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FTA satellite & HDTV

  • 28-04-2006 8:46pm
    #1
    Padna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭


    I'm hoping to move to a new house soon, and I'm planning to get a FTA satellite system with 3 LNBs for watching 28E, 19E & 13E. I would expect to mostly watch the main English and Spanish language channels (BBC, ITV, TVE, Cubavisión), and also Eurosport (in German).

    I'm wondering would it be worthwhile getting a HD satellite receiver and a HD telly, or should I save several hundred euro and wait a few years until HDTV is more established? Does anyone have any views one way or the other on the best way to go at this point?


Comments

  • #2
    Charles Slane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭Charles Slane


    Purely my opinion, but I think you'd be better off waiting a while. Prices will come down. The number of services will go up. At the moment it's an "early converters" market and they always pay a premium for being the first on the block with the new technology.

    I saw the ad for HD on Sky the other day and it looked so good on my CRT that I realised I didn't need HD - I bet they weren't expecting that !!


  • #3
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    See http://www.reel-multimedia.de/shop/index.php?cPath=15_32
    For serious Multimedia centre with HDTV, Satellite, Cable and/or Terrestiral options.

    As to wheter NTL will let you connect it :(


  • #4
    deaglan169
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭deaglan169


    hi i am thinking of buying a sky fta system and was wondering is there any advantage in it over freeview which i have,im mainly interested in playing about with and experimenting with different satellites,also is there much english fta channels out there on satellites receivable from ireland.

    thanks
    declan


  • #5
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,182 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    If you have all 6 muxes on Freeview - not much. Men&Motors is still on FTA satellite and theres about 200 other channels of which I'd only even tune in ten or so - RealityTV, Rapture, Extreme Sports TV, Chart Show, The Vault.

    As goes non-28E English services - theres very few. Some rare English subtitled content on German TV, particularly MTV and VIVA; BBC World, Sky News International, CNBC, Raceworld TV, Arirang. And music video stations that don't have language as a barrier.


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