Dxf

Hi BAT7311,

Perhaps you can explain why it is that Skype says the internet connection is not sufficient to have a video link. If Skype can´t get sufficient bandwidth, are you really telling me that one of your boxes will give me all the TV that I want?
Davexf

BAT7311

this post is for the benefit of those reading it .i am only giving details of the manufacturers and their point of sales . no money is made by myself ..

FAO
Andrey Stefishin [email protected]

http://www.infomir.eu/eng/products/i...mag-250-micro/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYavoyfgU9w

price for a single box is €55 plus IVA plus postage (go for DHL economy ,as it comes via correos and you can get it from post office if your not in )

The Guy

Just a quick update, but tonight it looks as if Asta 2E has finally started its moved from the test location (43 east) to the UK TV location - 28 east.

So several days more to wait before it is in location, and then we should see some test frequencies being fired up, and then we can find out what its reception will belike across Spain...

Garyandjan

Are there any new satellites helping the reception in Pollenca, Mallorca. Is it the mountains that stop reliable connections for Uk TV?

amideislas

UK satellite TV reception is quite good here. Dishes as small as 1.2m receive everything. Pollença is a particularly English-dominant area, so most lets have English sat tv.

The Guy

As a general rule, if you can see the sun at about 10-11 am in the morning, then that is roughly the direction of where the satellites are located.
So if an area is in the shade at that time, then reception from the satellites may be disrupted by the thing that is casting the shadow.

3 of the 4 previous UK TV satellites are being replaced. The first was replaced Dec 2012, the next will be in the next few weeks, and the last towards the latter parts of 2014.

The new satellites are said to have beams which will make it harder for reception in Spain, although for some areas reception has actually improved (using the first new satellites as a benchmark). But yes, for other areas reception has got worse than before. Although reception can be improved by upgrading to a larger dish.

Mitzyboy

Spain will be looking a like Jodrell Bank soon

tommy.irene

Why not make your on UKTV Box.. look at the page on facebook............... IPTV Spain ..They tell you how to have Free. internet TV

amideislas

You need internet which can deliver it reliably. Very rare in Mallorca. Besides, the quality of Satellite TV is quite obviously better than receiving it by internet (movies over internet are not the same as live TV and can be excellent, even with poor internet).

If like us, you live in an area with good UK satellite reception, you'll be far happier with Satellite (and its not expensive as some would like you to believe). I do recommend having both Satellite and internet movie capability. If you can do it DIY (its not all that difficult) I recommend visiting the shop "Redi" in Palma (just Google it). They have everything at wholesale prices, and even combination Satellite boxes with Internet (Android like in smartphones ) built in.

Longlegpete

When we first got our house we were told you needed a 1.9m or 2.4m dish in our area for UK tv, I was desperate to get the biggest but the better half rained me in and we had a 1.9m, she was very vocal with comments on how ugly they look, to me they don't look too bad at all, is this a man thing or just me I wonder

amideislas

What they tell you and what you need are often different things. Obviously a massive 2.4m dish would cost a small fortune, and AFAIK the margins on them are 50% or more, which explains why people will claim you need one.

Fortunately most people around here are successfully using 1.2m dishes to receive everything, which typically sell for well below €100, and used under €50. We have a 1.5m which we bought new for €200 (including the support / stand). I've seen much larger used dishes selling for as little as €80.

EsuriJohn

Where do I look for these large S/H dishes. Obviously no one round here has one we get all current channels on our 1.4m slightly oval dish but we have lost the fives so we may need a very big one!

Longlegpete

They were not pulling our legs, Big dishes were the order of the day where we are, it's was a kind of black spot, even with a 1.9m all aligned correctly we used to lose ITV after 9.30pm, used to come back around 1am, if the new satellite has the footprint of 2F we stand to be winners in this merry go round as the Astra 2f UK beam can be received on a 1.1m around here now, we will see

EMR

If a 4mtr dish in the Algarve coast cannot currently receive C5 then there is little hope for neighbouring areas of Spain either if ?? the beam from the new sat is the same as 2f.
As none of us know that yet just wait.

EsuriJohn

There are many aspects to reception in addition to dish size. Like you I read that there was one (only the one) community on the Algarve who had a shared 4m dish and that would not pull in the new 2F. There are so many cowboys out there I wonder if the dish and all the other links in the chain were as fine tuned as they could be.

When we fitted our system some years ago it took time but getting all elements correct took several attempts but we got there and it has been excellent since although we have had some weather losses this very morning.

I just wonder if everything is lined up as it should be I have read no updates since the initial reports. They may have done some work and got 5s back for now. It would be interesting to read or hear updates.