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In article <TwCTe.25793$FA3.18041@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:

Matt2 - Amstereo wrote:


I think I'll stick with the 100 + foxtail digital channels over the
10 grainy analogue channels on galaxy. And I reckon if you actually
thought before you posted, you'd do the same thing too or is your
spelling a reflection of your intelligence?

ur a dickhead - all galaxy satelite channels were digital. fox by sat
is still the same now technology wise as galaxy was back in its day.
and it was more like 30 channels....
there is technically no difference between regular austar by sat and
'austar digital' Same shit different badge the only thing that
changed was the encryption which makes no diff to the actual pic/audio
quality.


The Galaxy cable service was grainy analogue as he said. BTW I still
have a Galaxy cable box. Is it useful for anything? I think it still
gets the shopping channel.
Click to expand...
I used to have Galaxy, and I've still got the microwave aerial on my
roof 8 years later. But I don't recall a cable service being available.
Can you fill me in?

Geoff
 
Geoff Walker wrote:


In article <TwCTe.25793$FA3.18041@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:



Matt2 - Amstereo wrote:



I think I'll stick with the 100 + foxtail digital channels over the
10 grainy analogue channels on galaxy. And I reckon if you actually
thought before you posted, you'd do the same thing too or is your
spelling a reflection of your intelligence?


ur a dickhead - all galaxy satelite channels were digital. fox by sat
is still the same now technology wise as galaxy was back in its day.
and it was more like 30 channels....
there is technically no difference between regular austar by sat and
'austar digital' Same shit different badge the only thing that
changed was the encryption which makes no diff to the actual pic/audio
quality.



The Galaxy cable service was grainy analogue as he said. BTW I still
have a Galaxy cable box. Is it useful for anything? I think it still
gets the shopping channel.



I used to have Galaxy, and I've still got the microwave aerial on my
roof 8 years later. But I don't recall a cable service being available.
Can you fill me in?

Geoff
Click to expand...
Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not cable.
I still have the dish on the roof too!

--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'Press any key...no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE!'
 
"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Geoff Walker wrote:


In article <TwCTe.25793$FA3.18041@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:


Matt2 - Amstereo wrote:


I think I'll stick with the 100 + foxtail digital channels over the 10
grainy analogue channels on galaxy. And I reckon if you actually
thought before you posted, you'd do the same thing too or is your
spelling a reflection of your intelligence?
ur a dickhead - all galaxy satelite channels were digital. fox by sat is
still the same now technology wise as galaxy was back in its day.
and it was more like 30 channels....
there is technically no difference between regular austar by sat and
'austar digital' Same shit different badge the only thing that changed
was the encryption which makes no diff to the actual pic/audio quality.


The Galaxy cable service was grainy analogue as he said. BTW I still have
a Galaxy cable box. Is it useful for anything? I think it still gets the
shopping channel.


I used to have Galaxy, and I've still got the microwave aerial on my roof
8 years later. But I don't recall a cable service being available. Can
you fill me in?

Geoff


Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not cable. I
still have the dish on the roof too!
Click to expand...
Did they ever use satellite ?

Frank
 
Frank wrote:


"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Geoff Walker wrote:




In article <TwCTe.25793$FA3.18041@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:




Matt2 - Amstereo wrote:




I think I'll stick with the 100 + foxtail digital channels over the 10
grainy analogue channels on galaxy. And I reckon if you actually
thought before you posted, you'd do the same thing too or is your
spelling a reflection of your intelligence?


ur a dickhead - all galaxy satelite channels were digital. fox by sat is
still the same now technology wise as galaxy was back in its day.
and it was more like 30 channels....
there is technically no difference between regular austar by sat and
'austar digital' Same shit different badge the only thing that changed
was the encryption which makes no diff to the actual pic/audio quality.




The Galaxy cable service was grainy analogue as he said. BTW I still have
a Galaxy cable box. Is it useful for anything? I think it still gets the
shopping channel.



I used to have Galaxy, and I've still got the microwave aerial on my roof
8 years later. But I don't recall a cable service being available. Can
you fill me in?

Geoff



Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not cable. I
still have the dish on the roof too!




Did they ever use satellite ?

Frank
Click to expand...
Yep. Still got the dish on the roof.


--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'If time heals all wounds, how come bellybuttons don't fill in?'
 
"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote

Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not cable. I
still have the dish on the roof too!




Did they ever use satellite ?

Frank
Click to expand...
Yep. Still got the dish on the roof.


--
rgds,

Pete


***The vast majority of Galaxy distribution was by MDS(Microwave
Distribution System) which was a terrestrial line of sight system.There were
two different sized microwave antennas with different gains,both
horizontally polarised.

Brian Goldsmith.
 
