Lidl / Silvercrest portable receiver ?
Colin Wilson
probably been answered lots of times, but the headers I grabbed didn't
mention a FAQ being available :-}
We recently moved to a house that currently has no aerial downstairs,
and a crap reception from an aerial pointing at what I would describe
as a "last resort" transmitter (terrestrial).
Obviously this is cramping our style a bit, and i'm wondering what the
Lidl kit is like - i'd like to be able to wall-mount it, but not sure
if the fittings provided would allow me to do it - and if possible,
i'd like to redistribute the signal, possibly via a video sender - is
it possible to get a "magic eye" type of thing like you can for Sky,
or do the senders usually incorporate this sort of functionality ?
Thanks, and apologies for the lame questions :-}
Steve Terry
"Colin Wilson" <REMOVEEVERYTHI...@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.co.uk> wrote
in message news:MPG.2493a4c38...@news.motzarella.org...
it's only just sufficient in the south east of England.
If you can get away with a zone2 sky dish, you can get one of
those with a quad LNB for as little as 20quid, and pick up a used
SKy STB for freesat
Steve Terry
Colin Wilson
> it's only just sufficient in the south east of England.
OK thanks - might skip that idea then :-}
> If you can get away with a zone2 sky dish, you can get one of
> those with a quad LNB for as little as 20quid, and pick up a used
> SKy STB for freesat
Don't you need a £70+ card off Sky for freesat on one of their
receivers ?
Thanks for the reply btw :-)
No-One
in news:MPG.2493bb6a1...@news.motzarella.org:
dont quote me on this as i dont have prices to hand, but is the freesat
card not �20?
as for one of their receivers, yes but a second hand non hard drive one
should bea easy and chep to get from ebay, then all you need do is get sky
to marry the card to the new (used) receiver, which again should not incur
a charge
but as i said i have not got links so cant quote you - maybe google can
help?
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Colin Wilson
> card not £20?
That was the price I heard mentioned about 18 months ago, but there's
no mention of it on their website http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk
Nigel Barker
The card alone now costs 19.57 pounds which reflects the reduction in the rate
of VAT. Details are tucked away in the FAQ pages:-
Q: I already have Sky digital satellite equipment - what else do I need?
A: All you need to gain access to the free channels available on the digital
satellite platform is a Freesat from Sky viewing card, which costs just �19.57.
If you?d like to access the interactive services available, you'll also need a
working phone line. To purchase a viewing card please phone Sky on 08448 244
400.
The best deal at the moment if you have no digibox is probably their so-called
'Pay One Watch Forever' deal. They will install a system & give you four months
of subscription to 4 packages for 73.40 pounds. The catch is that before the
four months is up you must remember to cancel the subscription paid for with a
direct debit that they insist you take out at time of purchase.
http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/pay-once.aspx
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Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
Steve Terry
"Nigel Barker" <ni...@nigelbarker.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 10:32:57 +0100, Colin Wilson
> <REMOVEEVERYTHI...@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.co.uk> wrote:
> The best deal at the moment if you have no digibox is probably their
> so-called
> 'Pay One Watch Forever' deal. They will install a system & give you four
> months
> of subscription to 4 packages for 73.40 pounds. The catch is that before
> the
> four months is up you must remember to cancel the subscription paid for
> with a
> direct debit that they insist you take out at time of purchase.
> http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/pay-once.aspx
>
>
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5321502/Trail/searchtext%3ESKY.htm
Don't forget to cancel the packs after 4 months
Steve Terry
Richard Fleet
Forget sky and go for a free to air receiver like a Manhattan and get
all the free channels not just the ones sky want to make free or the
limited freesat range.
But don't expect too much the number of channels goes up but the % of
c**p stays the same
RGF
Steve Terry
"Richard Fleet" <richard...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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(that you would also have to install yourself)
that you wouldn't get on a Sky up front 4 pack for 4 months deal??
Steve Terry
Colin Wilson
> >no mention of it on their website http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk
> The card alone now costs 19.57 pounds which reflects the reduction in the rate
> of VAT. Details are tucked away in the FAQ pages:-
> Q: I already have Sky digital satellite equipment - what else do I need?
> A: All you need to gain access to the free channels available on the digital
> satellite platform is a Freesat from Sky viewing card, which costs just £19.57.
Many thanks, I didn't spot that, despite trying (typical bloke, I have
a hard enough time finding beer in the fridge, never mind food !)
