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Old 6th Oct 2015, 9:32 am   #1
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Default New Sky channel talking pictures.

Has any one one seen the new channel on Sky called "Talking pictures"? Full of old films from the 40's and 50's.

http://talkingpicturestv.co.uk/

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Old 7th Oct 2015, 6:49 am   #2
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Default Re: New Sky channel talking pictures.

Yes, it looks interesting, it is on Freeview Ch 81 too, but only if you have a DVB-T2 (i.e. HD) receiver.

I've noticed there are a couple of other SD channels on Freeview that are only receivable on a DVB-T2 receiver. It would not surprise me if all channels migrate to this format in a few years to save capacity - making loads of receivers and STBs obsolete.

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Old 7th Oct 2015, 7:49 am   #3
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Default Re: New Sky channel talking pictures.

Are DVB-T2 set top boxes available? or does this mean that DVB reception becomes locked to packaged TV sets or recorders?

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Old 7th Oct 2015, 10:17 am   #4
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Default Re: New Sky channel talking pictures.

Yes, there are quite a lot of DVB-T2 set top boxes on sale. Argos do them for example
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Old 7th Oct 2015, 11:32 am   #5
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Default Re: New Sky channel talking pictures.

As alluded to earlier any Freeview HD box does DVB-T2 by default (and DVB-T , SD & HD)
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Old 7th Oct 2015, 2:03 pm   #6
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Default Re: New Sky channel talking pictures.

....only if you have a DVB-T2 (i.e. HD) receiver.

That explains why I couldn't find the channel on the tv card in the computer but it was on my hd tv.
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Old 10th Oct 2015, 7:25 pm   #7
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Default Re: New Sky channel talking pictures.

I love this channel for the memories it evokes of an era when I was growing up in the 50s and 60s.....the street scenes, the cars, the fashions, home decor, policemen clipping kids round the ear, etc etc etc

Yesterday I was watching Diana Dors in Tread Softly Stranger from 1958 and one scene features the blonde bombshell exercising to music on a Bush portable - I guess it's an MB60 - a bit of internet trawling found the attached still

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Old 10th Oct 2015, 7:38 pm   #8
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Default Re: New Sky channel talking pictures.

I have an HD receiver, but unfortunately my local transmitter (Sudbury) doesn't carry this channel.
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Old 12th Oct 2015, 10:00 am   #9
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Default Re: New Sky channel talking pictures.

Talking Pictures is an SD service but transmitted on the COM7 HD mux. COM's 7 & 8, and 'Local' TV, are only available from certain main stations,

You should be able to receive it if you use any of these stations -

Beacon Hill
Belmont
Bilsdale
Black Hill
Craigkelly
Darvel
Bluebell Hill
Caldbeck
Caradon Hill
Crystal Palace
Divis
Durris
Angus
Emley Moor
Hannington
Mendip
Oxford
pontop Pike
Fenham
Ridge Hill
Rowridge
Sandy Heath
Sheffield
Sutton Coldfield
Fenton
Tacolneston
Waltham
Wenvoe
Moel-y-Parc
Winter hill


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Default Re: New Sky channel talking pictures.

It's also available on Freesat but not yet on EPG so needs to be manually entered.

Frequency: 11671
Polarisation: Horizontal
Modulation: DVB-S QPSK
Symbol Rate: 22.0 MS/s
FEC: 5/6
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