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| Thread ID: 135630 | 2013-11-26 01:53:00 | Satellite TV deals | PPp (9511) | PC World Chat |
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| 1360873 | 2013-11-26 01:53:00 | We have been thinking of switching over to Satellite Freeview (and perhaps pay TV at some time). Looking at a 90cm dish and a reciever-recorder. The neighbours get Sky on a 65cm dish and have a few problems with rain fade hence the 90cm option. Looking for some advice on reasonable quality gear ,and suppliers. I intend to do the install myself, which will mainly be the dish above a concrete pad. So I'm not to sure on options. Should I have an LNB holder capable of holding more than one LNB? Whats the story about upscaling the signal to HD, is that Full HD or half HD? The reciver-recorder would need to be a two channel recording and another channel viewing setup. I'm sure there other things I would need to know that I haven't thought of, so any advice appreciated. |
PPp (9511) | ||
| 1360874 | 2013-11-26 02:17:00 | Dont think you can get HD on Satellite. Only UHF | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1360875 | 2013-11-26 02:31:00 | I thought so to. I think the upscaling was ment to "doctor" the signal to look slightly better, although there were no technical details on the sight I was looking at, so its a bit hard to know if it is a worthwhile feature. | PPp (9511) | ||
| 1360876 | 2013-11-26 06:31:00 | The only way you can get HD via satellite is to pay for Sky. Freeview via DVB-S (Satellite) while coming from the same satellite is SD only. |
psycik (12851) | ||
| 1360877 | 2013-11-26 09:11:00 | The neighbours get Sky on a 65cm dish and have a few problems with rain fade hence the 90cm option. what part of the country are you in? |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1360878 | 2013-11-27 00:34:00 | In the Tuakau area, we have hills to the north and often get a degraded UHF TV signal, especially in the winter. so looking for something more reliable. Done a bit more research and found this model recorder www.dishtv.co.nz which has got some good feedback on it upscaling capbilities. They seem to be located in Hamilton and supply aerials, satellite dishs etc. Anyone used them ?? |
PPp (9511) | ||
| 1360879 | 2013-11-27 00:57:00 | How degraded is the UHF? If it's marginal maybe consider a taller aerial mount, a higher gain aerial, or a masthead amp? Also check you are using good coax, some of what's around has high loss at UHF. It may be a hassle but the UHF service is better than satellite in my opininion and worth the effort. More channels and actual HD mainly. Also if you have a duplexer or triplexer installed for using an old school VHF aerial it's time to ditch that, just adds loss and VHF is no use now. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1360880 | 2013-11-27 04:26:00 | If you're considering Sky, then you might as well get them to install the dish etc. If I were you and paytv wasn't a huge deal, i'd get UHF fixed rather than going for Sat. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1360881 | 2013-11-27 05:22:00 | as far as UHF goes you would need a tech in and see what the signal is like. i've been out of the industry for a long time now but as a rough rule digital is very good line of sight but it doesn't always handle hilly aeras very well. you really need a tech in to test it. a 60cm dish should be ok. hard to know if your neighbors problems is normal rain fade or due to crappy sky install (which is really common). tho sometimes it can be a odd cause like bend dish, trees etc. a 90cm will be better tho it requires good installation. a good mast and stays are required. seen far to many poorly installed dishes rip boards off homes etc. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1360882 | 2013-11-27 05:28:00 | We were getting some pretty bad rain fail on UHF this week in the burbs of Christchurch, not what I expected at all | gary67 (56) | ||
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