Richard Fleet
subscriber
RGF
Steve Terry
call
If you buy a 20quid FTV card, they'll have got your address that way too,
FTA SkyNews and Sky 3 only exist to feed endless Sky subscription ads anyway
Steve Terry
Geoff Pearson
I've not had anything from Sky since buying a 20 quid card.
Jim Watt
<gspear...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I've not had anything from Sky since buying a 20 quid card.
Theres not a lot that the card is good for these days
since CH4/5 went FTA like BBC and ITV
The LIDL box works a lot better than any digibox.
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Geoff Pearson
"Jim Watt" <jim...@aol.no_way> wrote in message
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It means my friends in Barcelona can get Scottish news (for the football)
without much fiddling about.
Steve Terry
"Jim Watt" <jim...@aol.no_way> wrote in message
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> <gspear...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I've not had anything from Sky since buying a 20 quid card.
>
> Theres not a lot that the card is good for these days
> since CH4/5 went FTA like BBC and ITV
>
> The LIDL box works a lot better than any digibox.
>
>
The standard Sky remote control on a digibox is easier to use,
and is programmable to control your TV
Steve Terry
Steve Terry
"Geoff Pearson" <gspear...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Jim Watt" <jim...@aol.no_way> wrote in message
> news:iafo25dblbtfmpnon...@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 7 Jun 2009 06:36:53 +0100, "Geoff Pearson"
>> <gspear...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I've not had anything from Sky since buying a 20 quid card.
>>
>> Theres not a lot that the card is good for these days
>> since CH4/5 went FTA like BBC and ITV
>>
>> The LIDL box works a lot better than any digibox.
>
> It means my friends in Barcelona can get Scottish news (for the football)
> without much fiddling about.
>
What a SL65 is good for is receiving other satellites
Steve Terry
Demonic
BTW the only thing that the FreeSatfromSky card gives you is Sky3 and an
easier route to Ch4 and Five. Easier because you have to manually enter
Ch4 and Five ATM.
Demonic
Only the so called Red button channels as independent channels.
Charles Ellson
Are you asking about the one that looks like this (same maker,
different seller) ? :-
http://www.satgear.co.uk/comag_camping_suitcase.html
ISTR the odd adverse comment in the past about the power supply but
the kit might have used more than receiver by now. If you're going to
fit a permanent dish then you might as well use a normal one (45-60cm)
rather than the one in the camping kit otherwise you might asking for
trouble each time there is a cloudburst or an overweight pigeon lands
on the dish. Video senders using the 2.4GHz band are liable to
interference from nearby microwave ovens or wireless LANs so don't
dash out and buy one until you've got some feedback on newer ones
operating in other bands (3.6GHz?). Video senders with an IR repeater
for remote controls are fairly standard; note that they are usually
directional so if you're trying to feed more than one location in
different directions you are possibly stuffed.
Bill (Adopt)
OK - kit still on sale in local LiDL this morning,
Tuesday, 09 June 2009:
80cm dishes, powder coated, with zinc plated mountings
and including an arm with a 40mm throat for attaching
an LNB; together priced at 9.99gbp.
No LNBs although they may have been available. (Usually
the twin outlet ones and priced at 3.99gbp - an excellent
value/reception LNB when they are around). If they
were not available yesterday - then it's likely that
LiDL will have them on sale again in the near future.
For the dish in my experience this 80cm dish seems to
pick up just about anything. Mine is now four years old,
shows no sign of untoward deterioration - has a motor
attached etc
..and with it's LiDL (COMAG) SL65 FTA receiver (below)
gets from c. 57E to c. 57W ..ie, the Bear Lake Transponder(s)
in the far, far east to Cuba/Ecuador westwards about as far
one can get in that direction.
Also on sale this morning at the local LiDL is the
Digital FTA COMAG (LiDL) SL65 satellite receiver
described above.
For interest, the model on sale is not the SL65/12
cut-down camping version referred to by some, but the
'full' FTA COMAG (LiDL) SL65 satellite receiver; the
one with the many connections round the back ..and at
least seven buttons on the front. Of course, being
FTA (Free To Air) it doesn't need a card to drag in
all the many thousand free TV and radio channels up
there. Some of them are very high quality ..particularly
many of the channels across Europe, Russia, China,
SKorea, Malayasia, Thai, Middle East and so on -
nearly all which transmit one or more stations in
English...
