Best TV Satellite for UK programmes

Pippie


Joined: 02/12/2009
Posts: 1288

Message Posted:
13/07/2010 21:11

We've got the dish and the receiver and have been trying to tune in to a decent reception. Turkcell was rubbish, mainly news or documentaries and a lot of Arabic channels which suited hubby but bored me silly! Last night we redirected the dish and picked up Bader TV but most of the channels we picked up were scrambled and those that weren't left a little to be desired - again mainly documentaries and nothing in English for some lighter listening!



Does anyone have any suggestions?



Thanks.

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
13/07/2010 21:21

You need SKY, with a big dish and SKY subscription. The expert on here is "Iceman"

Geoff

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
13/07/2010 22:59

'Turkcell' is the name of the local Mobile 'phone provider - so I'm not quite sure at which satellite you had pointed your dish...

However Nilesat will give you the best selection of Free to Air 'English language' programmes - albeit with 'foreign' sub-titles

andy-f


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 1256

Message Posted:
13/07/2010 23:52

come to sweetwaterbay next week appt 133gl and i will demonstrate uk tv sky ,bbc, itv and any english chanell you want via video streaming device , once a port is installed in uk at your uk address you can whatch your sky , cable or free view , no dish required in cyprus or anywhere in the world just an internet connection like the turkcell dongle will surfice.

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Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
14/07/2010 03:06

Hey Andy-f,



are we talking Slingbox or something else?

Pippie


Joined: 02/12/2009
Posts: 1288

Message Posted:
14/07/2010 20:53

Sorry Keith, I meant Turksat!

Pippie


Joined: 02/12/2009
Posts: 1288

Message Posted:
14/07/2010 20:54

Sorry Keith, I meant Turksat! Does anyone know the coordinates for Nilesat. It's really just a case I think of adjusting the dish so that we pick up the right signal.

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
14/07/2010 21:56

pippie,

If you visit http://en.kingofsat.net/prefs.php and register, it will tell you where to point your dish for each satellite - giving compass bearing and elevation. It does need to know where you are though...

Çatalköy is at roughly 35°19′18″N 33°23′18″E

mmmmmm



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Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
14/07/2010 22:09

anoter option .. no need to register



http://www.dishpointer.com/



Address: Çatalköy, cyprus

Latitude: 35.3222°

Longitude: 33.3865°



Satellite: 7.0W Nilesat 101, 102

Elevation: 31.0°

Azimuth (true): 235.8°

Azimuth (magn.): 231.5°

andy-f


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 1256

Message Posted:
14/07/2010 22:25

i mark . yes its the slingbox .



andy

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Message Posted:
15/07/2010 14:53

Andy-f



you SHOULD have an email from me ! ...

andy-f


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 1256

Message Posted:
15/07/2010 21:01

hi mark can you send it again to andyaerial@blueyonder.co.uk .



regards andy

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
16/07/2010 10:45

contact made ;)

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
16/07/2010 11:35

So enlighten on Slingbox please

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
16/07/2010 11:44

see: - http://www.google.com/search?q=slingbox&hl=en

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
16/07/2010 11:59

Thanks Keith, why didnt i think of that

keithcaley



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Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
16/07/2010 12:12

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Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
16/07/2010 12:12

http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/12750.asp



Unless you have a VERY fast uplink from the UK - and a reasonable downlink in 'TRNC' I doubt you will be satisfied.



I have played around with slingboxes for a long time and I'm now testing them on a 100bit uplink ( at least 100times faster than most UK ADSL broadband connections ) with favourable results, with a view to offering folk in places where they can't GET sat tv - because no dish big enough will get it



If you want the best UK tv picture - in Cyprus - there is no substitute for the sat dish route .. but if you can't - then IF this tests work out - and you have a fast enough connection in CY - it MIGHT just be an alternative..



Hans uses one to watch Dutch TV and swears by it !