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Analog Satellite - defunct?

Dannyboy83 · 2009-02-08 01:46:54

My father has an old analog satellite receiver on the wall at home, got it about 12 years ago. There hasn't been a decoder for it in the house for a good few years since he got Sky Digital. What I'm wondering is if the Analog satellite receiver is now useless? I watch a lot of Polish and Russian TV in order to prevent…

08-02-2009 02:46AM

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My father has an old analog satellite receiver on the wall at home, got it about 12 years ago. There hasn't been a decoder for it in the house for a good few years since he got Sky Digital.

What I'm wondering is if the Analog satellite receiver is now useless?

I watch a lot of Polish and Russian TV in order to prevent myself forgetting the languages. I'm not sure what system I have in my house, but I know its looking at Hotbird anyway.

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#2 08-02-2009 01:20PM

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Not much left on analogue satellite these days. A fair quantity of German channels on Astra 1 and a handful of French channels on Atlantic Bird 3.

Check this site which is dedicated to analogue sat.

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#3 10-02-2009 03:44PM

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Cheers mate, will have a look there

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