Originally Posted by rich_wookey

I am a complete newbie to satellite - the most I have done is (nearly) successfully resited and realigned my old Sky dish - but that is a different story.

I currently have a Panasonic TV with built in FreeSat, being fed from the old Sky dish/ LMB.

Which set-up (Receiver, Dish & LMBs, pointing at which satellites) would members recommend to receive the following:

1) French speaking channels (could be Swiss of Italian)
2) Italian speking channels (could be Swiss or Italian)
3) German speaking channels (could be German or Austrian or Swiss)
4) Both 2) & 3)
5) all 1), 2) & 3)
6) French, German or Italian HD channels

With the following constraints:

1) Only one dish i.e. existing dish or a replacement dish
2) Dish should still receieve FreeSat channels on separate cable as now - to plug directly into existing Panasonic TV
3) I am happy for foreign channels to be received on one aditional receiver, with as many cables/feeds as necessary
4) I would prefer not to purchase viewing cards
5) I'm looking to maximise the number of foreign channels - option 6 is maximise number of HD channels
6) I would prefer the "domestic" foreign channels, rather than their "foreign" versions (e.g. if I were looking for the BBC - I would want BBC UK, rather than BBC World Service channels)
7) Talking about the BBC, would any of the suggested set-ups provide BBC World Service channels that are not available on FreeSat?


Many Thanks

Rich