Astra or Hot Bird

Joanamo · 2008-01-21 12:22:59

Hi, I'm going to get a satellite dish, mainly to catch German channels to study German. Which has better offer of free to air German channels, Astra or Hot Bird? Any other advantages of each ( cost, technical problems, etc )? Thanks, J

21-01-2008 12:22PM

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Joanamo

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Hi,

I'm going to get a satellite dish, mainly to catch German channels to study German. Which has better offer of free to air German channels, Astra or Hot Bird? Any other advantages of each ( cost, technical problems, etc )?

Thanks,

J

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#2 21-01-2008 01:03PM

Pal

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Astra 1 best for German.

channel listings on lyngsat.com

Adding the second sat to the dish is not expensive.

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#3 21-01-2008 11:46PM

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Good FTA receivers will do about a week of program listings for many German/Austrian channels.

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#4 22-01-2008 09:39AM

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A single 80cm dish with a pair of LNBs, one for Astra and one for Hotbird would be ideal, even better would be to put a third LNB up for Astra 2 and get the FTA UK channels as well.

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#5 22-01-2008 04:31PM

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Hey, if your into DIY, putting on a motor (I got a basic one for 70 euro) is also an option. I was a complete newbie back in Sept 2007 when I got a Lidl dish and its all easy enough if your that way inclined.:)

Plus you get more satellites.

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