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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 522924" data-attributes="member: 291654"><p>Hi folks </p><p></p><p>another newbie here. i've never really been into the latest technology and have never had Sky. Just after Christmas I bought a satellite dish and Silvercrest box from Lidl for £20. I managed to set it up on Astra and get about 350 channels of mostly rubbish - which I thought was a spectacular deal - Film 4 was particularly worthwhile. No channel 5 though, which I cannot get with my loft aerial. </p><p></p><p>I still had an old square TV but a month or so ago I took a mad turn in John Lewis and bought a Sony 40" TV and Bluray player. Now I'm hungry for more, but don't know where to go next - I would particularly like HD broadcasts. </p><p></p><p>So in order of picture quality from poorest to best I have:- </p><p></p><p>4 analogue channels</p><p>about 350 SD channels on a Lidl box. </p><p>19 freeview channels - including 2 radio ones. </p><p></p><p>Options would be - </p><p>1. buy an external aerial for more freeview </p><p>2. buy an HD box - Freesat or generic receiver? </p><p>3. If 2. follow this with a motorised dish (would that suggest a standard HD receiver rather than a specific Freesat one?) </p><p></p><p>Incidentally on having a quick look at HD boxes the highest output I have seen on most of them seems to be 1080i. Do boxes/transmissions come in 1080p? </p><p></p><p>Sorry for such a long initial post - but please let me have your thoughts, suggestions for where I go from here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 522924, member: 291654"] Hi folks another newbie here. i've never really been into the latest technology and have never had Sky. Just after Christmas I bought a satellite dish and Silvercrest box from Lidl for £20. I managed to set it up on Astra and get about 350 channels of mostly rubbish - which I thought was a spectacular deal - Film 4 was particularly worthwhile. No channel 5 though, which I cannot get with my loft aerial. I still had an old square TV but a month or so ago I took a mad turn in John Lewis and bought a Sony 40" TV and Bluray player. Now I'm hungry for more, but don't know where to go next - I would particularly like HD broadcasts. So in order of picture quality from poorest to best I have:- 4 analogue channels about 350 SD channels on a Lidl box. 19 freeview channels - including 2 radio ones. Options would be - 1. buy an external aerial for more freeview 2. buy an HD box - Freesat or generic receiver? 3. If 2. follow this with a motorised dish (would that suggest a standard HD receiver rather than a specific Freesat one?) Incidentally on having a quick look at HD boxes the highest output I have seen on most of them seems to be 1080i. Do boxes/transmissions come in 1080p? Sorry for such a long initial post - but please let me have your thoughts, suggestions for where I go from here. [/QUOTE]
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