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Lidl sat system
Hi my 80 year old mum lives in a house rented from the National Trust for
Scotland and can only receive the four channels and when the area is converted to digital in 2010 she will only receive the minimum channels. The National Trust for Scotland will not allow her to have a satellite dish in view on the building or in the garden. Of course, Sky will not install a system on the property. So I have come with the idea of buying the satellite system from Lidl and siting the dish in the garden and concealing it with a box of some kind. Is this feasable? The dish will be able to see the satellite from her garden. Also will this system be as easy to use as Sky for an 80 year old? e.g is there an epg? Thanks for any advice and ideas so my mum can get channel 5 and the other BBC and ITV channels. Dave |
Lidl sat system
"Davie" wrote in message .uk... Hi my 80 year old mum lives in a house rented from the National Trust for Scotland and can only receive the four channels and when the area is converted to digital in 2010 she will only receive the minimum channels. The National Trust for Scotland will not allow her to have a satellite dish in view on the building or in the garden. Of course, Sky will not install a system on the property. So I have come with the idea of buying the satellite system from Lidl and siting the dish in the garden and concealing it with a box of some kind. Is this feasable? The dish will be able to see the satellite from her garden. Also will this system be as easy to use as Sky for an 80 year old? e.g is there an epg? Thanks for any advice and ideas so my mum can get channel 5 and the other BBC and ITV channels. Dave Do you think your Mum will want to watch anything other than the basic channels? The novelty soon wears off you know. After DSO she will have BBC1-4, Parliament, ITV1-4, More 4, E4, Film 4, Dave, a host of shopping channels, several news channels, and any radio she wants except ClassicFM. Isn't that enough - at 80+??? otherwise, get a secondhand Sky box and buy a FreeSat card from Sky. Buy a (large) Sky dish and hide it somewhere in the garden - it only has to be placed so that it cannot be seen by the public and maybe even paint it green or brown. The only criteria is that the dish must have a clear sight at about 150deg bearing and about 40deg up (relative to horizontal ground) and must be stable in all weather conditions. It is unlikely to work inside a box of any sort although if you use polycarbonate for the windows it should work inside a shed. None of the receivers other than Sky will get 4 or five as they are encrypted, although that may change next year when the BBC get their FreeSat service up and running. -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com |
Lidl sat system
In article , Davie
scribeth thus Hi my 80 year old mum lives in a house rented from the National Trust for Scotland and can only receive the four channels and when the area is converted to digital in 2010 she will only receive the minimum channels. The National Trust for Scotland will not allow her to have a satellite dish in view on the building or in the garden. Of course, Sky will not install a system on the property. So I have come with the idea of buying the satellite system from Lidl and siting the dish in the garden and concealing it with a box of some kind. Is this feasable? The dish will be able to see the satellite from her garden. Also will this system be as easy to use as Sky for an 80 year old? e.g is there an epg? Thanks for any advice and ideas so my mum can get channel 5 and the other BBC and ITV channels. Dave Another example of how badly thought through the digital changeover has been done. And the British obsession with the satellite dish = BAD!!!.. Course she can put up a bloody great TV aerial I very much expect but a sat dish can work sometimes in very low locations like the back yard if it can "see" the satellites. And the Sat answer is still yet to come before you'll get channels 4 and 5. I'd just go and do it and then take the barstewards to the European court of human rights!... Bloody stupid shower but the sound of it!... -- Tony Sayer |
Lidl sat system
In article , Woody
scribeth thus "Davie" wrote in message o.uk... Hi my 80 year old mum lives in a house rented from the National Trust for Scotland and can only receive the four channels and when the area is converted to digital in 2010 she will only receive the minimum channels. The National Trust for Scotland will not allow her to have a satellite dish in view on the building or in the garden. Of course, Sky will not install a system on the property. So I have come with the idea of buying the satellite system from Lidl and siting the dish in the garden and concealing it with a box of some kind. Is this feasable? The dish will be able to see the satellite from her garden. Also will this system be as easy to use as Sky for an 80 year old? e.g is there an epg? Thanks for any advice and ideas so my mum can get channel 5 and the other BBC and ITV channels. Dave Do you think your Mum will want to watch anything other than the basic channels? The novelty soon wears off you know. After DSO she will have BBC1-4, Parliament, ITV1-4, More 4, E4, Film 4, Dave, a host of shopping channels, several news channels, and any radio she wants except ClassicFM. Isn't that enough - at 80+??? otherwise, get a secondhand Sky box and buy a FreeSat card from Sky. Buy a (large) Sky dish and hide it somewhere in the garden - it only has to be placed so that it cannot be seen by the public and maybe even paint it green or brown. The only criteria is that the dish must have a clear sight at about 150deg bearing and about 40deg up (relative to horizontal ground) and must be stable in all weather conditions. It is unlikely to work inside a box of any sort although if you use polycarbonate for the windows it should work inside a shed. Good advice there from me old mucker but what a bloody silly buggers thing to have to do!.. None of the receivers other than Sky will get 4 or five as they are encrypted, although that may change next year when the BBC get their FreeSat service up and running. -- Tony Sayer |
