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    Anyone jumped ship yet?

    Anyone jumped ship yet and gone for a CubeRevo HD Twin Tuner? Recorded files accessible over a network, able to change settings via a browser..just like my 7020s which I still love. Searching for reviews..might have to spend in the new year. Not spending almost a grand on the 8000!
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    Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 12.5 degrees West

    Hello! Well I've decided the only way to get my NASA footage is to setup something on the non-garden side of my house and try and see Eutelsat Atlantic Bird at 12.5 degrees West. I'm going to try for one of those Lidl porty sets (they were in my local branch recently) with the smaller dish and...
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    NASA in the UK?

    Anyone had any luck getting Eutelsat Atlantic Bird at 12.5 degrees West? I'm just about looking over the house to get 13E and 19.2E from an east facing garden, so wondered how low down it is..
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    NASA in the UK?

    Hi I've got an old Sky analogue mesh dish which I've somehow managed to fit in my garden and am receiving Hotbird 13E and Astra 19.2E with a monoblock. I'm looking eastwards in the garden so I just get both of these over the houses I think. ESA (European Space Agency) used to send footage on...
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    ESA TV supposed to be on?

    Hi, Trying to get ESA TV which should have colour bars right now... Eutelsat Hot Bird at 13 degrees east, Hot Bird 1, Transponder 2, vertical, F=11242 MS/sec, SR=27500 MS/sec FEC=3/4 Channel id “Eutelsat” Not there on my Dreambox/Lidl special receivers. Anyone else getting this?
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    monoblock on Skystar2

    Thank you. I will post some screenshots tomorrow, although the settings change a lot! I've put the monoblock back on my Lidl receiver and it's getting Astra 19.2E and Hotbird 13E again very clearly. Hmm!
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    monoblock on Skystar2

    Hi, I've been trying DVB Viewer, ProgDVB and Alt DVB. Tried Hotbird and Astra 19.2 on all the possible LNB settings.
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    monoblock on Skystar2

    Hi, Not sure which bit that is... It's a Lemon Monoblock, which is diseqc 1.2, and the Skystar 2 which is 1.1. Maybe that's the problem?
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    monoblock on Skystar2

    Getting very, very odd now. I've been playing and I can get a few channels on Astra 19.2. I've tried swapping the monoblock around but still the same. On my Lidl receiver I can receive Astra Vision 2 at 91%. On Progdvb I cannot get it at all, despite being able to receive a small number of...
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    monoblock on Skystar2

    Tried that again, but not a thing. Hotbird is fine, but Astra niet. All well on my receiver box, not SS2. :(
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    monoblock on Skystar2

    Hello I've installed a nice monoblock on my old Sky analogue dish and can receive Astra 19.2E and Hotbird 13E on my Lidl special receiver. Works a treat. Have tried to setup disqc on my Skystar2 card for this, but cannot get it to work. I get Hotbird, but not Astra. I've tried the Simple (2...
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    Lemon monoblocks?

    Hi, My Lidl LNB finally died. I'm looking to get a monoblock as the only things I ever watch are on Astra 19.2E and Hotbird. Any views on the Lemon monoblocks? Somewhere near me does the 0.2db and 0.3db versions. TIA :)
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    Lidl have FTA receiver for £39.99

    Lidl Croydon today had around 10 of their Porty set, in a hard case. £70 I think. The dish had a stand but no tripod (not sure if the Porty 2 set did or not).
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    Progdvb mpeg2 bit rates

    Hello Recorded some footage with Skystar2 + Progdvb. Mpeg2 file looks like it's 15,000kps which is a third higher than the top bit rate for DVD Mpeg2. Is this usual? It's taking me a long time to convert..
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    Astra 1B to Astra 1G?

    Hello! Well I've taken the plunge finally and was tempted by one of the Lidl specials. Unfortunately they'd run out, but I managed to pick up a receiver, sat finder and LNB. A friend gave me his old, and now unused, Sky analogue dish. After some frustration I finally got Astra 1B 19.2 E on the...
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