Upgrading to digital - box advice plz

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kingbobabob

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My Satellite Setup
Sky (UK),
FTA Analogue 19.2E,
Win XP,
SuSE 9
My Location
UK
I'm thinking of upgrading my 19.2E fixed analogue system to digital but am unsure of what box I should get and whether I should point my dish at a different bird.
I'm looking for:
  • An easily patchable receiver for less than £90
  • The site where I can download free cam patches
  • Howtos on patching
  • A satellite (not 28.2E) that has the best range of english channels
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated - many thanks - gr8 forum btw

:-hny
 
:-Welcome1 to the forum kingbobabob

I see like most people you want the earth for nothing lol

kingbobabob said:
An easily patchable receiver for less than £90
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That has got to be a Technomate then

kingbobabob said:
The site where I can download free cam patches
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That has got to be Alsat.co.uk

kingbobabob said:
Howtos on patching
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That is on the forum you just have to look for it can I suggest you use the forum search for technomate and read all the threads

kingbobabob said:
A satellite (not 28.2E) that has the best range of english channels
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There is not one, there are a number of channels on 13 deg East and 30 deg West that sometimes transmit two or sometimes three languages on say a film or documentary but English speaking broadcasts perse are confined to 28.2 deg East it is called a monopoly but I am not allowed to say that....:-DOH! :rolleyes: Ooops hope this helps
 
For a bit of extra, you could add a second LNB to your dish, and feed them through a Disecq switch, which would let you pick up 28.2 and 13 or 19 on one receiver (I'm guessing you've still got one of the big dishes from S*y's analogue days). Otherwise 30 west is probably your best bet for English language programmes, if you don't mind subtitles in another language
 
Hi there,
just to let you know that I paid £109 for my 1500CI and thats with postage,if you look around.I placed the order on the Monday night and had the unit on Thrusday.

Richard,
 
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