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I need a primer on Satellite, cable and all the rest

  • 16-09-2004 9:21am
    #1
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭


    Please help me. I am totally in the dark when it comes to all things satellite and cable. As I don't watch that much tv and have never owned a dish, I never needed to know before.
    Would anyone care to enlighten me as we are moving into a new house in New Ross and so far, no cable company is putting in service. My totally skewed view of satellite is that it is expensive and doesn't have Irish and some UK tv channels. Also, only one channel can be viewed at a time.
    What does free to air mean? Do I have to buy a Sky dish or what other choices do I have? Do I have any other choices besides Sky and Cable?
    There are going to be seventy others in the estate with the same problem so is there a way we can get together to share something?
    Thanks in advance, iwb.


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  • #2
    ShaneOC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭ShaneOC


    I would imagine that you would be able to receive UK TV signals directly from Wales so you may not need to get any dish or cable system. Check the other houses in the locatily and if they have biggish aerials pointing east then they are most likely receiving BBC1 Wales, BBC2 Wales, HTV, S4C and possibly five. The Irish channels can be got with a seperate aerial. Any local electrical shop shop be able to provide help.

    If, as you say, you don't watch much TV then this is probably the best (and definately the cheapest) solution.


  • #3
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭iwb


    Thanks for that. I don't think where I am I can receive Wales directly. It is down in a hole. People high up on the hill have tall aerials.
    I don't watch much TV but the others in the house make up for me unfortunately.


  • #4
    ShaneOC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭ShaneOC


    iwb wrote:
    What does free to air mean?

    FTA (free to air) means that there is no encryption on the channel. You can buy a FTA receiver and dish and that is the only cost you have. The BBC channels are all FTA as well as a large number of other stations (news/music/general/religion/lots of radio). They are located on the Astra 2 satellites (at 28.2 east).

    You could get a motorised system that would allow you to view channels from differend satellites. Most of these would also have FTA channels. Check out www.lyngsat.com for details on satellite info.


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