This SL65 is priced at 29.95gbp, while stocks last(!)
I guess it's the end of the run. If you query through
google or similar giving the detail above, I'm sure
a report or two will be available.
Generally all reports of the above kit are positive;
the SL65 being considered very good to excellent at the
price. It was, at any price, marked at around 85/87pc
on What Satellite and Digital TVs listing - at the time
one of the top three receivers. Quite something..
As said, this version COMAG SL65 is the 'full' version,
not the one sold with the camping kit - which is an
labelled as an SL65/12 - three button frontage ..although
that is pretty good (virtually the same) in it's own right,
The dish, by the way, is also excellent value, being
an 80/85cm. For interest, I believe one is allowed
to mount a 100cm dish and a secondary dish of up to
60cm on external walls without any needing planning
permission.
> Thanks, and apologies for the lame questions :-}
Your questions are not lame ..they're sensible.. :))
hh... :))
Bill ZFC
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Colin Wilson
> Tuesday, 09 June 2009:
Sadly our local one had a queue outside for them, and they'd all gone
by about 8:00am and 15 seconds :-}
Roger R
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> OK - kit still on sale in local LiDL this morning,
> Tuesday, 09 June 2009:
On the Monday morning Lidl branches here in the south had queues for this
kit and stocks sold out within a couple of hours.
When the portable kit (with 12 volt cut down receiver SL65/12) had an outing
in May 2007 at 69.99 it proved hard to identify buyers. By June quantities
were still hanging around in stores and the price was reduced to 59.99,
but they remained slow movers.
The summer of 2008 saw the portable receiver kits out again at 64.99, but
ISTR they still didn't sell very briskly.
So its quite a change this year to see them selling out so quickly.
It could be that sharp consumers realise the full SL65 receiver supplied
this year is quite a snip, or more likely, that they were strongly
influenced by the half price...64.99 down to 29.99 tag and greater awareness
of what can be received from satellite because of the Freesat marketing.
The receiver cannot bear the Freesat logo even though it can receive all the
Freesat channels (except HD ones) because the tight licensing requirements
insist that receivers must be UK Freesat EPG compliant in order to bear the
Freesat logo. This effectivly prevents the Lidl receiver bearing the logo
because the Lidl strategy is for europe wide sales with a single product
thereby achieving the economy of scale that can offer high specification at
low price which Lidl customers desire.
Roger R
Roger R
> Tuesday, 09 June 2009:
On the Monday morning Lidl branches here in the south had queues for this
Roger R
> Tuesday, 09 June 2009:
On the Monday morning Lidl branches here in the south had queues for this
Roger R
server and I'm using a new service but don't seem to have worked out how to
use it properly.
My attempts at posting appeared to be rejected, with the message remaining
unsent in my outbox, but apparantly it was actually sent on each attempt as
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Puzzled.
see if this works with changed header.
Roger R
Roger R
Nigel Barker
wrote:
>The receiver cannot bear the Freesat logo even though it can receive all the
>Freesat channels (except HD ones) because the tight licensing requirements
>insist that receivers must be UK Freesat EPG compliant in order to bear the
>Freesat logo.
If it cannot use the Freesat EPG then it certainly shouldn't display the
Freesat logo. After all Freesat is fundamentally nothing more than an EPG.
Demonic
It is not just the Freesat EPG that is missing. I beleieve that it
doesn't handle MHEG text (used by most UK channels) but onlly the
original digital teletext.
Rob
> It is not just the Freesat EPG that is missing. I beleieve that it
> doesn't handle MHEG text (used by most UK channels) but onlly the
> original digital teletext.
Any idea why the UK channels don't send traditional teletext anymore?
This has been the case for some years. At first I believed that the
new thing they introduced to replace it might be so different that it
is too much work to keep two parallel versions uptodate, but it seems
that the old teletext is still available. E.g. on BBC World. So they
still have to maintain it. Why not send it to everyone who would like
to view?
Demonic
I think it was lead by BSkyB so that they could insert loads of adverts.
MHEG also allows the red button software to work.
It's a pity that just a few of the channels don't use the DVB standard
teletext as in some ways it is better; for example you can overlay a
text page over the picture and sound while you are reading.
Most of the German channels on Astra 19E still have DVB standard
teletext and Lidl is a German firm.