HDMI Digital Satellite Receiver €60.00

mike65

Lidl deal, anyone got any info on this?



Receive all unencrypted digital TV and radio programmes via satellite
With 4500 programmable channels
Can be connected to LCD/plasma appliances with HDMI – digital transmission for high quality audio & video signal
Super-fast video text: 800 pages
With sleep timer
EPG (Electronic Programme Guide)
Multi-function timer with 8 settings
Visual & acoustic signal meter for aligning the antenna
Software update via Astra satellite 19.2° east *
Including receiver and remote control with 2 batteries
Connections: 2x Euroscart, 1x HDMI, Audio output RCA jack (R+L) stereo, AC3 coaxial digital audio output, RS 232 interface, F-connector input and output (loop through)
Encoded channels such as sky cannot be received

* nearly every dish in Ireland is pointing at 28.2

glic83

what info are you looking for mate?

Fowler87

Im interested in info regarding this too. What channels will you receive exactly... Is it all BBC, ITV, Channel 4 channels along with BBC radio channels ??

Solaris10

http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?page=whatson.Main&PHPSESSID=7gscq6m3dtcuitvlrnh3ojqft1

Solaris10

No HD Channels, only SD channels and Radio.....

Fowler87

Will the rte channels also come with that ?

mike65

Nope only FTV, I was looking at the Silvercrest site and the model that looks most similair (SL 35) does not have a HDMI connection

http://www.mysilvercrest.de/en/artikel.php?a=106

I wonder how long it'll be until Silvercrest start knockout out HD boxes?

TheDriver

60 euro is actually not great to be honest, no epg or HD channels and HDMI is only the connection. Better value in freesat boxes out there, with even a HD box for not much more

For anyone heading up north, B&Q are selling a HD satellite receiver with dish and all the fittings for £69.

I've posted it up in the Northern Ireland Bargain Alerts section here on the boards:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66984895#post66984895

kenmason

I can't speak specifically for this particular satellite receiver but I do own a similar one. These boxes are at their best when the dish is pointed at one of the less commonly used satellites as they can usually store the settings for multiple satellites and their channels. The on-screen programming guide is usually poor because Sky won't allow any more than 'Now and Next' to be displayed. The only box that will also give you the Irish terrestial channels is a Sky box with a Sky Irish subscription. Personally, I would look for a secondhand Sky box on Ebay, providing you can receive RTE etc via a conventional ariel.

heathersonline

hellboy99 wrote: »

For anyone heading up north, B&Q are selling a HD satellite receiver with dish and all the fittings for £69.

I've posted it up in the Northern Ireland Bargain Alerts section here on the boards:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66984895#post66984895

FYI - They're also in the Dublin branch for €89, still a saving up north but probably not worth the commute for this alone

mike65

I'd completely forgotton about the Ross box, I flagged it up in B&Q in a previous thread

kenmason

Please remember what your mammy told you, 'you get what you pay for'. Yes, these boxes can receive thousands of channels across multiple satellites but only if you are prepared to constantly move your dish. Once set to a particular satellite you are talking about hundreds of channels rather than thousands and the user friendliness of the menu system is way short of the Sky standards.

mike65

To be fair I think most of us know that.

KELTICKNIGHTT

ny one get one HDMI Digital Satellite Receiver
is it simular to Triax TR110 which most installer like too use,get a bout 40 ok channels but you can half that,think in total with Triax TR110,just over 300 channels

Kristopherus

There's a similar stb in Aldi today. Comes with a 43cm dish, which is useless for ireland:eek:

KeRbDoG

Fowler87 wrote: »

Will the rte channels also come with that ?

Not currently, those are currently transmitted via satellite by Sky via Astra.
Sky encrypt them for their platform.

kwinabeeste

Quick Question

GF has moved into a house with what looks like a Sky dish mounted and cables run inside. Can this be used to get free view channels if connected?

Gregsor

kwinabeeste wrote: »

Quick Question

GF has moved into a house with what looks like a Sky dish mounted and cables run inside. Can this be used to get free view channels if connected?

Yes,i moved into a house last year and it had a Sky dish up and the cables were there,so i hooked up a Skybox and got the freeview channels no problems.

Took the dish with me too when i moved .

breaux

Don't know why aldi/lidl persist with coming out with these time after time. I know after the last time there were tons of them left in galway where they weren't sold. Bought one of these when they first came out and they were €10 less at €50. Have it in one of the bedrooms and it does fine but no HD channels - just HDMI connection. A bit pointless without the HD channels. Don't waste ye're money.