[mythtv-users] PVR 250's in Holland?

[Wander Winkelhorst]

On 4/16/06, Herman Kuiper <herman at frontier.nl> wrote:
> > A Question for you, I will be in the Hague, how does the channel
> > information and tuning data work there?  Are there analog cable feeds
> > there?  I am just looking for the simple solution there.
>
> Analog cable is practically everywhere, and there are a couple of
> tv_grab_nl variations floating around.

I use the one from http://xmltv.assies.info/ it's fast and has
extended descriptions.

> Analog cable usually has between
> 20-30 channels. Digital cable is getting pushed a lot, but as far as I can
> see, need closed STBs to be used, and signal quality varies.
>
> Another option is DVB-T, but these include usually less channels (e.g.
> BBC1/2)

Yet another options would be digital satelite receivers, aim one at
the astra satelite and get a lot of foreign channels for free, pay a
small monthly fee and get the dutch channels as well (I believe its
about 9 euro's a month, cable subscription is about 15)
Buy another dish and aim that one at the hotbird satelite and get a
couple of hundred channels more
All in digital mpeg2 quality offcourse. You would need a set top box though.

Regards,
Wander.