Tag: Foxtel

Setup Foxtel IQ or Foxtel IQ2 with the Vulkano Flow

Hopefully you’ve had a chance to check out the unboxing video of the Vulkano Flow over here which went up yesterday. Of course, unboxing it is one thing but setting it up is an entirely different matter. In Australia, the odds are that you’ll set this up with a Foxtel IQ or Foxtel IQ2 as …

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Live Streaming Television with Vulkano

A while back I wrote about how I was looking at options to stream live television and my focus upon the Slingbox products but I never got around to purchasing one. Don’t get me wrong, I think the technology is fantastic but I’ve just not seen much in the way of innovation or the extension of …

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A More Efficient Way to Watch Media

A growing number of people own a digital recorder of some sort be it a TiVo, Foxtel IQ or an Optus MeTV for the convenience of being able to record content for later viewing but there is another benefit to owning such a device which can be overlooked. These days, live television shows are notorious …

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Troubleshooting Your Foxtel IQ2

This evening, it appears that our Foxtel IQ2 cable box died after exhibiting some strange behaviour in the form of: inability to time shift live television (the show on screen would pause but could not be unpaused), recorded content would not playback, restarting or resetting the unit would eventually result in the box going back …

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Get the Most Out of Your PVR

Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) are becoming more common these days in the form of things like the TiVo, Optus MeTV and the Foxtel IQ and IQ2 devices just to name a few. The ability to record and timeshift content is a great convenience when there are regular programming clashes involving the shows you really want …

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Panasonic DMR-BWT800 Full HD 3D Blu-ray Disc Recorder Launch

The 2011 Panasonic Blu-ray DVD Recorder Range

Tonight, I attended a launch event with a number of the Insider Crew for the Panasonic DMR-BWT800 Full HD 3D Blu-ray Disc Recorder (henceforth called “the recorder”) at Panasonic HQ in Macquarie Park. This was the first time that we had a go at live streaming the event so that Insiders who weren’t lucky enough …

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Foxtel Guide for iPad

Foxtel Guide for iPad

This one caught me by surprise but about a week ago a native Foxtel guide application for iPad was released. As far as features go, the app offers exactly the same functionality available in the iPhone version. This means that you can still set recordings and reminders from within the application (provided you have a …

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The Beginning of the End for Analogue TV

Whilst for many analogue television will still work for a while, analogue television services were switched off in Mildura (in regional Victoria). This will eventually see existing wireless spectrum released back to ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) as a “digital dividend” given that digital television services are already up and running. It is envisaged that this …

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Placeshift Your TV with Slingbox

Over the last couple of weeks, I have had my eye on a new gizmo (apart from the iPhone 4 which I will unbox, preview and review). It’s called “Slingbox” and allows you to rebroadcast input video to another device at home or over the Internet. Various inputs may include (but not necessarily limited to): …

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Timeshifting Television – Intelligent Media Consumption

A little while back, the missus and I decided to get the Foxtel IQ2 as we had bought a full high-definition television and wanted to make full use of it. Also, with the demands of work and the incredible timing of phone calls at home when watching live, it proved difficult at times to catch …

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