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[Selena79]

I hope there is someone out there who could explain me how satelite dishes work in Cyprus.

I have just moved into a new flat. On the top of the building there is one huge satelite dish and the owner says i can/have to buy my own box if i want to receive non-Cypriot channels. How does this work?

Lets say that i would like to receive english and italian channels. how is it possible? can i buy any box in a shop and obtain cards from specific providers? doesnt the dish have to be adjusted to a specific degree to receive something?

i have absolutely no clue how this works, so i would be very thankful if someone explained it.

thanks!

[cyprusgrump]

I hope there is someone out there who could explain me how satelite dishes work in Cyprus.

I have just moved into a new flat. On the top of the building there is one huge satelite dish and the owner says i can/have to buy my own box if i want to receive non-Cypriot channels. How does this work?

Lets say that i would like to receive english and italian channels. how is it possible? can i buy any box in a shop and obtain cards from specific providers? doesnt the dish have to be adjusted to a specific degree to receive something?

i have absolutely no clue how this works, so i would be very thankful if someone explained it.

thanks!

If it is really huge (greater than two meters) then in all probability is is a 'Sky' dish...

You'd need to buy a Sky box (ebay) and viewing card to enable you to get all the UK channels plus Sky subscription channels if you choose....

[cyprusgrump]

Actually, you should speak to your neighbours first - ask them if they get a good, reliable signal and what channels they can receive....

[Zorba]

If its pointing to the sky satellites then you would only be receiving mainly English channels. There are many free channels if it is big enough,3metres is the normal size for this(usually the same height from floor to ceiling in the average apartment).
Italian channels are on Hotbird and a small dish is required, obviously pointing in a different direction. And you can connect up to four satellite dishes coming down one cable and receive all the channels on one receiver.

[Selena79]

Thanks a lot guys.

i talked with one of the neighbours and now i know that one of the dishes is a "hotbird" one (apparently its the small one?!) and the big one is some russian wonder.

I checked on wikipedia and it seems that on horbird the only "watchable" stuff is Nova Greece and Nova Cyprus. So no english channels.

So i guess that my options are:

1. buy dreambox (170 eur) and pay 17 eur monthly to have Nova Greece (380 EUR the first year then 200 yearly)
2. since i have tel and net with primtel i could "upgrade" to have TV as well. - not very interesting channels - 20 euro upgrade fee plus 10 euro extra per month
3. any other option?

[XNTric]

What all channels you are interested in ??

[Hazza]

1. buy dreambox (170 eur) and pay 17 eur monthly to have Nova Greece (380 EUR the first year then 200 yearly)

RIP OFF.

A "friend" of mine is paying 150Euros for the year where he gets everything on hotbird (Sky Italia, Some French stuff, Nova, Cyfra, Polsat, Globecast UK etc)

Me personally, I don't use dreamboxes