4 or S4C, depending on where I lived at the time.
[00:53] <ball> Though thinking about it there were years when we didn't have a TV
[00:53] <penguin42> Then you get Countdown or Bananaman
[00:53] <ball> My son liked Bananaman and Danger Mouse :-)
[00:54] <daftykins> classics
[00:54] <daftykins> for when Eric eats a banana...
[00:54] <daftykins> when 5 launched they didn't operate down here, i think it was either over cost or that their frequency would have interfered with the French
[00:55] <ball> I was gone before 5 was a thing.
[01:06] <ball> In the UK each transmitter broadcast all of the channels, I think.  Over here that doesn't happen.
[01:07] <ball> ...and they still have VHF TV.
[01:07] <ball> ...so their aerials represent a significant wind load.
[01:07] <ball> It is possible to buy UHF-only but they're few and far between
[01:07] <ball> (and expensive)
[01:12] <daftykins> yeah very pay-TV orientated continent
[01:14] <ball> The U.S. might be.  Not sure about Canada or Mexico