Sky in Cyprus

**mill9** · 11-05-2005

I am trying to help a friend who will have an appartment in Cyprus and wishes to get Sky if possible. What size dish is needed and is 2D a problem? Also are there restrictions on dish size? I have no problem with finding footprints but someone with experience on this would help. Thanks

***geoffreys*** · 12-05-2005

Originally Posted by mill9

I am trying to help a friend who will have an appartment in Cyprus and wishes to get Sky if possible. What size dish is needed and is 2D a problem? Also are there restrictions on dish size? I have no problem with finding footprints but someone with experience on this would help. Thanks

We need to know whereabouts in Cyprus your friend's apartment is, and I assume it is in south Cyprus rather than the north?. This determines what size dish he'll require, at the east end of Cyprus such as Ayia Napa/Protaras you'll need a 4.2m dish for all channels, in Paphos a 2.7m.Elsewhere maybe some size in between. A good 4.2m dish can cost anything up to GBP4K installed. Usually there are no restrictions on the size of dish you can erect, although some gated developments do impose some limits. You will find many previous threads on this website about SKY reception here in Cyprus by the way covering all aspects from dish size/price/suppliers to the best LNB/s to use and the best receivers for use here.
Geoff

**mill9** · 13-05-2005

It is beleived to be in Paphos and the information has been passed on. Thanks

***geoffreys*** · 14-05-2005

Originally Posted by mill9

It is beleived to be in Paphos and the information has been passed on. Thanks

OK on that. If it is in the Paphos area a 2.7m prime-focus dish should get all SKY channels 24/7. A suitable dish, with the right LNB, would cost about
CYP650 installed. A suitable SKY receiver can also be purchased here for around CYP200. He will need to subscribe to SKY from a UK address, and then hand-carry the card out to Cyprus. He should avoid any SKY subscription that makes it mandatory to connect a phone line to his SKY receiver (digibox). All in all not cheap, but at least SKY is receivable here. Actually most folks who just have a second/holiday home here do not bother - it tends to be permanant residents (like me) who go to the expense. For occasional visits a cheaper option is BBC Prime which you can have installed (complete) for around CYP150.
Cheers
Geoff

**mill9** · 14-05-2005

Yes BBC Prime and BBC World are of course available and there is the Greek and Middle East satellites with all sorts of programmes but I wont go into that as this forum is not about that area. So will Astra 2D come into Paphos on a 2.7m dish as I believed it to be 4.2m?

***geoffreys*** · 14-05-2005

Originally Posted by mill9

Yes BBC Prime and BBC World are of course available and there is the Greek and Middle East satellites with all sorts of programmes but I wont go into that as this forum is not about that area. So will Astra 2D come into Paphos on a 2.7m dish as I believed it to be 4.2m?

Yes, at the west of the Island, in the Paphos area a 2.7m dish should get you all 2A/2B/and 2D channels 24/7. At the east of the Island, in Agia Napa/Protaras areas you need a bigger 4.2m dish. In the middle such as Limassol or Larnaca it varies - somewhere between 2.7 and 4.2m.

When I say 2.7m SHOULD get you the channels I assume a good quality dish and LNB, a receiver good for fringe area reception (which Cyprus is), and a good installer who can do the magic.
Geoff

***geoffreys*** · 15-05-2005

Originally Posted by geoffreys

Yes, at the west of the Island, in the Paphos area a 2.7m dish should get you all 2A/2B/and 2D channels 24/7. At the east of the Island, in Agia Napa/Protaras areas you need a bigger 4.2m dish. In the middle such as Limassol or Larnaca it varies - somewhere between 2.7 and 4.2m.

When I say 2.7m SHOULD get you the channels I assume a good quality dish and LNB, a receiver good for fringe area reception (which Cyprus is), and a good installer who can do the magic.
Geoff

P.S. - Update
In today's local english language Cyprus sunday newspaper a supplier in
Paphos is offerring dish and SKY Digibox for CYP750/= installed. Seems good value, all you would then need is the SKY Card (from UK)
Geoff

**mill9** · 17-05-2005

Thanks for update

Grande_Assiette · 17-05-2005

Ah , but when you get the price for the card they work out MORE expensive than 3 installers I know of in Paphos...

Clever marketing..?

This company also claims it is "British"..

It is owned by a Cypriot.

and it's installs are by "British craftsmen" .. I pay my engineers 4 times what their "engineers" get.. work it out for yourselves !

GA

Originally Posted by geoffreys

P.S. - Update
In today's local english language Cyprus sunday newspaper a supplier in
Paphos is offerring dish and SKY Digibox for CYP750/= installed. Seems good value, all you would then need is the SKY Card (from UK)
Geoff

**rikksow** · 06-08-2005

Have you any idea how much they are charging for a viewing card? I am in Paphos and i have heard nothing but good reports about this company. All the people i know who have had installations by this company have said how good they are & all the installers are British. I think it sounds like a bit of sour grapes to me and regardless of whether you pay 4 times the amount of their fitters which i seriously doubt I think it is in poor taste to slag a company off just for your own gain.

***geoffreys*** · 06-08-2005

Originally Posted by Grande_Assiette

Ah , but when you get the price for the card they work out MORE expensive than 3 installers I know of in Paphos...

Clever marketing..?

This company also claims it is "British"..

It is owned by a Cypriot.

and it's installs are by "British craftsmen" .. I pay my engineers 4 times what their "engineers" get.. work it out for yourselves !

