Lidl Satelite Kit - £59.99

Aiadi

riranium_man wrote:

if anyone is thinking of getting a altenative to sky then this is what i got.
(TECHNOMATE 1500 CI FULL MOTORISED SYSTEM)
£230 delivered (compared to sky prices this is only about 5 months of there subscription.)

this is what channels i recieve there is about 5000 channels
i have got about

40 movie channels

lots of sport channels showing live football on the weekends

lots of ppv channels free

lot,s of xxx and i mean loads of channels but i dont watch these :-) well not often

music channels, discovery channels ect,ect,ect,ect.

i set the system up myself with a £10 ebay satellite finder and a £4 argos compass.
i have never put one up before took me a full day from morning to evening but i got it in the end.


and now my monthly subscription is £0.00 for all these channels :-)

Could you please be more specific about the movie channels and sport channels? Are you talking about the free to air once? I have a sattelite receiver and dish and can tell you that most of the channels (the free ones) are either foreign or a complete rubbish but may be I am not looking properly.

quoia

elektra wrote:

After seeing similar questions on this thread can someone settle an argument with me and husband.

We live in a house with satelite dish and cables etc (installed probably about 9 years ago). We have never been a Sky subscriber - equipment left by previous owner.

I said to my husband - can't we just buy a digibox and viewing card to get freesat and he says no the dish would need to be changed to a digital one.

The DISH wouldn't need changing but it would need turning (from 19.2E to 28E) and the "analogue" LNB (could be white with a big blue cap ? - if Amstrad) replacing with a "digital" compatible one.

riranium_man wrote:

if its not a sky digital dish then no you will not recieve anything Sky Analogue was closed down completely on September 27th 2001.

NOT TRUE.

My brother has an old analogue "sky" system still pointing in the direction that it always has (19.2E) and still picks up loads of channels from the original Astra satelites (1a, 1b & 1c ?)
They may not broadcast any BSkyB "controlled" channels but they are still working.
Eurosport is defintely there AND FREE because that's what he watches 95% of the time !

quoia

Aiadi wrote:

Could you please be more specific about the movie channels and sport channels? Are you talking about the free to air once? I have a sattelite receiver and dish and can tell you that most of the channels (the free ones) are either foreign or a complete rubbish but may be I am not looking properly.

The guy's got a system with a motorised dish that can scan the heavens for dozens of satelites "hovering" over Canada and Russia and anywhere in between.

monkeydust_2

question - will these dishes work out in cyprus?

riranium_man

the setup i have got is motorised and i pickup (13" east hotbird satellite) and (19.2" east astra satellite) these are the only 2 satellites i am using.
the movie channels i have are this is what is on some of them now

Alien vs. Predator
Dogma (Matt Damon and Ben Affleck)
Laws of Attraction
Unleashed
Aviator
coach carter
corpse bride (tim burton)
kiss kiss bang bang (val kilmer)
must love dogs (john cussack)
vampires out for blood
alfie
austin powers

this is just some of them

all in english.

the sports channels well my lad is watching wwe so cannot turn over yet

but there is english matches on the sports channels every weekend (in english also)

bad-head-day

riranium_man wrote:

if anyone is thinking of getting a altenative to sky then this is what i got.
(TECHNOMATE 1500 CI FULL MOTORISED SYSTEM)
£230 delivered (compared to sky prices this is only about 5 months of there subscription.)

I ordered a similar system yesterday :j 90cm dish & it sounds like you also know where to find the info to use these to the full :beer:

Looking forward to installing it, hopefully the spirit level will be enough

riranium_man

good luck bad-head-day
and happy viewing :-)

Aiadi

riranium_man wrote:

the setup i have got is motorised and i pickup (13" east hotbird satellite) and (19.2" east astra satellite) these are the only 2 satellites i am using.
the movie channels i have are this is what is on some of them now

Alien vs. Predator
Dogma (Matt Damon and Ben Affleck)
Laws of Attraction
Unleashed
Aviator
coach carter
corpse bride (tim burton)
kiss kiss bang bang (val kilmer)
must love dogs (john cussack)
vampires out for blood
alfie
austin powers

this is just some of them

all in english.

the sports channels well my lad is watching wwe so cannot turn over yet

but there is english matches on the sports channels every weekend (in english also)

Yep thanks for that but what are these channels actually called? I have a motorised dish and currently receiving 9 different satellites (including the 2 you mentioned) but can't find a single decent movie channel that is free to view. Do you have one of these patched receivers that can decode encrypted channels??

riranium_man

yes it is patched m8

movie channels are
multivision 1 to 9
premiere 1 to 8
and about 7 tps movie channels
and some others.

Aiadi what satellite system have you got ?.

icebergx

riranium_man,
I'm interested in getting in to satellite TV.

Can I ask where you bought your kit from and were they purchased seperately ie motor, dish reciever, etc?