Mark Falsebeard
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- My Satellite Setup
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SkyHD (500gb)
Shopping 4 Non-Sky
- My Location
- Maidstone, Kent.
Hello, new here and on a mission for research.
I known NOTHING about non-Sky Satellite TV but fancy a look around.
Due to a change in plans for the location of our SkyHD Dish I find myself with 2 individual cores of high quality co-ax cable out to a wall that is just crying out for something to be connected to it.
Ideally I'd like other HD content, Sports and the odd "late night" channel or two. Stuff I can't get on Sky basically.
The dish will have to go on the wall and shouldn't really be more than around 60cm. Fixed would be ideal but I won't rule out motorised, although getting power to it may be beyond my abilities. It can point in a similar direction to the SkyHD Dish, but not a lot further west, but has quite a bit of range further east than that. It's in a back garden and not visible by the neighbours.
Is a on a 60cm dish (fixed dual LNB or motorised) in Kent up to what I want to achieve?
What satellites should I be aiming for?
I'd like to build a PC based solution so that I can save to network storage. I've built loads of Windows HTPCs over the years, and have played a bit with Linux with some success.
If it is possible could anyone recommend the best Decoder/Receiver Cards, Dish controllers & Cams for my purposes please? Alternatively, are there Lan enabled Sat Receivers that I can transfer recordings to network storage later?
Could someone point me in the direction of where to start please? I guess I'll need to identify the satellites I want to receive and work out what kit will be needed to do that? Which Sats you'd recommend would be a big help.
Thanks,
Mark.
I known NOTHING about non-Sky Satellite TV but fancy a look around.
Due to a change in plans for the location of our SkyHD Dish I find myself with 2 individual cores of high quality co-ax cable out to a wall that is just crying out for something to be connected to it.
Ideally I'd like other HD content, Sports and the odd "late night" channel or two. Stuff I can't get on Sky basically.
The dish will have to go on the wall and shouldn't really be more than around 60cm. Fixed would be ideal but I won't rule out motorised, although getting power to it may be beyond my abilities. It can point in a similar direction to the SkyHD Dish, but not a lot further west, but has quite a bit of range further east than that. It's in a back garden and not visible by the neighbours.
Is a on a 60cm dish (fixed dual LNB or motorised) in Kent up to what I want to achieve?
What satellites should I be aiming for?
I'd like to build a PC based solution so that I can save to network storage. I've built loads of Windows HTPCs over the years, and have played a bit with Linux with some success.
If it is possible could anyone recommend the best Decoder/Receiver Cards, Dish controllers & Cams for my purposes please? Alternatively, are there Lan enabled Sat Receivers that I can transfer recordings to network storage later?
Could someone point me in the direction of where to start please? I guess I'll need to identify the satellites I want to receive and work out what kit will be needed to do that? Which Sats you'd recommend would be a big help.
Thanks,
Mark.