BBC4 Astronomy Night

Martin wrote:



YES YOU DO!!! If you buy Sky you can't just buy the decoder and Dish you
have to take out a subscription to Sky for 12 months even if you only wanted
to watch BBC programmes.. Which part of my message don't YOU understand?

Martin



Erm, you ought to have a look here I think ;-)

http://www.sky.com/skycom/article/0,...178747,00.html


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Jeff

Jeff wrote in
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Martin wrote:



YES YOU DO!!! If you buy Sky you can't just buy the decoder and Dish
you have to take out a subscription to Sky for 12 months even if you
only wanted to watch BBC programmes.. Which part of my message don't
YOU understand?

Martin



Erm, you ought to have a look here I think ;-)

http://www.sky.com/skycom/article/0,...178747,00.html

And you can buy satellite dishes and receivers from a variety of sources.
I bought a dual head dish and receiver from a French DIY store for £70.
(I use it for European broadcasts from the Hotbird and Astra 1
satellites, but if pointed at Astra 2 it would be quite capable of
receiving BBC domestic services, except for the "interactive" bits which
use Sky's non-standard system.)

Cheapest solution is probably to buy a Sky box from a jumble / car boot
sale for a fiver and get a dish from any of the online retailers. You
don't need a viewing card for the BBC services.
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Jim Easterbrook http://astro.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/
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