On 14/02/2014 00:14, Roger Wilmut wrote:
>
> On 2014-02-13 11:13:51 +0000, BrritSki said:
>
>> Hi, my Sky+ box in Italy has stopped working with the satellite
>> change, but a friend nearby in France with a Sky+ HD box is still
>> getting BBC etc.
>>
>> Is switching to a Sk+ HD box the long-term answer to this or is a
>> bigger dish needed ?
> Sky's transmissions are not supposed to be accessible outside the UK and
> they have recently changed to a satellite with less overspill. HD or SD
> has nothing to do with it. You friend in France is closer to the
> official footprint and less affected than you are.
>
Yes, I know all that although it's possibly not strictly true about the
satellite (see below). My friend in France is only a few miles away from
me, so I doubt it is just that she's closer esp. as she has a slightly
smaller dish than me but it could be due to better alignment and/or good
LNBs.
And another friend is also still getting programs and is also on an HD
system (not Sky).
So it is reasonable to suggest that HD is somehow a better bet. For
example, the FTA programs satellite has a very narrow beam, but Sky's
encrypted signal is on a satellite with a much wider beam aiui, so if
Sky had made the decision to only now transmit HD channels on that
satellite it would explain some of the results.
I doubt if that is happening and maybe Sky HAVE in fact switched to a
narrow beam satellite, but wondered if someone in the know could say yes
or no for certain.