Frank <frankxxx@nowhere.com> wrote:
"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:wNTTe.26367$FA3.6511@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Geoff Walker wrote:


In article <TwCTe.25793$FA3.18041@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:


Matt2 - Amstereo wrote:


I think I'll stick with the 100 + foxtail digital channels over
the 10 grainy analogue channels on galaxy. And I reckon if you
actually thought before you posted, you'd do the same thing too
or is your spelling a reflection of your intelligence?
ur a dickhead - all galaxy satelite channels were digital. fox by
sat is still the same now technology wise as galaxy was back in
its day. and it was more like 30 channels....
there is technically no difference between regular austar by sat
and 'austar digital' Same shit different badge the only thing
that changed was the encryption which makes no diff to the actual
pic/audio quality.
The Galaxy cable service was grainy analogue as he said. BTW I
still have a Galaxy cable box. Is it useful for anything? I think
it still gets the shopping channel.


I used to have Galaxy, and I've still got the microwave aerial on
my roof 8 years later. But I don't recall a cable service being
available. Can you fill me in?

Geoff


Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not
cable. I still have the dish on the roof too!


Did they ever use satellite ?
Click to expand...
Nope, he actually means MDS which didnt use satellite at all.
 
Rod Speed wrote:


Frank <frankxxx@nowhere.com> wrote:


"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:wNTTe.26367$FA3.6511@news-server.bigpond.net.au...


Geoff Walker wrote:




In article <TwCTe.25793$FA3.18041@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:




Matt2 - Amstereo wrote:




I think I'll stick with the 100 + foxtail digital channels over
the 10 grainy analogue channels on galaxy. And I reckon if you
actually thought before you posted, you'd do the same thing too
or is your spelling a reflection of your intelligence?


ur a dickhead - all galaxy satelite channels were digital. fox by
sat is still the same now technology wise as galaxy was back in
its day. and it was more like 30 channels....
there is technically no difference between regular austar by sat
and 'austar digital' Same shit different badge the only thing
that changed was the encryption which makes no diff to the actual
pic/audio quality.


The Galaxy cable service was grainy analogue as he said. BTW I
still have a Galaxy cable box. Is it useful for anything? I think
it still gets the shopping channel.



I used to have Galaxy, and I've still got the microwave aerial on
my roof 8 years later. But I don't recall a cable service being
available. Can you fill me in?

Geoff



Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not
cable. I still have the dish on the roof too!



Did they ever use satellite ?



Nope, he actually means MDS which didnt use satellite at all.
Click to expand...
So why did it have to be aligned to the satellite then?


--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'No matter how fast your PC is,
Microsoft will find some way to slow it down'
 
pedro wrote:

Rod Speed wrote:


Frank <frankxxx@nowhere.com> wrote:


"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:wNTTe.26367$FA3.6511@news-server.bigpond.net.au...


Geoff Walker wrote:




In article <TwCTe.25793$FA3.18041@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:




Matt2 - Amstereo wrote:




I think I'll stick with the 100 + foxtail digital channels over
the 10 grainy analogue channels on galaxy. And I reckon if you
actually thought before you posted, you'd do the same thing too
or is your spelling a reflection of your intelligence?


ur a dickhead - all galaxy satelite channels were digital. fox by
sat is still the same now technology wise as galaxy was back in
its day. and it was more like 30 channels....
there is technically no difference between regular austar by sat
and 'austar digital' Same shit different badge the only thing
that changed was the encryption which makes no diff to the actual
pic/audio quality.


The Galaxy cable service was grainy analogue as he said. BTW I
still have a Galaxy cable box. Is it useful for anything? I think
it still gets the shopping channel.



I used to have Galaxy, and I've still got the microwave aerial on
my roof 8 years later. But I don't recall a cable service being
available. Can you fill me in?

Geoff



Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not
cable. I still have the dish on the roof too!



Did they ever use satellite ?



Nope, he actually means MDS which didnt use satellite at all.


So why did it have to be aligned to the satellite then?
Click to expand...
Sure looks like a satellite dish to me..

http://pedronet.worldispnetwork.com/pics/sat_dish.jpg


(Sorry about the bad exposure, but I was facing directly into the sun)


--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'Hi, my name is Any Key. Please don't hit me! '
 
"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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pedro wrote:

Rod Speed wrote:


Frank <frankxxx@nowhere.com> wrote:

"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:wNTTe.26367$FA3.6511@news-server.bigpond.net.au...

Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not
cable. I still have the dish on the roof too!



Did they ever use satellite ?



Nope, he actually means MDS which didnt use satellite at all.

So why did it have to be aligned to the satellite then?