Lidl sat system
"Davie" wrote in message .uk... Hi my 80 year old mum lives in a house rented from the National Trust for Scotland and can only receive the four channels and when the area is converted to digital in 2010 she will only receive the minimum channels. The National Trust for Scotland will not allow her to have a satellite dish in view on the building or in the garden. Of course, Sky will not install a system on the property. So I have come with the idea of buying the satellite system from Lidl and siting the dish in the garden and concealing it with a box of some kind. Is this feasable? The dish will be able to see the satellite from her garden. Also will this system be as easy to use as Sky for an 80 year old? e.g is there an epg? Thanks for any advice and ideas so my mum can get channel 5 and the other BBC and ITV channels. that won't work then - you need a sky box plus card to get channel 5 - and 4. you can however get concealed dishes that connect to a regular sky box. -- Gareth. That fly... is your magic wand. http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/ |
Lidl sat system
"Woody" wrote in message ... otherwise, get a secondhand Sky box and buy a FreeSat card from Sky. Buy a (large) Sky dish Zone 2 and hide it somewhere in the garden - it only has to be placed so that it cannot be seen by the public and maybe even paint it green or brown. The only criteria is that the dish must have a clear sight at about 150deg bearing and about 40deg up (relative to horizontal ground) More like 23deg and must be stable in all weather conditions. It is unlikely to work inside a box of any sort although if you use polycarbonate for the windows it should work inside a shed. We usually put the dish behind a wicker or similar fence thing, so it looks like a compost heap. All this is so that that tourists can walk past snapping away and be fooled into thinking "Isn't it bucolic?" when in actual fact the people who actually have to live there 365 days a years need satellite telly and proper double glazing and all the other mod cons. If I had my way I'd do away with all these silly planning regs concerning people's private houses. Bill |
Lidl sat system
You can buy dishes disguised as garden lamps & various other things. I can't
remember where I'm afraid (do a google search?) Sat receivers can be pretty cheap these days. It might be better to go to an online dealer who knows a bit more than the Lidl staff. From a recent thread in this forum, it looks like Channel 4+E4+More4 will be free to air soon so it wll only be Channel 5 that needs any kind of card. "Davie" wrote in message .uk... Hi my 80 year old mum lives in a house rented from the National Trust for Scotland and can only receive the four channels and when the area is converted to digital in 2010 she will only receive the minimum channels. The National Trust for Scotland will not allow her to have a satellite dish in view on the building or in the garden. Of course, Sky will not install a system on the property. So I have come with the idea of buying the satellite system from Lidl and siting the dish in the garden and concealing it with a box of some kind. Is this feasable? The dish will be able to see the satellite from her garden. Also will this system be as easy to use as Sky for an 80 year old? e.g is there an epg? Thanks for any advice and ideas so my mum can get channel 5 and the other BBC and ITV channels. Dave |
Lidl sat system
In article , Bill Wright
scribeth thus "Woody" wrote in message ... otherwise, get a secondhand Sky box and buy a FreeSat card from Sky. Buy a (large) Sky dish Zone 2 and hide it somewhere in the garden - it only has to be placed so that it cannot be seen by the public and maybe even paint it green or brown. The only criteria is that the dish must have a clear sight at about 150deg bearing and about 40deg up (relative to horizontal ground) More like 23deg and must be stable in all weather conditions. It is unlikely to work inside a box of any sort although if you use polycarbonate for the windows it should work inside a shed. We usually put the dish behind a wicker or similar fence thing, so it looks like a compost heap. All this is so that that tourists can walk past snapping away and be fooled into thinking "Isn't it bucolic?" when in actual fact the people who actually have to live there 365 days a years need satellite telly and proper double glazing and all the other mod cons. If I had my way I'd do away with all these silly planning regs concerning people's private houses. Bill Yep absolutely barking the whole system;!.... -- Tony Sayer |
Lidl sat system
In article , Peter
Munks scribeth thus You can buy dishes disguised as garden lamps & various other things. I can't remember where I'm afraid (do a google search?) What no one can answer is why is a lump of ally and plastic shaped like a Thelves DAT 45 or similar considered more "worthy" then the same metal and plastic shaped like a satellite aerial?..... -- Tony Sayer |
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