What exactly do you want to watch? You shouldn't have any trouble with English TV down there. 1.2 metre dish is plenty. As for Showtime, if it is football you want to watch don't forget that from the end of this season there's no premier league.petert74 said:Not living in the UK (Africa 12 km away) , and getting no uk signal in bad weather I rely on an "alternative" english language source.
Huevos said:What exactly do you want to watch? You shouldn't have any trouble with English TV down there. 1.2 metre dish is plenty. As for Showtime, if it is football you want to watch don't forget that from the end of this season there's no premier league.
Analoguesat said:DigiTV is the last big provider open. To be honest your best option is subscription to something like Showtime- guarantees you service for 12 months .
petert74 said:Many thanks for the advice.
We need the 1.3m as a min, when it rains we get nothing at all.
Im in cadiz province, they are switching off the analogue signal on the last day of the year, and the digital signal is weak and that also goes in rain!!!
I was just enquiring about an alternative.
Many thanks again
They call it a 1.3m but really it's a 1.2m. The reason they say 1.3m is they are measuring vertically which produces a meaningless figure as far as the dish aperture is concerned. A Gibertini 1.25m is a fraction bigger than the standard pleb setup that most installers do down there and is a decent dish. If you want some rainfade margin go for the 1.5m Gibertini.petert74 said:We need the 1.3m as a min, when it rains we get nothing at all.
Huevos said:And, if you want a bit extra to watch add a second LNB for 26ºE (Arabsat). On there you can watch Fox Movies, Fox Series, 6 MBC channels, plus various other channels all in English and free to air. There are also sports channels, 10 of which belong Al Jazeera and have commentary in English.
Unless there is something specific you want to watch from Nilesat (for example Showtime) it is obviously better to receive MBC, etc from 26ºE because it is 2.5º over from 28.2ºE, not 35º. Nilesat and Astra 2 just wouldn't be practical on a single fixed dish.petert74 said:Is it just a good as Nilesat??? which one is better
Huevos said:Nilesat and Astra 2 just wouldn't be practical on a single fixed dish.
One that is matched to the dish. If the dish is offset I'd use a Black Ultra.rdserv said:what lnb do you recommend?
One that is matched to the dish. If the dish is offset I'd use a Black Ultra.rdserv said:what lnb do you recommend?