GA

I have no idea how good any of the Paphos area companies are - I merely reported the prices charged by one of them that advertised. Regards pay the actual rates paid mean nothing! Cypriots expect high pay regardless, but now Cyprus is an EU Member EU Citizens from other Member states can now work here and they are often prepared to work for much less pay. The best installers are found by recommendation, not their pay slip.
Geoff

***iceman*** · 06-08-2005

Originally Posted by geoffreys

A good 4.2m dish can cost anything up to GBP4K installed.

Well...I charge GBP2K for the same 4.2 dish (installed better) in Kyrenia North Cyprus...

***geoffreys*** · 07-08-2005

Originally Posted by iceman

Well...I charge GBP2K for the same 4.2 dish (installed better) in Kyrenia North Cyprus...

I rest my case!!
Cheers,
Geoff.

***iceman*** · 07-08-2005

@Geoff
Sometimes I am even accused of being expensive cos there is another installer doing it for GBP1800....I refuse to go below 2K cos my installlations are superior compared to the competition...the difference £200 is the difference between having trouble free 2D and NOT having 2D at all on some parts of the day...

The 4.2 dishes used in South & North Cyprus are purchased from the same plant in Taiwan...Cost of shipment to North is MORE due to not being a reckognised state..

**rikksow** · 08-08-2005

Well said to the both of you, any company that has to advertise by belittling competition obviously is not very good. If you need to stoop that low rather than bigging up your own company certainly needs looking into. As you both stated that never mind the price or add ons etc feel the quality. As you well know here in Cyprus your reputation stands for everything here and as i already stated i have heard nothing but good reports about this company & here in paphos you are now seeing more of their dishes than anyone elses. So obviously they are getting something right as people here talk. I think it sounds like a Limassol installer trying to break into the Paphos market.

**Analoguesat** · 18-08-2005

Ok lads, drop the personal stuff and get back on topic - or we will close this thread.

***closetosoton*** · 18-08-2005

i would dread to think what might happen to this niche market if the bbc moved from 2d - ok its not going to happen, but still just wondering....

cts

**rolfw** · 18-08-2005

The member Grande_Assiette has now gone, seems unable to post without having a snipe at someone, spoils the forum and we're not having it.

mmg123 · 19-08-2005

Originally Posted by geoffreys

OK on that. If it is in the Paphos area a 2.7m prime-focus dish should get all SKY channels 24/7. A suitable dish, with the right LNB, would cost about
CYP650 installed. A suitable SKY receiver can also be purchased here for around CYP200. He will need to subscribe to SKY from a UK address, and then hand-carry the card out to Cyprus. He should avoid any SKY subscription that makes it mandatory to connect a phone line to his SKY receiver (digibox). All in all not cheap, but at least SKY is receivable here. Actually most folks who just have a second/holiday home here do not bother - it tends to be permanant residents (like me) who go to the expense. For occasional visits a cheaper option is BBC Prime which you can have installed (complete) for around CYP150.
Cheers
Geoff

Hi i am out there next week my parents live there just round the corner from you may i pm u on my dads dish Regards mmg123

***geoffreys*** · 20-08-2005

Originally Posted by mmg123

Hi i am out there next week my parents live there just round the corner from you may i pm u on my dads dish Regards mmg123

OK. By all means send me a personal message, will try to help if I can.
Geoff,
Vrysoulles,
Famagusta District,
Republic of Cyprus.

**PaulR** · 20-08-2005

mmg123

You don't have enough postings to allow you to pm yet.

geoffreys can pm you with some details but you will be unble to reply.

You could try to make a few more postings

before you go of course.

PaulR

***geoffreys*** · 21-08-2005

Originally Posted by PaulR

mmg123

You don't have enough postings to allow you to pm yet.

geoffreys can pm you with some details but you will be unble to reply.

You could try to make a few more postings before you go of course.

PaulR

I don't understand that! Why can't you send me a personal message on this forum. If you want to telephone me my home number is in the Larnaka Ammochostos phone book, under the Acheritou listings page 270, 2nd column, 3rd entry down (Smith).
Geoff

**PaulR** · 22-08-2005

It's a decision made to stop someone joining the forum and immediately bombarding other people with lots of PMs.

The thought is that if you prove yourself with some non flaming, possibly useful, posts then you can be trusted with PMs.

It's nothing personal, just something learned from experience.

PaulR

***geoffreys*** · 23-08-2005

Originally Posted by PaulR

It's a decision made to stop someone joining the forum and immediately bombarding other people with lots of PMs.

The thought is that if you prove yourself with some non flaming, possibly useful, posts then you can be trusted with PMs.

It's nothing personal, just something learned from experience.

PaulR

Well I have been a member of this forum for 2 years, during which time I have sought info and also given info to others, especially regards getting set up for SKY reception here in Cyprus. I have received PMs and replied to them.

If someone is now telling me I can no longer receive PMs - then stuff it!

I don't agree with traders using the forum to promote or advance their business - most don't and just use their expertise to HELP others.

I am not a trader, I am retired, but equally pleased to help ANY forum member if I can.

As usual it appears that a minority are being allowed to spoil it for the rest of us.

Geoff
Cyprus

**PaulR** · 23-08-2005

No Geoff

You misunderstand me. It's not you who are affected, you've well proved yourself. It's all newbies who have to make a certain number of posting to gain the privilege of using PMs.

Hope that clears things up and apologies if I misled you.

The simplest thing to do is for mmg123 to make some more postings and you can have a two way PM conversation.

PaulR

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