Lidl sat system

tony sayer wrote:
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?.....


Because installation of a satellite system implies that the viewer's
intelligence has been "turned" by murdoch.

:-(

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Adrian C

I'm guessing you're not married :-)

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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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?.....


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Tony Sayer

In article ,
Peter Munks wrote:
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.

I bought the recent fixed satellite kit from Lidl and I'm pretty certain
no online dealer could match the price (60 quid) including carriage. Nor
am I confident you'll get decent advice from an online dealer anyway.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article , Peter
Munks scribeth thus
I'm guessing you're not married :-)

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
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






Yes married .. and pray tell -whatever- difference does that make?..
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Tony Sayer

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:23:02 GMT, "Davie"
wrote:

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

Expensive but might give you some ideas of how to do it:
http://www.digicams-uk.com/prod30.htm

Nick.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Peter Munks wrote:
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.

I bought the recent fixed satellite kit from Lidl and I'm pretty
certain no online dealer could match the price (60 quid) including
carriage. Nor am I confident you'll get decent advice from an online
dealer anyway.

Are you saying you'll get decent advice from Lidl?

In article ,
Adrian A wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Peter Munks wrote:
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.

I bought the recent fixed satellite kit from Lidl and I'm pretty
certain no online dealer could match the price (60 quid) including
carriage. Nor am I confident you'll get decent advice from an online
dealer anyway.

Are you saying you'll get decent advice from Lidl?

The 'advice' is the fitting instructions. So exactly the same as something
bought on line.

And you'll find plenty of advice on lining up satellite dishes by Googling
anyway.

The days of expecting and getting *any* decent advice from a retailer are
long since gone.

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*Eschew obfuscation *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

The Lidl receiver is great value and is good for reception of Astra 2
and many other satellites.
It is generally simple to use and works well with disec switching etc.
The problems are that it cannot receive Channels 4 and 5 and E4, E4
more etc and, of course, any of the subscription channels.
They will, however receive many channels that terrestrial Freeview
boxes will not.

They can be good for older people, but only if you spend a long time
removing all of the unwanted scrambled channels from the list. When
this is done, the user only needs to scroll through what is left to
make their choice.
In the end, apart from the ch4/5 problem this makes it even easier
than a Sky box as that does not allow you to remove unwanted channels
(and the "favourites" system is still too much for some people to
understand--I know, I deal with older customers much of the time.)

In extreme cases I often open the remote handset and put small pieces
of tape under some of the buttons so they don't get pressed by
accident. (This confuses the hell out of anyone else who tries to do
anything with it later, though, so I usually put a note to this effect
inside the battery compartment.)

The down side of usint this and other non-Sky receivers is that they
do not auto update channel changes and additions so you have to do it
manually from time to time. Also the programme guide is limited to
"now and next" and the "red button services do not work"

A dish will work in a large, thin-walled plastic compost bin and also
behind frosted corrugated plastic roofing sheets. Its best to arrange
it with the corrugations running top to bottom so water and leaves
fall off. You can make a simple "A" frame like a plant cloche. If the
dish is mounted very low on a paving slab it doesn't have to be too
big. Best to avoid the flat twin wall sheeting, but that is too
transparent anyway.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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The days of expecting and getting *any* decent advice from a retailer are
long since gone.

Except us.

Bill

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:14:59 GMT, "Woody" wrote:


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+???

Ooh, that's a little ageist isn't it? :-)
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Cheers

Peter