Directv

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seamus 26 May 2006 11:50pm

is it possible on a directv dish in america to get british tv signals?

JA

james2001 Founding member 26 May 2006 11:56pm

You can barely get the signals from Astra 2D outside the UK without a big dish. There's not a chance in the US anyway even with the biggest dish you can get, as 28.2 degrees is well over the horizon.

JV

James Vertigan Founding member 27 May 2006 9:54am

Not even with one of these dishes?

http://osiris.blog.lemonde.fr/photos/uncategorized/goonhilly_dish_copie.jpg
(Goonhilly)

CD

cdukjunkie 27 May 2006 5:00pm

James Vertigan posted:

Not even with one of these dishes?

http://osiris.blog.lemonde.fr/photos/uncategorized/goonhilly_dish_copie.jpg
(Goonhilly)

I guess that could be possible...

SE

seamus 27 May 2006 6:32pm

Well I have this type:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Directv_satellite_on_house_roof.jpg/527px-Directv_satellite_on_house_roof.jpg

Intresting thing on Wikipedia, since Directv is owned by News corp like sky:

The Economist has suggested that News Corporation would eventually like to merge DirecTV with Sky, its British satellite operation, and possibly its Asian Star and Australian Foxtel networks to form a global satellite TV company

BE

Ben Founding member 27 May 2006 6:49pm

seamus21514 posted:

Intresting thing on Wikipedia, since Directv is owned by News corp like sky:

NewsCorp only own around 37% of Sky.

CD

cdukjunkie 27 May 2006 7:30pm

Ben posted:

seamus21514 posted:

Intresting thing on Wikipedia, since Directv is owned by News corp like sky:

NewsCorp only own around 37% of Sky.

Who owns the rest?

JA

james2001 Founding member 27 May 2006 8:19pm

I've already said 28.2 degrees east is WELL over the horizon for the US. It's impossible to get it, even if your dish is a mile wide.

ED

edward 27 May 2006 8:59pm

james2001 posted:

I've already said 28.2 degrees east is WELL over the horizon for the US. It's impossible to get it, even if your dish is a mile wide.

Surely well 'below' the horizon? If it was well over the horizon it would be possible to receive?

Some US beams can be theoretically received without using a mad sized dish (2-3m?) as they around the 5 degree elevation, but you would need to live extremely close to the west coast of Ireland.

JA

james2001 Founding member 27 May 2006 10:04pm

edward posted:

Surely well 'below' the horizon? If it was well over the horizon it would be possible to receive?

If you understand what the "Horizon" actually means in terms of satellites. It also depends on where the beams are actually aimed. Astra 2D has a beam very tightly focused on the UK & Ireland- you can live practically underneath the satellite, but you wouldn't be able to recieve it if the beam is aimed somewhere else.

GE

thegeek Founding member 27 May 2006 11:36pm

cdukjunkie posted:

Ben posted:

seamus21514 posted:

Intresting thing on Wikipedia, since Directv is owned by News corp like sky:

NewsCorp only own around 37% of Sky.

Who owns the rest?

Ostensibly the public own the rest of BSkyB plc - but News Corp is the largest minority shareholder.

CD

cdukjunkie 28 May 2006 12:02am

thegeek posted:

cdukjunkie posted:

Ben posted:

seamus21514 posted:

Intresting thing on Wikipedia, since Directv is owned by News corp like sky:

NewsCorp only own around 37% of Sky.

Who owns the rest?

Ostensibly the public own the rest of BSkyB plc - but News Corp is the largest minority shareholder.

Yeah, I liked the way Ben said Murdoch owns just 37% of Sky - isn't that enough?! I mean, Murdoch has enough involvement himself and one of his sons heads up the operation here in the UK. Somehow I think NewsCorp have more than a large say in what Sky does don't you?

(May 2006)