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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 904994"><p>Being a software engineer by education and training, I have managed teams building STB software and especially back-ends for "interactive television" since the late 90's. Software stacks, serv-lets, meta-data models, that sort of thing. Mostly cable-stuff.</p><p></p><p>Got a Sky subscription when I moved to the UK in 2003.</p><p>I believe I had a zone 1 dish fitted to my house - not sure; it just worked.</p><p>Was fairly content until I moved to DK in 2009.</p><p>Missed "Have I got News for You", "QI" etc. a bit.</p><p></p><p>Realised I needed a 180cm dish for Astra 2D, and bought the cheapest I could find easily: A Jonsa 6-petal dish from Maplin (f/D 0.36). And with a "matching" Invacom 0.6 f/D universal LNB. (Bastards.) This was really the start of fiddling with hardware and tools, meters etc.</p><p></p><p>Jonsa dish ended up in the skip, acquired a Channel Master 180 + Black Ultra LNB instead. Full gratification attained.</p><p>Almost never look back (unless shaking my head, slapping my thighs, and laughing quite hard at the same time).</p><p></p><p>Got local Danish Viasat subscription, and mounted the provided sh*t dish (Telesystems ovaloid P57, which is really 2/3's of a full dish). Replaced this with a WaveFrontier T55, which is MUCH better. (But WAY harder to set up!)</p><p></p><p>Intrigued by the performance and actual physical 'feel' of the CM180, I got another one, and then started acquiring CMxxx dishes from the local market. And others like Prodelin, Visiosat etc. Have a few now, from 100-180, in various states of wear...</p><p></p><p>Have acquired a range of STBs while traveling in Europe; they're used to watch French, Italian, Spanish tv etc occasionally.</p><p></p><p>Hate to admit, but I probably will need to wind down now upon request of SWMBO, as the dishes are filling up valuable (?) garden space, and are generally pointed all in the same direction (28.2E) for comparison reasons. (Excluding the motorised ones, of course).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archive10, post: 904994"] Being a software engineer by education and training, I have managed teams building STB software and especially back-ends for "interactive television" since the late 90's. Software stacks, serv-lets, meta-data models, that sort of thing. Mostly cable-stuff. Got a Sky subscription when I moved to the UK in 2003. I believe I had a zone 1 dish fitted to my house - not sure; it just worked. Was fairly content until I moved to DK in 2009. Missed "Have I got News for You", "QI" etc. a bit. Realised I needed a 180cm dish for Astra 2D, and bought the cheapest I could find easily: A Jonsa 6-petal dish from Maplin (f/D 0.36). And with a "matching" Invacom 0.6 f/D universal LNB. (Bastards.) This was really the start of fiddling with hardware and tools, meters etc. Jonsa dish ended up in the skip, acquired a Channel Master 180 + Black Ultra LNB instead. Full gratification attained. Almost never look back (unless shaking my head, slapping my thighs, and laughing quite hard at the same time). Got local Danish Viasat subscription, and mounted the provided sh*t dish (Telesystems ovaloid P57, which is really 2/3's of a full dish). Replaced this with a WaveFrontier T55, which is MUCH better. (But WAY harder to set up!) Intrigued by the performance and actual physical 'feel' of the CM180, I got another one, and then started acquiring CMxxx dishes from the local market. And others like Prodelin, Visiosat etc. Have a few now, from 100-180, in various states of wear... Have acquired a range of STBs while traveling in Europe; they're used to watch French, Italian, Spanish tv etc occasionally. Hate to admit, but I probably will need to wind down now upon request of SWMBO, as the dishes are filling up valuable (?) garden space, and are generally pointed all in the same direction (28.2E) for comparison reasons. (Excluding the motorised ones, of course). [/QUOTE]
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