[ILUG] Satellite reception

[Mikhail Ramendik]

On Sunday 03 August 2008 11:29, Michael Watterson wrote:

> Not in Irish shops. You need Mail Order.

Whatever - as long as the warranty is valid in Ireland. This brings in 
Komplett, Dabs, etc.

> Almost no-one will sell a package to Ireland. Due to the pressure of
> Sports & TV rights holders the Europe Without Frontiers is broken into
> separate countries by the Pay TV operators. 

The channels I want are intended for people not in the country of origin. The 
main package I want is from RTVi, a Russian TV company specifically targeting 
Russian speakers outside Russia.

Should I contact RTVi themselves for a card?

The other channel is BabyTV, apparently of Israeli origin.

> You need to make sure that you can well receive the package, For example
> some satellites have more than one beam and the desired beam is not
> visible in Ireland (Sirius 5E, Turksat 42E, 23.5E, 26E, Thor 1W etc all
> have channels received in Ireland an others that are impossible). A 65cm
> dish is simply too small for reliable reception (esp in West of Ireland)
> of Hotbird as beams are on Mainland Europe. You will lose important
> channels in rain. There are several satellites at the 13E Hotbird
> position with different beams and powers, so some channels are OK even
> on a 45cm dish in rain.  In Waterford in SE, Europe Mainland beams are
> much stronger.

In what way can I veryfy this before buying? Is getting a hacked code the only 
way to do this?

(I do not intend to use any hacked codes for actual viewing).

> Don't confuse Sky Pay TV with TV from 28.2. BBC, ITV and many others may
> be received on a Sky digibox. 

I have only one head on the dish for now and it's pointing to Hotbird, and a 
second would probably point to Sirius. I also have DVB-T, and I think RTE are 
freeview there.

> Unless you speak no english it would be very strange to not want the
> FREE unencrypted U.K. TV on 28.2E.

It's just so low on the priority list it would have to wait for a 2nd dish, 
i.e. not anytime soon. (Besides, for UK TV, I might consider an NTL 
subscription via DVB-T instead; the box is already in the home and I could 
then use the analog input to watch it).

-- 
Yours, Mikhail Ramendik