Ludl HDMI Digital Satellite Receiver from 14th Dec

sean72 · 13-12-2009 11:17AM #1

Hi I was wondering does anyone know if Lidls stat box being released tomorrow is freesat? I have a humax freesat box in my living room but wouldn't mind a simple box for the bed room

thanks

Sam Russell · 13-12-2009 01:26PM

It is a free to air box, that is intended for the 19.2E sat, not Freesat. The epg will only work with 19.2E. It is not HD, or at least it makes no claim to be HD.

It will get all the BBC. ITV, etc channels, but no EPG.

norbert64 · 13-12-2009 02:31PM

hehe, I saw that too and thought it looked a bit weird.

what use is the HDMI connection on it then?

Linkage btw \/
http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20091214.p.HDMI_Digital_Satellite_Receiver

Sam Russell · 13-12-2009 02:57PM

It connects to the telly. It is an alternative to Scart, and is a higher quality connector, and is more modern. I do not think it upscales the output. It looks like it is a COMAG SL45.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=798452

Note Maplin's price - £39

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=222346&doy=18m5

norbert64 · 13-12-2009 03:06PM

I know what hdmi is, lol.

I meant, what use is it on a machine that seemingly only does SD.
Upscaled FTA viewing on your HDTV.............., doesn't seem worth it.

Rippy · 14-12-2009 03:34PM

Though I feel people will buy these boxes believing them to be HD, and they should be clearly labelled as std definition, I welcome the move to HDMI over scart for the simple reason that is much more likely to stay in place than a scart cable.
I am fed up with doing call outs that sometimes involve traversing the county to push a scart lead back in. :mad:
Scart is crap design and should have been ditched years ago.

Ludl HDMI Digital Satellite Receiver from 14th Dec

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