Recent content by taffy056

Thanks for that, but which receivers have mpeg4 built in? This looks very promising, I am looking at maybe a motorised system as used to have one before, so 40e, 13e & 5e are the ones I would be looking for, would a dish say about 90cm be good enough for this? Craig

Hi, Many thanks for the replies, its very helpful! Looking at the subscription services by NTV & RTVi, where do you buy the subscription cards in this country, and how much do they cost? Thanks, Craig

Hi, I am looking to buy a system that will pick up Russian channels here in South Wales, I would like to know what channels are available now, on what satellites, and how big a dish would I need to receive the channels I am interested in, such as First, RTV, NTV etc? Also would these be FTA or...

Thanks for the answer! Just a few in response, how do I know what is a good quality dish? I know price is an indication, but some places could just be more expensive than others, I see a lot of places selling Triax and Channel Masters, are they good makes? Also I need a good quad LNB (unless I...

Hi, I am looking at buying a Dreambox 7000s box, and was wondering what would be the best dish and LNB conbination to go with it, I live in Swansea so I would like to pick up Russian channels on Hotbird, so would a 1 meter dish be big enough? Looking to the future I would probably like to pick...

Thanks Elgin I am going to go for NTV anyway, I want it because its got a good kids channel in the package, but with RTR and ORT there as well it will be enough for now, at least it will keep my missus and daughter happy ;) And i'll be happy playing with my new piece of kit (boys and his...

Hi CH, Thanks for that! I am looking to add a DiSEqC setup at a future date, but at present I am only interested in the ones on Hotbird. But, if I do upgrade in the future what size dish would you recommend that I get now, wth a view of getting the channels from Sirius at a later date? Also is...

Hi, I am new to the forum, and I am after a bit of advice on receiving Russian channels. I am interested in NTV (or RTVi as it is called now) on Hotbird, but I would like to have ORT also, I notice on this thread it is mentioned that its on the same satellite, is this still current? And is it...