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Worth PC based giving Non-Sky Sat a go?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Falsebeard" data-source="post: 498392" data-attributes="member: 284042"><p>Hello, new here and on a mission for research.</p><p></p><p>I known NOTHING about non-Sky Satellite TV but fancy a look around<img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" />.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Ideally I'd like other HD content, Sports and the odd "late night" channel or two. Stuff I can't get on Sky basically.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Is a <strong>on a 60cm dish</strong> (fixed dual LNB or motorised) in Kent up to what I want to achieve?</p><p></p><p>What satellites should I be aiming for?</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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?</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p></p><p>Mark.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Falsebeard, post: 498392, member: 284042"] 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 [B]on a 60cm dish[/B] (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. [/QUOTE]
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