fr_cassidy
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- Aug 11, 2007
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- Age
- 41
- My Satellite Setup
- Nothing as yet, but hopefully soon
- My Location
- Madrid
Hi All,
Its my first post here and I am a bit new to the whole satellite TV thing.
I am an Irishman who just moved to Madrid and the rugby world cup starts in around 3 or 4 weeks and I really would like to follow it in the comfort of my own home preferably in English. I was hoping someone could help me out with my research. I´ve been doing quite a lot of reading over the last week or so, but I find it difficult to take it all in and I have seen a lot of contradictions in some stuff I have read.
From what I understand ITV and BBC are broadcast on astra 2D which from looking at thier website does not extend as far south in Spain as Madrid (about half way down). It seems that around the pyrenees you need a 120cm dish. However 2A and 2B according to the website are obtainable in MAdrid on a 60 cm dish on the south beam. There is currently a ~60 cm dish on the roof which I was hoping to use. Is there any way to get RTE (preferably), or BBC ITV ( just as good) on this? I could call a technician to point it to the satellite.
To be honest I wouldn´t be prepared to fork out 100´s or 1000´s of euro´s for a bigger dish and I don´t think its so easy to mount one on top of the appartrments as I have been told the neighbours don´t always agree and as Im new here I don´t want to cause a fuss.
I came across this website _http://www.satone.tv/ who claim that you can get the channels. They have a freesat viewing card reasonably priced at 66 euro which has itv and bbc. However no further information is published as regards which country or which signal etc... Surely it can´t be that easy? Does anyone know about this or a similar comapny that would do the job?
If thats not possible does anyone know of a possible setup that I could use to obtain these channels?
I´d be really grateful for any advice.
Many thanks
Its my first post here and I am a bit new to the whole satellite TV thing.
I am an Irishman who just moved to Madrid and the rugby world cup starts in around 3 or 4 weeks and I really would like to follow it in the comfort of my own home preferably in English. I was hoping someone could help me out with my research. I´ve been doing quite a lot of reading over the last week or so, but I find it difficult to take it all in and I have seen a lot of contradictions in some stuff I have read.
From what I understand ITV and BBC are broadcast on astra 2D which from looking at thier website does not extend as far south in Spain as Madrid (about half way down). It seems that around the pyrenees you need a 120cm dish. However 2A and 2B according to the website are obtainable in MAdrid on a 60 cm dish on the south beam. There is currently a ~60 cm dish on the roof which I was hoping to use. Is there any way to get RTE (preferably), or BBC ITV ( just as good) on this? I could call a technician to point it to the satellite.
To be honest I wouldn´t be prepared to fork out 100´s or 1000´s of euro´s for a bigger dish and I don´t think its so easy to mount one on top of the appartrments as I have been told the neighbours don´t always agree and as Im new here I don´t want to cause a fuss.
I came across this website _http://www.satone.tv/ who claim that you can get the channels. They have a freesat viewing card reasonably priced at 66 euro which has itv and bbc. However no further information is published as regards which country or which signal etc... Surely it can´t be that easy? Does anyone know about this or a similar comapny that would do the job?
If thats not possible does anyone know of a possible setup that I could use to obtain these channels?
I´d be really grateful for any advice.
Many thanks