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<blockquote data-quote="richiethom" data-source="post: 368027" data-attributes="member: 252705"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I live just near Calais, and have finally managed to get a standard Sky minidish working, and can receive all the FTA channels with a borrowed FortecStar receiver. We also have a second dish pointing to AtlanticBird3 at 5 degrees West to get the French FTA channels.</p><p></p><p>At the moment, I need to go outside and unplug the cable from one dish to use the other, and then do the same inside, so I'm going to need a Disecq switch for that.</p><p></p><p>Can someone recommend a box that, ideally, does the following:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lets us watch the FTA channels on the two boxes (ie it has Disecq support)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lets us see the subtitles being broadcast from the Sky satellite (or do only Sky Digiboxes support this?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Has an internal harddrive so that we can record TV from either dish. I know that without special LNBs and more holes in the wall, we can't record more than one channel at a time, but that's not a problem - just as long as we can record.</li> </ul><p></p><p>In an ideal world, it should (these are nice to haves, but not essential - no idea if they're even possible)</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Let us plug in a Freesat card at some point in the future</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Let us use digital teletext</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Allow recordings to be transferred from the receiver onto a computer</li> </ul><p></p><p>I don't need anything more than that really, we just want to be able to get (and record) both French and UK TV without having to change channel without climbing a ladder <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for any help!</p><p></p><p>Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="richiethom, post: 368027, member: 252705"] Hi, I live just near Calais, and have finally managed to get a standard Sky minidish working, and can receive all the FTA channels with a borrowed FortecStar receiver. We also have a second dish pointing to AtlanticBird3 at 5 degrees West to get the French FTA channels. At the moment, I need to go outside and unplug the cable from one dish to use the other, and then do the same inside, so I'm going to need a Disecq switch for that. Can someone recommend a box that, ideally, does the following: [LIST] [*]Lets us watch the FTA channels on the two boxes (ie it has Disecq support) [*]Lets us see the subtitles being broadcast from the Sky satellite (or do only Sky Digiboxes support this?) [*]Has an internal harddrive so that we can record TV from either dish. I know that without special LNBs and more holes in the wall, we can't record more than one channel at a time, but that's not a problem - just as long as we can record. [/LIST] In an ideal world, it should (these are nice to haves, but not essential - no idea if they're even possible) [LIST] [*]Let us plug in a Freesat card at some point in the future [*]Let us use digital teletext [*]Allow recordings to be transferred from the receiver onto a computer [/LIST] I don't need anything more than that really, we just want to be able to get (and record) both French and UK TV without having to change channel without climbing a ladder :) Thanks in advance for any help! Rich [/QUOTE]
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