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astra 28.2 versus hotbird 13

  • 17-02-2012 12:29pm
    #1
    dicey2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭


    lads

    been looking at the fta channel lists for these. it seems that you can get most if not all uk fta stuff on hotbird. ie bbc, itv, channel 4, more 4, e4 channel 5, film etc etc

    so why bother with astra 28.2 at all? or am i missing something?


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  • #2
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    :confused: What channel list told you that?


  • #3
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,804 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    dicey2 wrote: »
    lads

    been looking at the fta channel lists for these. it seems that you can get most if not all uk fta stuff on hotbird. ie bbc, itv, channel 4, more 4, e4 channel 5, film etc etc

    so why bother with astra 28.2 at all? or am i missing something?

    Are you sure you are not confusing this with Eurobird.


  • #4
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    dicey2 wrote: »


    why bother with astra 28.2 at all? or am i missing something?

    You'll be missing all your English speaking channels for a start,you might want to brush up on your Arabic,Italian and German to get the best of fta on 13e.

    Eurobird & Astra 2 are pretty much in the same place in orbit so you pick up some UK tv from one and some from the other.A blind scan on a fta receiver will pick up the channels from both.


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


    No competition. One is for UK & Ireland and the other for Italy, Arabic, Central Europe etc.

    13E channels (Hotbird 6, 8, 9)
    http://www.lyngsat.com/hotbird.html

    28E channels: (Astra 1N, 2A, 2B, 2D and Eurobird 1)
    http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html

    I think the OP is a little confused.


  • #6
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    dicey2 wrote: »
    lads

    been looking at the fta channel lists for these. it seems that you can get most if not all uk fta stuff on hotbird. ie bbc, itv, channel 4, more 4, e4 channel 5, film etc etc

    so why bother with astra 28.2 at all? or am i missing something?

    There is FTA English programming on Hotbird but it is pretty much news channels and nothing else. BBC (not BBC World), ITV, C4 etc. etc. are not on Hotbird


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