BobDee Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 We have a decent TV with built in Digital tuner. We receive about 12 french terrestial digital channels within the first 30 channel grouping but the next 30 channels all appear to be subscription only. The TV has a slot for presumably a decoder device for these other channels. Where does one go to get this decoder card? Does one decoder cover all channels or is it so much per channel? and what sort of costs are involved.Be very interested to hear from anyone who has already trod this path.BobD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I don't know anyone who has actually shelled out for this but there's some info on the TNT chaines payantes herehttp://www.telesatellite.com/television-numerique-terrestre/tnt-payante.aspI must say I thought there were three operators, and if you buy a copy of Telesatellite magazine there's a page (several) listing all the various options. But I haven't seen a copy since October 2008 so I'm not up to date.I think if you go to a specialist sat/TV shop they normally can sell you the card (and possibly you'll need the CAM (conditional access module) which is the "card reader" that goes into the PMCIA slot (or whatever the geeky term for it is) in the TV if the card reader isn't actually built in. I'm not sure whether it's bit specialist for les grandes surfaces.I'm a bit worried that you're only getting 12 channels of free material, there should be about 18. I wonder if one or more of the MUX's isn't coming through properly on your aerial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Actually I see the numeric offer insists you use their box.This contravenes European law, but hey, what the heck, they all just pick and choose which laws they obey don't they.....Unlike us lesser mortals.Here's the Canal+ offerhttp://www.lesoffrescanal.fr/index.php?pid=353 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDee Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Martin, Thanks for the ifo. I will investigate and report back. The nice thing about French digital is that some of the US and UK films actually present with an English soundtrack. We have a pretty dodgy analogue signal here living as we do on the edge of the Landes Foret but we are happy to get as many dig channels as we do. An arial amplifier was essential (UK Ebay).RegsBobD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 [quote user="Martinwatkins"]the PMCIA slot (or whatever the geeky term for it is) [/quote]So PMCIA isn't a geeky term then, Martin?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Touché coops. I had a feeling (still have) that I've got the right letters in the wrong order! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Bit like F C U K ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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