future proof cables for satellites and terrestial aerials

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garrick

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My Satellite Setup
JVC 32 lcd freeview tv
TOSIBIA HDD/dvd freeview recoder combi .
FTA 28e & 13e satellete system
My Location
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
If a person needs to install a twin satellite PVR and a twin freeview PVR to a TV that has both freesat & freeview, how many leads doe's a person need from the dish and tv aerial :D
 
You can get away with three, two satellite feeds for the PVR and a diplexed feed with sat and terrestrial for the TV. Most people run four though.
 
rolfw said:
You can get away with three, two satellite feeds for the PVR and a diplexed feed with sat and terrestrial for the TV. Most people run four though.
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Thank's rolfw, but what happens if a broadcaster will go on FREEVIEW but not FREESAT because of copyright issues. This might allow broadcasters such as discovery and eurosport to display their programmes on FREEVIEW.

This might need a FREEVIEW PVR (even a twin one) so would 4 cable feeds cover the job ?
 
A Freeview PVR only needs one connection to the TV aerial.

This is because the aerial is a passive device. An LNB is an active device under the control of the satellite receiver and therefore for two tuners you need two LNBs (or a multiple output LNB of course!).
 
In some areas, there may be a dual polarisation requirement for FreeView, but the jury is still out on whether this can be done with a single aerial.
 
Well even if there was second polarity, an extra terrestrial feed could be diplexed with one of the other satellite feeds, but I think it will be unlikely, can you imagine the uproar?
 
rolfw said:
Well even if there was second polarity, an extra terrestrial feed could be diplexed with one of the other satellite feeds, but I think it will be unlikely, can you imagine the uproar?
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Dual combining and then diplexing ? You could offer a two cable solution in those specific areas (and at least it would be balanced).
 
Not with a third satellite feed required.

PS. may also be worthwhile running a couple of CAT5 or CAT6 cables as well, you never know what you might want to feed to or from the room. :)
 
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