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Openbox without a sky dish

  • 21-05-2017 4:49pm
    #1
    cmoidd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭


    Hi,

    I'm planning to get freeview. I currently have a regular dish. I'm looking for a cheap satellite receiver, whfich can record, I was thinking of getting an openbox, like that I can watch Netflix with it too.
    My question is can I get an openbox without a sky dish, with just a regular one.
    If not, what do you advice me to get?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,707 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    What direction is your dish facing? What channels do you want to get?

    Have a look on this site with your address entered, 28.2 is where the BBC, ITV, Sky News etc channels are located, could be possible to reposition your dish to face this direction if it is not already.
    http://www.dishpointer.com/


  • #3
    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    cmoidd wrote: »
    I'm planning to get freeview. I currently have a regular dish. I'm looking for a cheap satellite receiver, whfich can record, I was thinking of getting an openbox, like that I can watch Netflix with it too.
    My question is can I get an openbox without a sky dish, with just a regular one.

    A Sky dish is just a 'regular' dish, although those used for Sky Q have a specific LNB type fitted, but you won't need anything like that for an Openbox.

    As mentioned already, if the dish is pointed at the satellites broadcasting the channels you want, & everything is in good order, all you need to do is hook up your receiver.


  • #4
    cmoidd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭cmoidd


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    What direction is your dish facing? What channels do you want to get?

    Have a look on this site with your address entered, 28.2 is where the BBC, ITV, Sky News etc channels are located, could be possible to reposition your dish to face this direction if it is not already.
    Thanks, I'll have look at the website

    I'm planning to receive from the satellite Astra 28.2E, and Astra 19.2E (for French TNT)
    I bought the dish yesterday, just need to find the satellite receiver for freesat


  • #5
    cmoidd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭cmoidd


    Thurston? wrote: »
    A Sky dish is just a 'regular' dish, although those used for Sky Q have a specific LNB type fitted, but you won't need anything like that for an Openbox.

    As mentioned already, if the dish is pointed at the satellites broadcasting the channels you want, & everything is in good order, all you need to do is hook up your receiver.

    Really? Why people call them sky dish ??? It's confusing.... thanks for that, so the openbox will work?


  • #6
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,848 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    cmoidd wrote: »
    Really? Why people call them sky dish ??? It's confusing

    Probably because Sky has installed most of them.


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  • #7
    cmoidd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭cmoidd


    The Cush wrote: »
    Probably because Sky has installed most of them.

    Yeah must be it.... I'm French, we don't even have sky in France, that's why I found it confusing, I thought it was a special type of satellite dish, but it's all cleared up now

    Thanks everyone :)


  • #8
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,848 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    cmoidd wrote: »
    Yeah must be it.... I'm French, we don't even have sky in France, that's why I found it confusing, I thought it was a special type of satellite dish, but it's all cleared up now

    For the new SkyQ receivers the dish is the same but a new type of LNB is fitted as standard, a wideband LNB, which will not work with non-SkyQ receivers.


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