New LIDL Specials from 26th August

demac

Stereo 55cm TV
Digital Sat Receiver
80cm dish
Cable TV Extension Set
Sat-Finder
Single LNB
Wall Fitting For Satellite Systems
TV & Radio Extension Reel
Computer Corner Desk
Socket Dimmer

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20040826.index

inigo

How does it work? Do you just go there early and queue? do they give some sort of numbered tickets?

Ronan|Raven

This will come in very handy! Was looking for a cheapish solution to get the grandad the bbc's as opposed to the snow he has to watch atm.

finnpark

Do we have to queue to get these? From what time and how does it work, tickets etc? I would like the digital sat system and dish and bracket. I wonder what demand will be like this time around. Are these offers in every LIDL shop in the country?

demac

Lidl is just a supermarket so there should be no need for queueing or tickets.

It's probably best next Tuesday or Wednesday to call around to your local store and check to see if they will be stocking the goods mentioned on that webpage. If they aren't then try another store.

I'll check the 2 stores in Dublin 15 on Thursday and post back here.

Can anyone identify the make and model of the receiver from the image supplied ?

inigo

Can it be the same model that was sold in the UK? If so, could somebody who bought it give some details?

Tony

those wall mounts look good, cant really go wrong at 4.99 which is much less than the trade price I can buy them at

Tony

Amazingly at that price the receiver has an AC3 output

demac wrote:

Stereo 55cm TV
Digital Sat Receiver
80cm dish
Cable TV Extension Set
Sat-Finder
Single LNB
Wall Fitting For Satellite Systems
TV & Radio Extension Reel
Computer Corner Desk
Socket Dimmer

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20040826.index

inigo

OK, I'm new! What exactly can you do with the "Cable TV Extention Set"? I suppose it's not a diseq switch for lnb's...

Aquos76

Tony wrote:

those wall mounts look good, cant really go wrong at 4.99 which is much less than the trade price I can buy them at

Tony I would'nt get too carried away over these brackets. If they are the same as the previous brackets which they have sold, they are only suitable for the dish that they are selling.

The 80cm dish they have on offer weighs ahell of a lot less that the normal 80cm dish which I assume you would be used to selling. I dont think I'd chance putting up a channelmaster or something like that on one of these. One belt of wind and you may find your dish in your next doors garden if your lucky.

finnpark

How soon were these systems snapped up the last time? I am working again next Thursday and cannot make it until 6pm. Is this too late usually?

It says that we can get BBCs and Eurosport on this: 28.2 east I presume?

Did anyone have to queue anywhere last time to get one?

Mossy Monk

you wont get Eurosport from 28.2° with that. it can be picked up FTA digitally from 19.2° but with a german soundtrack but at 69.99 i may pop down to lidl next thursday

rubadub

What channels can you expect to get with it?

I heard of aldi or lidl selling sats for mobile homes before and that there were queues outside and the shops had only a few on offer, sort of like the christmas sales with only a few of each thing to get people talking, heard there were almost fights in the queues.

echomadman

Lidl is just a supermarket so there should be no need for queueing or tickets.

heheheh, you've obviously never tried to get stuff like this in lidl.

finnpark

So how long would some1 have to queue for? (typically to ensure to get one).

blorg

demac wrote:

Lidl is just a supermarket so there should be no need for queueing or tickets.

Lidl had a queueing/ticketing system in place for their last satellite system (the portable camping one).

Chris1

Lidl have said that a ticket system would be in place for this offer,I would expect you would need to be there no later then 8am.

legend99

Ok, is it worthwhile buying the satelittle set up....how likely is it to be any good? Would it be impossibly difficult to fit this yourself or if you were handish would you be able for it?
I presume one would be able to pick up all the usual free to air channels?BBCs, CNN, Sky News etc etc? Can you get all those guys off the same satelite?

Works out around 120 euro for all the bits and bobs. If I was to buy the same set-up from your good self Tony how much would one be talking?

By the way, I'd imagine they might have only 4 or 5 of the systems in each store so you'd want to be there well before 8 in my opinion.

finnpark

I think the price would suggest that this is pretty crap but does the job. It depends on what your looking for. I do not think this wowuld be that difficult provided you have some experience of Tv aerials, coax etc.

I do not think you will get Sky News, BBCs etc with this????

You can get BBC World service, thats about all the BBC you get.

