Square shaped satilite dish reciever???

paddy147 · 06-09-2011 08:52PM #1

My mate said something to me today about some new digital satilite system that uses a small square shaped reciever on the outside of the house and doesnt have the big conventional dish fitted to the house??

He rekons he going to get this system,as hes not a fan of a big dish hanging off the side of a house.

Does such a system exist,or he is imagining things???

Thanks.:)

watty · 06-09-2011 09:07PM

Small square boxed dishes have been used for years in London and parts of Continental Europe. They are not big enough for Sky or Freesat in Ireland. No other satellite service in Ireland will have the UK main channels.

watty · 06-09-2011 09:07PM

Small square boxed dishes have been used for years in London and parts of Continental Europe. They are not big enough for Sky or Freesat in Ireland. No other satellite service in Ireland will have the UK main channels.

GerardKeating · 06-09-2011 09:07PM

paddy147 wrote: »

My mate said something to me today about some new digital satilite system that uses a small square shaped reciever on the outside of the house and doesnt have the big conventional dish fitted to the house??

He rekons he going to get this system,as hes not a fan of a big dish hanging off the side of a house.

Does such a system exist,or he is imagining things???

Thanks.:)

He might be talking of Real Digital.

watty · 06-09-2011 09:12PM

That will not work with any different a dish than Sky Digital or Freesat in Ireland.

If it even launches. it's only likely to have maybe 1 channel not already on Satellite.

pistolpetes11 · 06-09-2011 09:35PM

Its more than likely this one

http://www.strong.tv/tvweb4/index.php?id=2211

Speaking to one of the lads in Armstrong Electronics and they said it will work no bother on SKY ,

Think it was 95ex for the Quad LNB version.

watty · 06-09-2011 09:56PM

Maybe in Waterford or Dublin. But forget it more west or in heavy rain. Those are not good enough for most of Ireland and inferior to a decent 65cm dish.

Nothing new. Saw units just like that 3 or 4 years ago.

UDP · 06-09-2011 10:59PM

paddy147 wrote: »

My mate said something to me today about some new digital satilite system that uses a small square shaped reciever on the outside of the house and doesnt have the big conventional dish fitted to the house??

He rekons he going to get this system,as hes not a fan of a big dish hanging off the side of a house.

Does such a system exist,or he is imagining things???

Thanks.:)

Yes, he is talking about the selfsat. Think they (or ones like them) have been out for a few years. I have one in my apartment brought from my last place that didn't like satellites installed. Works very well but are fairly pricey.

paddy147 · 06-09-2011 11:44PM

UDP wrote: »

Yes, he is talking about the selfsat. Think they (or ones like them) have been out for a few years. I have one in my apartment brought from my last place that didn't like satellites installed. Works very well but are fairly pricey.

Thanks for that link.:)

Can you get all the free to air channels,like you would normally get with a dish???

UDP · 07-09-2011 12:17AM

paddy147 wrote: »

Thanks for that link.:)

Can you get all the free to air channels,like you would normally get with a dish???

Yes.

Compton · 07-09-2011 09:56AM

yep he must mean the selfsat dishes

http://satworld.ie/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=66

they work fine in most parts of Ireland,

iba · 07-09-2011 10:11AM

Hi,

I could be wrong, but my understanding is that this square dish is going to be used to pick up the Sat at 9 Degreess (sorry I dont know the name) but its the one that is beaming RTE, (saorsat)

Regards

Iba

Vince Cable · 07-09-2011 11:30AM

shblob wrote: »

they work fine in most parts of Ireland

When it comes to satellite tv, a lot of peoples' definition of 'works fine' seems to involve accepting that reception will disappear in every significant rain shower.

Square shaped satilite dish reciever???

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