German Channels - Best Option Analogue or Digital?

michaux

Our kids watch German TV on an Analogue System that works OK but with a fair amount of snow on the screen on some channels.
We are about to get a new TV antenna fitted and so we were wondering whether:
1 We should switch to a digital receiver?
2 We should get a larger dish?
3 We should stay as we are?
Any ideas?
Thanks

satelliteman

Welcome,

Switching over to digital would definitely be a wise move and you'll gain a mass of extra channels. Dish size for Astra1 - 60cm.

Take a look here for a list of German channels on Astra1 in DVB:

_http://en.kingofsat.net/find2.php?pos=19.2E&cl=ger&num_pays=&num_genre=&nu m_crypt=&num_standard=Digital&ordre=freq

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Robbo

Hi,

It depends which channels you like to watch in particular I think.

But in any event the day will come when all the satellite analogue broadcasts are switched off, so you won't have a choice anyway. It has already happened to the few remaining Polish channels on Hotbird.

To switch to digital, it will be a simple matter of swapping the LNB for a modern Universal one (If you don't have on already) and getting yourself a FTA digital satellite box (around £50).

Here is a list of all the channels you would get from 19E

_http://www.flysat.com/tv-de.php

michaux

Thanks for the advice.
I assume a bigger dish will give better signal?
Any advice on best Receiver? We had a Humax Fox Freeview box that was good.

Robbo

Yes, a larger dish will always give a better signal.

For receiving German FTA channels on digital satellite, it doesn't really matter too much what you get. Any of the FTA digital sat receivers will do the job. I tend to only use/intstall Technomates or Clarke Techs myself, and that is the receiver of choice for a large proportion that I see.

Analoguesat

Definitely time to upgrade - we are expecting at least 25 of the analogue channels on 19E to shut down in 2010

Analoguesat's message to the world Analogue forever!

michaux

Any advice on what receivers are a good bet?
How good is the Humax

satelliteman

There will be a long list of receivers to choose from.

Take a look at Humax official site: _http://www.humaxdigital.com/global/products/product_stb_satellite.asp

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