Really Im only interested because Im a satellite enthusiast(starting out) so I think unless you are the same or else if you want the foreign TV channels it's not really much use to you. The experts will fill you in better Im sure.

inigo

Could you not get the BBC channels from the Astra 2D at 28.2E with this system?

And please somebody tell me there'll be more than 4 or 5 systems in each store! I think I'll just try anyway...

legend99

OK. Heres where I am coming from. Holiday home in West Cork. I want a cheap and cheerful option that will give me at least some TV...no RTE on aerial here...well there is but it looks like a broadcast from another planet its so fuzzy. So I just want a basic dish/set-up that will give me as many English speaking channels.....the BBC I suppose and the news channels...so you can at least watch something. There is 2 TVS there(Well there would be if there was a reception for them!), one in the living room, one in the little kitchen!

Then on the other hand, we are moving to a new house and we will want to get Sky installed. HOWEVER, I want to try and get the best set-up I can from the off there. As in I want to allow being able to hook up another box in the future(I gather I would need better than a single LNB!), I might want to have a motorised set-up maybe?? in case I ever want to point at another dish etc. Bascially I'd like to know for the house, while getting in the dish for the Sky the best set-up to go with to allow the best of possible future requirements on my part....

finnpark

My advice is get better equipment to receive RTEs and keep your money in your pocket. RTE is fuzzy, then make it not so fuzzy. Buy a high gain aerial, amps(line +masthead), Move it, experiment etc. You can get good RTEs Im sure. Its law that RTE must provide a fair service everywhere in the country.

Tony

legend99 wrote:

Works out around 120 euro for all the bits and bobs. If I was to buy the same set-up from your good self Tony how much would one be talking?

Sorry forum rules on advertising prevent me from answering that but I think the lidl deal is excellent if you can get one. I'm surprised none of the other multiples have been bitching about below cost selling.

Tony

legend99

I'll tell you Finn.....my heart is broken from trying to get the signal working better!!!!!
Finding it dead hard too to source grouped aerials/diplexers/mastheads amps.
In the Cork region

finnpark

Fair point.

I think you can get the BBCs maybe but not Sky News but Im not sure so some1 may clarify this?

I am trying to get a friend to queue from 8am ffor me He will probably still be too late

ShaneOC

If you point the dish at the Astra 2 satellite (28.2 degrees) you will pick up all of the BBC channels (approx 20 versions of BBC1, 4 versions of BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, BBC News 24, CBBC, CBeebies and BBC Parliment as well as loads of BBC radio channels).

You will also get Sky News, CNN, loads of shopping channels, couple of music channels and various other bits and pieces. Loads of radio channels too.

Mossy Monk

finnpark wrote:

I think you can get the BBCs maybe but not Sky News but Im not sure so some1 may clarify this?

you can get ALL the FTA channels

Pal

does this lidl box have a common interface ?

Ronan|Raven

Nope

Aquos76

finnpark wrote:

I do not think you will get Sky News, BBCs etc with this????

You can get BBC World service, thats about all the BBC you get.

Of course you will get the BBC and Sky news plus about 40 or 50 other free channels on 28e. This is a FTA receiver. You are not restrictred to any particular satellite with this.

SeeYouJimmy

is it possible to access the bbc's interactive services with this eg:, BBCi ?

finnpark

Does anyone know for sure whether or not Eurosport with English(or Irish ) soundtrack is available with this system.?

inigo

I heard that Eurosport in English comes now with Sky in digital (it has to do with selling the rights?) and that you can get Eurosport analogue in German FTA... The experts will be able to confirm or correct this information.

Zaphod

finnpark wrote:

Does anyone know for sure whether or not Eurosport with English(or Irish ) soundtrack is available with this system.?

No. It's only available free-to-air with English soundtrack on analogue. Therefore you would need an analogue receiver to watch it.

It's available free-to-air with German soundtrack on digital. Thus with the Lidl receiver you can watch Eurosport but the commentary will be in German.

morana

I was in spain two weeks ago and all this stuff was on sale there. The box is very slimline with loas of outputs/inputs. It was 65€ there. I didnt bother because it has no CI. It also hasa an rs-232 connector so that could be useful. You will need to be there at 7am to get a ticket otherwise forget about it.

You can only get Eurosport in German on 19.2.

