As has been mentioned before, it is possible to record more than 1 channel on a mux but TUTV don't allow it except for their own Anytime channels. In the past Anytime 1, 2 & 3 were all recorded off Mux A simultaneously using just one tuner.

He means it's impossible on TUTV boxes, not that it's impossible technically. Took me a while to figure out exactly what he meant, too

It is possible on TUTV boxes but only for downloading TV Favourites. As he says it is not possible to have more than one manual recording per tuner (ie a max of 2) for user recordings because TUTV have locked out that possibility. They could change the software and unlock the feature.

That's what I meant, impossible for a user to do

Even when two of the programmes are actually successive programmes on the same channel that only overlap each other because of guard times? It seems to me that ought to be possible.

DTT was much better when ONdigital had the service, Just a shame they did not implement fixes for the "Pirated" smartcards issue, which ultimately sealed thier doom, I was also one of thier first subscribers, when they had 12 full time 24hour channels, which were worth every penny of the subscription fee, and up until recently, I still used one of those Set Top Boxes, the Philips ONdigital one (eg. http://ebid.s3.amazonaws.com/upload_...64-12182-0.jpg - I miss those days.

Gratis to TopUpTV though, their anytime service does offer a selection of programming from various channels, But alas as of late, has been pretty poor choice, but at least the subscription is set at a better level than Sky's (£20+!!)

Again this is down to Ofcom not giving out enough bandwidth for DTT, when they could infact use the whole of the 21-69 range, although it beggars belief why its strictly 21-69, why not 0-100? - If anyone knows why its limited between 21-69 I'd be grateful to know why, as I'm sure with the advent of Digital, more bandwidth could be opened up without any dire effects?)

Digital Signals never affected Analogue Television in my region, Granada broadcast very close to a digital frequency, and I never noticed any issues.

Firstly, there's enough bandwidth for potentially three new multiplexes (in addition to the local ones) to be auctioned off in 2012/13, after switchover. That is, after all, the entire point in switchover. However, the 800MHz band (most of the 60s) will probably be allocated to 4G, which again, I welcome - the three new muxes, if they appear, will be in the 600MHz band (most of the 40s).

A simple trip to Wikipedia will tell you why the whole UHF spectrum can't be used - it's assigned to other things:

380–395 MHz: Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) service for emergency use
430–440 MHz: Amateur radio (ham - 70 cm band)
457–464 MHz: Scanning telemetry and telecontrol, assigned mostly to the water, gas, and electricity industries
606–614 MHz: Radio microphones and radio-astronomy
470–862 MHz: TV channels 21–69 (channel 36 used for radar, channel 38 used for radio astronomy, channel 69 used for licenced and licence exempt wireless microphones, channels 31-40 and 63-68 to be released and may be made available for other uses by Ofcom. Public consultation due December 2006)
1240–1316 MHz: Amateur radio (ham - 23 cm band)
1880–1900 MHz: DECT Cordless telephone
2310–2450 MHz: Amateur radio (ham - 13 cm band)

In addition, aerials are designed for the 21-69 range of channels, so anything further out than that would require new aerials unless you're right next to the transmitter.

Hmm, Very Interesting reply, I always wondered why it was restricted to 21-69

When I said "most of the 40s" in that first paragraph, I should have said "most of the 30s", sorry.

They're currently broadcasting Home on the GOLD channel with no programme info and it's encrypted. Is anyone actually in charge of TUTV?

May seem a stupid question but have you rescanned the box?

Or otherwise TUTV have once again goofed and not noticed it, which taking into account their past record does seem fairly likely. I wonder if GOLD will appear on HOME

Just noticed this also..... and I have rescanned this morning.

Taking into account the two posts from Bell Boy I think Sam B needs to be emailed to see if TUTV know that things have gone for a Burton yet again

Hi All

Apologies, there was an issue this morning involving the GOLD/Home playout. The mixup should be sorted in time for tomorrow's broadcast.

Cheers
Sam

Lower numbers are for VHF TV