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41hardwick
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HD Satellite Free-To-Air Kit £159.99, Maplin
HD Satellite Free-To-Air Kit
Manufacturer: Fortec Star
• Full kit for receiving digital free-to-air satellite TV in standard and high definition
• No contract or monthly subscriptions required
• Receive over 250 free-to-air digital channels and HD broadcasts
• Set-top box is preloaded with channels to simplify installation process
• Powerscan and Powersearch feature to simplify new channels search
• Full kit and set-up instructions include:
• 65cm black dish and LNB
• Fortec Passion HD receiver with 10,000 channel memory
• Stand, fixing bolts, 10m of coax cable and 2 screw-on F-connectors
• Instructional DIY installation guide
Take advantage of today''s TV technology by installing a HD satellite receiver and satellite dish at your home. Pick up hundreds of free digital TV channels from UK and across Europe. The Fortec Passion receiver has won the ''What Satellite'' and ''Digital TV Gold'' Award.
It features 2 CI slots to make it compatible with pay-satellite TV and is compatible with USALS and DisEqC for positioning systems.
This will not get Sky HD channels but any free to air that are available.
For a full list of available channels go to lyngsat.com/europe.html
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Dusty
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I wonder if this is the start of BBC/ITV's Freesat venture......?
Should be going live soon.....
Those lot over at DS would probably like this... |
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DrBatman
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| Anyone know a list of channels that would cover this? |
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comic_book_guy
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| lets hope it starts to bring the scandalous cost of Sky HD down for the rest of us, or at least gets them to drop the £10 monthly fee sometime soon |
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BNCTR
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:24 am Post subject: |
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| Dusty wrote: | I wonder if this is the start of BBC/ITV's Freesat venture......?
Should be going live soon.....
Those lot over at DS would probably like this... |
Nothing to do with freesat. |
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BNCTR
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:27 am Post subject: |
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| DrBatman wrote: | | Anyone know a list of channels that would cover this? |
Assuming you have a dish pointed at 28.2 (all Sky customers) then you will get most of what is on this list (not quite up to date though, Real Madrid TV is not FTA now for example)
Add BBCHD and Luxe HD to the list too.
http://www.wickonline.com/fta.htm |
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