Mike 1972

Thu 26 aug (stupid ticket system may be in operation)
FTA digital reciever £45 (€70) N
80cm dish No LNB (40mm offset 25 deg) £14 (€20) R
LNB dual band (10.70-12.75GHz) £6 (€10) N
Wall Mount £4 (€5) R
Meter £6 (€10) N

(R = Slightly cheaper in Rep N = Slightly cheaper in NI)

It WILL get BBC1 2 3 4 Cbeebies CBBC Parliament News24 and Radio
It WILL get other Astra 2 FTV channels (Mostly shopping, religion, ethnic but a couple of non-sky specialist channels) and radio stations
It WONT get (for now anyway) FTV channels like ITV Channel 4 or Channel 5
It WONT get subscription channels like $ky and RT€

Northern Ireland
http://www.lidl.ie/ie/index_ni.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20040826.index

Republic of Ireland
http://www.lidl.ie/ie/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20040826.index

kilasser

with these systems you will get all BBC from astra and other channels transmitted in the clear.


BBC ONE (all regions)
BBC Two (all Regions)
BBC THREE
BBC FOUR
Life TV FTA
Showcase FTA
Fashion TV FTA
Game Network FTA
You Tv FTA
Avago FTA
BEN FTA
Reality TV FTA
Dating channel FTA
Performance FTA

Live TV FTA
POP FTA
POP PLUS FTA
Rapture TV FTA
Chat Box FTA
HSE Italy FTA
PCNE Chinese FTA
Abu Dhabi TV FTA
SAB TV FTA

Golf channel FTA
Motors TV FTA
Extreme Sports FTA
Fortress sailing FTA
EDTV Sports FTA
i Sports TV FTA
Wrestling channel

Music

Chart Show TV FTA
Video Vault FTA
Classic FM TV FTA
Channel U FTA
The Vault FTA
Wonderful FTA


News

Sky News FTA
BBC News 24 FTV
BBC Parliament FTA
CNN FTA
S4C2 FTA
ITV News FTA
EuroNews FTA
CCTV-9 (Chinese) FTA

Shopping

QVC FTA
PIN FTA
Ideal World FTA
Screenshop FTA
Shop America FTA
Simply Shopping FTA
Best Direct FTA
Simply Home FTA

Simply Holidays FTA

Simply Ideas FTA

TV Warehouse FTA

Shopping Genie FTA

Bid-up.tv FTA

TellSell FTA

Lets go Shopping FTA

Auction World FTA

Shop on TV FTA

Thane Direct FTA

Shop Smart FTA

TV Warehouse FTA

Shop 24/7 FTA

Stop + Shop FTA

Yes 661 FTA

ScreenShop 2 FTA

TGH FTA

JML Direct FTA
PhoneWorld.tv FTA
Vitality FTA
Factory Outlet FTA

Specialist

TV Job Shop FTA
The Community Channel FTA
The Dating Channel FTA
Txt me TV FTA
Open Access TV FTA
TDC2 (Dating Channel 2) FTA
TX1 FTA
B4U Music FTA
PCNE Chinese FTA
mta - muslim tv FTA
Abu Dhabi TV - Arabic FTA

Religion

GOD Channel FTA
GOD 2 FTA

Wonderful FTA

TBN Europe FTA

Christian TV FTA

revelation FTA

Vision Channel FTA

Life TV (202) and BEN (238) show a lot of religious programming as well.


Travel

TV Travel Shop FTA
TV Travel Shop 2 FTA
Travel Deals Direct FTA
Thomas Cook TV FTA
Going Places TV FTA
Travel Channel FTA
Travel Channel 2 FTA

Radio Channels

BBC Radio 1 FTA
BBC Radio 2 FTA
BBC Radio 3 FTA
BBC Radio 4 FM FTA
BBC Radio 4 LW FTA
BBC Radio 5 Live FTV
Classic FM FTA
Virgin Radio FTA
Classic Gold FTA
The Storm FTA
Planet Rock FTA
Core FTA
Capital Gold FTA
XFM FTA
BBC World Service FTA
BBC Radio Scotland FTA
BBC Radio Wales FTA
BBC Radio Ulster FTA
BBC Asian Network FTA
WRN EuroMax FTA
Premier FTA
Heart FTA
UCB Europe FTA
Cross Rhythm FTA
One Word FTA
Solar Radio FTA
Panjab Radio FTA
Prime Time FTA
Sunrise Radio FTA
talkGOSPEL FTA
Total Rock FTA
UCB Inspirational FTA
The Mix FTA
TWR FTA
UCB Bible FTA
UCB Talk FTA
RTE Radio 1 FTA
SBN FTA
Club Asia FTA
Real Radio FTA
EWTN FTA
Sukh Sagar FTA
Asian Gold FTA
BBC W/S Extra FTA
BBC Radio Cymru FTA
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra FTV
Gaydar Radio FTA
Family Radio FTA
BBC Six Music FTA

