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Beginner questions on Satellite in Dublin

  • 04-12-2005 5:26pm
    #1
    xxxxx
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    Theres a channel id like to get called the "Fight Network" i think its a Canadian channel, and a few others also. Can i have this channel in Dublin?

    Where do i start? The stickies on this forum are too advanced, is there anywhere where a newbie guide or something?


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  • #2
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    xxxxx wrote:
    Theres a channel id like to get called the "Fight Network" i think its a Canadian channel, and a few others also. Can i have this channel in Dublin?

    Where do i start? The stickies on this forum are too advanced, is there anywhere where a newbie guide or something?


    try looking for it on www.lyngsat.com

    Desktop PC Boards discount code on https://www.satellite.ie/ is boards.ie



  • #3
    Pal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭Pal


    the Fight Network is only on cable in Canada.

    It will appear soon on American satellite but not possible to get in Europe.

    what other channels are you looking for ?


  • #4
    Greenman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,962 ✭✭✭Greenman


    Pal wrote:
    the Fight Network is only on cable in Canada.

    With electronics there is always a way!!! and if you had a pal in Canada with that channel you could use www.slingmedia.com Great bit of kit from what I read, ideal for the two residence person with one sub!!!


  • #5
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Yes but it may be very poor without good broadband. If you have 10M bit broadband many Satellite PC cards using ProgDVB can stream in perfect quality.

    I have done it on my LAN.

    Most Sat operators will kill your Pay TV sub if you stream Pay TV.


  • #6
    Greenman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,962 ✭✭✭Greenman


    watty wrote:
    Most Sat operators will kill your Pay TV sub if you stream Pay TV.

    If its for your own consumption I'm not sure about that!! plus how would they know its going from say your house via the net to your PC/laptop in a faraway land??


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  • #7
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Yes for own consumption is fine.. a very long virtual SCART cable.

    I streamed RTE1 analog TV off air using the free download of Windows Media Encoder. On LAN I could set it high enough bit rate to be fairy decent and was able to sdend a recognisable video and audio at bad web cam quality on 28K dialup to London.

    YOu certinally don't need expensive gear. The Windows Media Encoder lets you create a stream / quality to match the bandwidth you can get. Windows Media Player then receives. You need a 400MHz for about 1/4 screen size and 2GHz P4 for full resolution


  • #8
    ro2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭ro2


    I tried Progdvb last week using the HD promo on Astra, used about 20Mb/s to stream it over the network. I tried Eurosport and that was less than 3Mb/s.

    You can stream a reasonable quality 550*310 video using Windows Media at 1000kb/s.


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