Sure looks like a satellite dish to me..

http://pedronet.worldispnetwork.com/pics/sat_dish.jpg


(Sorry about the bad exposure, but I was facing directly into the sun)


--
rgds,

Pete
Click to expand...
It is a satellite dish. Are you sure it was Galaxy ?. The Galaxy MDS
antennas are quite different. You still see them around.

Frank
 
Did they ever use satellite ?

Frank
Click to expand...
Yes and it was never analog, the microwave picture quality was a bit sad and
it WAS analog , but galaxy satellite used less compression than they are
today.
 
Frank wrote:


"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:Rf3Ue.26831$FA3.5667@news-server.bigpond.net.au...


pedro wrote:


Rod Speed wrote:


Frank <frankxxx@nowhere.com> wrote:


"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:wNTTe.26367$FA3.6511@news-server.bigpond.net.au...


Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not
cable. I still have the dish on the roof too!


Did they ever use satellite ?


Nope, he actually means MDS which didnt use satellite at all.


So why did it have to be aligned to the satellite then?



Sure looks like a satellite dish to me..

http://pedronet.worldispnetwork.com/pics/sat_dish.jpg


(Sorry about the bad exposure, but I was facing directly into the sun)




It is a satellite dish. Are you sure it was Galaxy ?. The Galaxy MDS
antennas are quite different. You still see them around.

Frank
Click to expand...
Yes, I'm absolutely 100% sure. In the bush of course the only Galaxy
service available was via satellite. I know what the MDS antennas are
like, and there are plenty of them still around as you say. In this area
they needed to be fitted on very long poles sticking up from the centre
of the roof secured with guy wire, and when I had Galaxy installed, I
insisted on the satellite service, telling them that I didn't want one
of their 'lightning rods' on my house. When the installer came I was on
the roof helping him with the installation, and I can remember him
aiming the dish at the satellite and using some kind of signal meter to
do it. There was also a signal strength meter in the Galaxy on screen
menu. Also occasionally we would lose the signal, and when we rang
Galaxy they would say that is was due to cosmic dust or activity of some
kind blocking the signal. Whether that was BS to cover their ass for
some technical fault at their end or not, I don't know. After Galaxy
died we got Foxtel analogue, which was via cable. There are still the
two sockets on the wall- one for the Galaxy satellite, and one for the
Foxtel cable. The foxtel cable socket is now being used for their
digital service of course. I can still get the Shopping channel on the
Galaxy outlet if I connect up the box, which I still have. Maybe I could
get some others, or maybe I would if I aimed the dish differently. But
knowing where to aim it would be the problem.



--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'I am NOT suffering from insanity! It's really quite painless'
 
Did they ever use satellite ?


Nope, he actually means MDS which didnt use satellite at all.

So why did it have to be aligned to the satellite then?


--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'No matter how fast your PC is,
Microsoft will find some way to slow it down'
Click to expand...
Also what about all the galaxy acs1.2 satellite cards and Pace DGT400s with
galaxy written on the front.
Galaxy was certainly available as DIGITAL via SATELLITE

The "Foxtel Digital" advertising campain was misleading.

Like me changing my name to John Ford and saying I invented Ford cars.
 
It is a satellite dish. Are you sure it was Galaxy ?. The Galaxy MDS
antennas are quite different. You still see them around.

Frank
Click to expand...
In Melbourne you needed line of sight to the rialto for MDS
Soon after that satellite was offered with a slim range of channels, from
memory MDS had about 20 channels
satellite was about 30. (It was so easy to get free MDS)
 
an wrote:


Did they ever use satellite ?

Frank




Yes and it was never analog, the microwave picture quality was a bit sad and
it WAS analog , but galaxy satellite used less compression than they are
today.
Click to expand...
Now that you mention it.. I was wrong when I said previously that the
Galaxy service was grainy. It was the Foxtel analogue service that came
after that was grainy, and was why we cancelled it. The Galaxy picture
was very good, and I still have some taped movies to verify that. The
sound however was not digital quality as I recall, but still very good.


--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'Out of my mind. Back in five minutes'
 
an wrote:

Did they ever use satellite ?



Nope, he actually means MDS which didnt use satellite at all.


So why did it have to be aligned to the satellite then?




Also what about all the galaxy acs1.2 satellite cards and Pace DGT400s with
galaxy written on the front.
Galaxy was certainly available as DIGITAL via SATELLITE

The "Foxtel Digital" advertising campain was misleading.

Like me changing my name to John Ford and saying I invented Ford cars.
Click to expand...
Just having a look now.. the box I have here is a Pace model DGT400.

Ha, ha! Rod Speed got it 'totally mangled' as he would say. He's not
going to live that down too easily!


--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes!'
 