Apna Radio FTA

2FM FTA

Lyric Fm FTA

R na G FTA

Jazz FM FTA

Akash Radio FTA

1xtra BBC FTA

BBC Radio nan Gaidheal FTA

Galaxy FM FTA
BBC 7 FTA
Mean Country FTA
Century FM FTA
Capital FM FTA

inigo

Mike 1972 wrote:

Thu 26 aug (stupid ticket system may be in operation)

Why stupid?

sharkman

Mike , will it be possible to get the sports channel that the pubs pick up the soccar on . Think its channel 5 of some norweigan one ????

If not how can I get this ??

Ronan|Raven

Had it been last season then you would have been able to get Top Channel @16east for the football but no more FTA footie this year barring NTV on turksat @42east dont think 80cm dish would get it. As for the norwegian channels well not norwegian but Kanal5 (danish) shows the games as does canal+ sport and the variation nor/swe/fin/dan You need an official viewing card and a reciever with conax cam to use it in.

sharkman

Cheers . Looks like I'll have to keep going down the pub to watch

dermiestv

I'm new to the Lidl bargain experience but I'd like to buy one of these receivers. Could someone please explain the Lidl ticket system?
The stores open at 9am I think, so do they come along to people standing outside at e.g. 8:45, ask people what they're queueing for and give out tickets for those items?
Or is it more like get a ticket for the item when you go through the front door at 9am?
Or is it just a free-for-all at 9am?
thanks

Wassabi

Anyone think this would actually work? - Was

Ronan|Raven

Wrok for what? picking up FTA channels from various satellites? Then yes! Should work grand if installed properly.

finnpark

Ok I got the satellite system:D and all the bits and bobs-E115 in total in LIDL donegal Town. Got there at 9.10am this morning:eek: . A few people bought them but there are loads still left. There was a queue I think but nothing major. I think they won't sell all these in Donegal Town anyhow. Won't be testing it till Sunday allthough the excitement is getting to me. A lot of people are just buying the dish and nothing else. I don't think they know what their buying.

(1) I presume its ok at first to test it on my existing minidish to see if I can pick up FTV on Astra 28 degrees east.??

(2) Also can the LNB be used with an analog receiver as well-Is it universal in other words.?

:cool:

inigo

Got mine too... in Blanchardstown (Dublin). I was there at 7am (!) and I was number 70 in the queue!! Somebody was handing tickets in bits of paper from a notebook. Later the Lidl guys came out with the proper tickets following the previous queue order. It all went very smooth and without any problems at all, as far as I can tell. I think they sold the 165 systems they said they had. There were no LNB's left either.

In brief, there were more than just a handful of systems, the ticket system(s) worked, and people who got there at 8 and even later got their satellite system...

Has anybody noticed that the actual receiver comes with a signal strength meter (if I remember correctly)? Will that do the same job as the sat-finder most of us bought?

I will try to install it this weekend too... Can't wait!

Cheers

Greenman

finnpark wrote:

(1) I presume its ok at first to test it on my existing minidish to see if I can pick up FTV on Astra 28 degrees east.??

Yes yes!!!

Greenman

finnpark wrote:

(2) Also can the LNB be used with an analog receiver as well-Is it universal in other words.?:

And yes!!!

finnpark

Thanks Greenman. Youv just made my day more perfect and its only 12.44pm .

There was a pallet of satellite dishes unopened when I left the Donegal Town store. Loads still there.

I would say there was easily over a 100 on sale this time. Also a ticket system was in place before 9am.

Yes a fun weekend in store for us lucky ones.

omathuna

I got my Receiver and Disk in Lidl Clonmel but there where no LNB's.

Does anyone have a spare LNB or where can I get one for this price €9.99?

I actually will need 3 altogether because two of my mates got receivers aswell.

Tinsley

Good afternoon
I bought a sat receiver at Lidl to day in Finglas,there were no dishes lift!
can I purchase a Mini dish as I want the kit for a mobile home set-up?