Lidl Sat receiver

Kess73

I don't know much about these things, but is this any good for the price? €169.99
It does not mention a dish, does that mean it does not need one or that you would have to get one for it?


It caught my eye for use in a holiday home.


SilverCrest Digital Satellite Receiver

80GB HDD records up to 60 movies
Receive digital TV and radio programmes via satellite!
Watch a programme whilst simultaneously recording 1 other channel or record 2 channels at the same time!
Edit out commercials or record directly via USB onto your PC or any other HDD!
Accessories include: scart cable, USB adaptor cable, loop cable, remote control & batteries
Includes CI slot for CAM cards. Card compatibility depends on service provider
3 year guarantee
Price per item







http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20081013.p.SilverCrestDigitalSatelliteReceiver

RKQ

Seems a very good price for a hard drive recorded. Does it have a dvd?
If so you could record stored programmes onto dvd.

Its a hard drive recorder sat receiver. You would need a sat dish.
The hard drive allows you to record tv like the SKY+ box.
Its very handy.

Kess73

Cheers for that

Barr

Does anyone know if a free view card would work in this ?

byte

Not directly, no. It may work, if the unit would support a Dragoncam, though key-updates may be a problem then.

Note that it will not have a 7-day EPG, like Sky+. It'll only have now and next programme information. Recording would have to be set manually.

mill

byte wrote: »

Not directly, no. It may work, if the unit would support a Dragoncam, though key-updates may be a problem then.

Note that it will not have a 7-day EPG, like Sky+. It'll only have now and next programme information. Recording would have to be set manually.

hi i hav this. is there a way u can record while watchin something else?
i have just one sat feed coming in... i can record but when
change channel it stops

byte

mill wrote: »

hi i hav this. is there a way u can record while watchin something else?
i have just one sat feed coming in... i can record but when
change channel it stops

Yeah, use a dual LNB, and have 2 direct feeds from dish to receiver.

I think, with that receiver, it's possible to loopthru from Tuner1 to Tuner2 (it'll be mentioned in the manual). However this'll be quite restrictive on what other channels you can use. An LNB has 4 states, Horizontal High, Horizontal Low, Vertical High, Vertical Low. If for example, you're recording from a channel with a Hor. High freq, you can only change over to other channels Hor. High.

Doodlebug

I got one of these and yeah, it doesn't have the Sky Program Guide (or the bill from Rupert Murdoch every month for the privilege! :P), but it does a very good job of making it very easy to record a series. When you press the record key, you can select to record just this program, every week, every weekday, etc. So a few key presses and you're done.

Just for the "pause live TV" function alone, its a great yoke!

Haven't tried editing a recording yet, or exporting to USB key/ext. HDD.