On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:54:13 GMT, pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:

Ha, ha! Rod Speed got it 'totally mangled' as he would say. He's not
going to live that down too easily!
Click to expand...
I'll bet he does!
Lived down worse than that!


brianWE
Please ignore any advice I offer...
if I was smart, I wouldn't be talking to you.
 
pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote
Frank wrote
pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote
pedro wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Frank <frankxxx@nowhere.com> wrote
pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote

Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not cable.
I still have the dish on the roof too!

Did they ever use satellite ?

Nope, he actually means MDS which didnt use satellite at all.

So why did it have to be aligned to the satellite then?

Sure looks like a satellite dish to me..
http://pedronet.worldispnetwork.com/pics/sat_dish.jpg

(Sorry about the bad exposure, but I was facing directly into the sun)

It is a satellite dish. Are you sure it was Galaxy ?. The Galaxy MDS antennas
are quite different. You still see them around.

Yes, I'm absolutely 100% sure. In the bush of course the only Galaxy
service available was via satellite. I know what the MDS antennas are
like, and there are plenty of them still around as you say. In this
area they needed to be fitted on very long poles sticking up from the
centre of the roof secured with guy wire, and when I had Galaxy installed, I
insisted on the satellite service, telling them that I
didn't want one of their 'lightning rods' on my house.
Click to expand...
Bet it was actually Austar, not Galaxy at all.

When the installer came I was on the roof helping him with the installation,
and I can remember him aiming the dish at the satellite and using
some kind of signal meter to do it. There was also a signal strength
meter in the Galaxy on screen menu. Also occasionally we would lose
the signal, and when we rang Galaxy they would say that is was due to
cosmic dust or activity of some kind blocking the signal. Whether
that was BS to cover their ass for some technical fault at their end
or not, I don't know. After Galaxy died we got Foxtel analogue, which
was via cable. There are still the two sockets on the wall- one for
the Galaxy satellite, and one for the Foxtel cable. The foxtel cable
socket is now being used for their digital service of course. I can
still get the Shopping channel on the Galaxy outlet if I connect up
the box, which I still have. Maybe I could get some others, or maybe
I would if I aimed the dish differently. But knowing where to aim it
would be the problem.
Click to expand...
 
Rod Speed wrote:


pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote


Frank wrote


pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote


pedro wrote


Rod Speed wrote


Frank <frankxxx@nowhere.com> wrote


pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote





Must have been one of those days... Yes it was via satellite not cable.
I still have the dish on the roof too!





Did they ever use satellite ?





Nope, he actually means MDS which didnt use satellite at all.





So why did it have to be aligned to the satellite then?





Sure looks like a satellite dish to me..
http://pedronet.worldispnetwork.com/pics/sat_dish.jpg





(Sorry about the bad exposure, but I was facing directly into the sun)





It is a satellite dish. Are you sure it was Galaxy ?. The Galaxy MDS antennas
are quite different. You still see them around.





Yes, I'm absolutely 100% sure. In the bush of course the only Galaxy
service available was via satellite. I know what the MDS antennas are
like, and there are plenty of them still around as you say. In this
area they needed to be fitted on very long poles sticking up from the
centre of the roof secured with guy wire, and when I had Galaxy installed, I
insisted on the satellite service, telling them that I
didn't want one of their 'lightning rods' on my house.



Bet it was actually Austar, not Galaxy at all.
Click to expand...
The contract was Galaxy. The bills were Galaxy. The service was Galaxy.
The magazine was Galaxy..


--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'Whatever you delete today, you desperately need tomorrow'
 
Yes and it was never analog, the microwave picture quality was a bit sad
and
it WAS analog , but galaxy satellite used less compression than they are
today.


Now that you mention it.. I was wrong when I said previously that the
Galaxy service was grainy. It was the Foxtel analogue service that came
after that was grainy, and was why we cancelled it. The Galaxy picture was
very good, and I still have some taped movies to verify that. The sound
however was not digital quality as I recall, but still very good.


--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'Out of my mind. Back in five minutes'
Click to expand...
The channel changing used to really bug me with foxtel cable, huge amount of
static between each channel.
 
an wrote:


Yes and it was never analog, the microwave picture quality was a bit sad
and
it WAS analog , but galaxy satellite used less compression than they are
today.



Now that you mention it.. I was wrong when I said previously that the
Galaxy service was grainy. It was the Foxtel analogue service that came
after that was grainy, and was why we cancelled it. The Galaxy picture was
very good, and I still have some taped movies to verify that. The sound
however was not digital quality as I recall, but still very good.



The channel changing used to really bug me with foxtel cable, huge amount of
static between each channel.
Click to expand...
Yes, I hated that. And no on screen info display like Galaxy had either,
IIRC.


--
rgds,

Pete
-----
http://pedro.spyw.com
The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd
'I never make mistakes. I thought I did once, but I was wrong'
 
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