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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: AndyVXR300 on 27 June 2009, 18:32:22
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Been so hot here today in Hertfordshire 8-) but now we have Thunder & Lightning with heavy heavy rain >:(
And no sky Tv either
No Signal being recieved :'( :'(
Right off to the shed to label all the Omega parts :y
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Better than doing the housework mate. ;D :y
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mmm slightly off topic ..... :)
We are very new to satellite TV ... just got freesat installed and well pleased with it :) SWTSMBO is watching Wimbledon in HD and well chuffed :)
Question is then .. just how susceptible to interference from Thunderstorms etc is sat TV ??
We've had just one 1/2 second "no signal" as a Herc flew past yesterday, which beats the crappy freeview breakages we got all the time before.
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Had a couple of claps here today but not much to be honest, really did cloud over ealier though.
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mmm slightly off topic ..... :)
We are very new to satellite TV ... just got freesat installed and well pleased with it :) SWTSMBO is watching Wimbledon in HD and well chuffed :)
Question is then .. just how susceptible to interference from Thunderstorms etc is sat TV ??
We've had just one 1/2 second "no signal" as a Herc flew past yesterday, which beats the crappy freeview breakages we got all the time before.
What did you get in the end?
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We only get no signal during very bad weather so cant complain to be honest, before the kids had sky in their rooms though they had Freeview and that was a nightmare with poor signal coverage
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mmm slightly off topic ..... :)
We are very new to satellite TV ... just got freesat installed and well pleased with it :) SWTSMBO is watching Wimbledon in HD and well chuffed :)
Question is then .. just how susceptible to interference from Thunderstorms etc is sat TV ??
We've had just one 1/2 second "no signal" as a Herc flew past yesterday, which beats the crappy freeview breakages we got all the time before.
When I last had Sky we had a dish that pointed over a roof and everytime it rained hard the picture ended up with dots all over it as the water bounced back off the roof!! :o :o :D :D ;)
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mmm slightly off topic ..... :)
We are very new to satellite TV ... just got freesat installed and well pleased with it :) SWTSMBO is watching Wimbledon in HD and well chuffed :)
Question is then .. just how susceptible to interference from Thunderstorms etc is sat TV ??
We've had just one 1/2 second "no signal" as a Herc flew past yesterday, which beats the crappy freeview breakages we got all the time before.
What did you get in the end?
Got the Humax Foxsat PVR, and a local guy did the job .... :)
I got the dish and fittings (fitted at the back not the front), quad LNB, 2 feeds into lounge, 1 feed into kitchen, and the Foxsat for £575 all in (cash) Invoice says £500 + VAT :) .
Pricing up all the bits to DIY came to around £430 + VAT + delivery ..... so by my reckoning it cost me about £50 to have him do the work, line up the thing perfectly and check the install ... foxsat shows 100% signal 100% quality .... I'm well pleased and didn't have to touch a drill or ladder .. :)
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Ah digital TV. That will be a "service enhancement" or in plain speak a CON. I have lost count of the number of folk (parents and friends in the UK) who have moved onto digital Tv and the slightest change to the weather and bang a few channels go. Oh for the days of analogue when you could watch one channel and record a second without having to have the expense of a twin LNB or quad LNB for Sky plus types.
Here in Spain even with a large 1.3 metre dish we lose Ch4 and CH5 when we have storms. Sort of expect it though here. :-[
Watching Murray slaghter that geezer right now. Marvellous chap.
varche
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got dark here an hour ago, but sun back out now. feel we need a storm here
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mmm slightly off topic ..... :)
We are very new to satellite TV ... just got freesat installed and well pleased with it :) SWTSMBO is watching Wimbledon in HD and well chuffed :)
Question is then .. just how susceptible to interference from Thunderstorms etc is sat TV ??
We've had just one 1/2 second "no signal" as a Herc flew past yesterday, which beats the crappy freeview breakages we got all the time before.
What did you get in the end?
Got the Humax Foxsat PVR, and a local guy did the job .... :)
I got the dish and fittings (fitted at the back not the front), quad LNB, 2 feeds into lounge, 1 feed into kitchen, and the Foxsat for £575 all in (cash) Invoice says £500 + VAT :) .
Pricing up all the bits to DIY came to around £430 + VAT + delivery ..... so by my reckoning it cost me about £50 to have him do the work, line up the thing perfectly and check the install ... foxsat shows 100% signal 100% quality .... I'm well pleased and didn't have to touch a drill or ladder .. :)
I want commision off Humax - my boss as bought one too ;D
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Digital TV is quite good - mind you I have a large aerial and a large dish.
I really like bitstream recording
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We had big storms the other night but its bright sunshine here at present!! :y
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Torrential rain here at present with wicked thunder and lightning :o
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We need a storm to clear the air, drizzled all day but warm :)
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HDish please....
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What if it's as bad as that - why not make the best of it? ............
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCpOKtN8ME&feature=related[/media]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHmu9k6WWcg
now that is thunder and lightning at its vert best :):y
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Had the same here early yesterday evening, and lost satellite signal aswell for about an hour >:(.........happens pretty regular when it rains >:(
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mmm slightly off topic ..... :)
We are very new to satellite TV ... just got freesat installed and well pleased with it :) SWTSMBO is watching Wimbledon in HD and well chuffed :)
Question is then .. just how susceptible to interference from Thunderstorms etc is sat TV ??
We've had just one 1/2 second "no signal" as a Herc flew past yesterday, which beats the crappy freeview breakages we got all the time before.
When I last had Sky we had a dish that pointed over a roof and everytime it rained hard the picture ended up with dots all over it as the water bounced back off the roof!! :o :o :D :D ;)
during a snowstorm a few years ago and you could literally see it falling on the screen as pockets of interference - i remember no one ever believed me - must be the way the signal was reflecting the snowfall
cheers lizzie - i wasn't mad, see :y
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mmm slightly off topic ..... :)
We are very new to satellite TV ... just got freesat installed and well pleased with it :) SWTSMBO is watching Wimbledon in HD and well chuffed :)
Question is then .. just how susceptible to interference from Thunderstorms etc is sat TV ??
We've had just one 1/2 second "no signal" as a Herc flew past yesterday, which beats the crappy freeview breakages we got all the time before.
When I last had Sky we had a dish that pointed over a roof and everytime it rained hard the picture ended up with dots all over it as the water bounced back off the roof!! :o :o :D :D ;)
during a snowstorm a few years ago and you could literally see it falling on the screen as pockets of interference - i remember no one ever believed me - must be the way the signal was reflecting the snowfall
cheers lizzie - i wasn't mad, see :y
Well, if you were ;)then that makes two of us BJ!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D