plugging in a cheap sat decoder into cable to standard sky installed dish - possible ?

hi

i have seen on a few occasions a cheap dish, and decoder offer from lidl
where it seems to imply point the dish at one of the satelites in the sky
and you will get loads of chanels to view without the requirement of cards.
what i was wondering however is i have sky set up in my house and it is
still hooked up to a paid for sky account, but if i unplugged the sky
decoder and put in one of these lidl ones would i get any chanels broadcast
from the same satelite that the sky dish is aimed at ? as its a standard
sky dish if there was channels to get would the dish be big enough if it
was using one of these cheap boxes ?
any ideas what sort of chanels i would get (if applicable)

or if i used the dish that came with the lidl offer would i be better
aiming for one of the other satelites rather than aim for the same one as
sky is aimed at, again would the signal be any good, channels etc ?

my location - central belt of scotland

thanks

No-One wrote:

i have seen on a few occasions a cheap dish, and decoder offer from lidl
where it seems to imply point the dish at one of the satelites in the sky
and you will get loads of chanels to view without the requirement of cards.
what i was wondering however is i have sky set up in my house and it is
still hooked up to a paid for sky account, but if i unplugged the sky
decoder and put in one of these lidl ones would i get any chanels broadcast
from the same satelite that the sky dish is aimed at ?

See the FAQ.

If you cancel your sub then your existing box and card will provide
more UK channels than any non-Sky box can. Also a TVGuide that non-Sky
boxes do not provide.

I would not buy non-Sky boxes for normal UK TV reception.

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UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC/ITV reception trouble? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
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Jomtien wrote in
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No-One wrote:

i have seen on a few occasions a cheap dish, and decoder offer from
lidl where it seems to imply point the dish at one of the satelites in
the sky and you will get loads of chanels to view without the
requirement of cards. what i was wondering however is i have sky set
up in my house and it is still hooked up to a paid for sky account,
but if i unplugged the sky decoder and put in one of these lidl ones
would i get any chanels broadcast from the same satelite that the sky
dish is aimed at ?

See the FAQ.

If you cancel your sub then your existing box and card will provide
more UK channels than any non-Sky box can. Also a TVGuide that non-Sky
boxes do not provide.

I would not buy non-Sky boxes for normal UK TV reception.


thank you for the response, however it does not really answer my post
i did not say i was going to kill my sky account
i did not specify that i had to get only uk based chanels
i am not bothered about getting a tvguide on the box

what i am looking for is infomation about what would happen if i plugged in
one of these types of boxes to the wires feeding my sky box instead of
using the sky digibox
would i get any reception?
would i get any chanels and would the signal strength be enough using a
dish designed for the sky box?
what chanels are avail without subscription or a card from the same sat
that broadcasts the sky chanels?

thx

No-One wrote:

thank you for the response, however it does not really answer my post

Maybe not, but the FAQ does. That's why I told you to read it.


i did not say i was going to kill my sky account
i did not specify that i had to get only uk based chanels
i am not bothered about getting a tvguide on the box

Maybe you should have been a bit more specific.


what i am looking for is infomation about what would happen if i plugged in
one of these types of boxes to the wires feeding my sky box instead of
using the sky digibox
would i get any reception?

Yes.


would i get any chanels and would the signal strength be enough using a
dish designed for the sky box?

Yes.


what chanels are avail without subscription or a card from the same sat
that broadcasts the sky chanels?

As I said, you will just get the same but fewer channels with the Lidl
box.

The only way you will get more channels (and few of them are both
interesting and in English) is to point the dish at another satellite.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/8vef5
UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC/ITV reception trouble? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)