| Re: Okay, now what???? |
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| Mark S. (vo1one@gee-mail.com) |
2004/10/27 09:13 |
I have a Pansat 330a, which I think has a European equivalent that has SCART
jacks on it. I can't think of the brand or model of it right now, but it's
basically identical, except for different software burnt into it. Many now
are going with the Pansat 2300's or 2500's because of their software based
decoding capabilities, but I like the 330a for it's superb FTA
functionality. It is capable of radio, too, of course. I have run into a
stand alone satellite radio decoder come to think of it, at the FM radio
station I used to work for. It was used with a 1.2m Ku dish to pick up the
Associated Press aural feed, along with a data feed. At the time when it
was originally installed, the internet wasn't quite so widespread so this
was THE way to get the latest news fast. Nowadays, it's easier to just pull
up news articles on the internet as they show up on Google News just as
quick. I think the advantages of a standalone decoder would be the size,
and the ability to read the display without a TV. I'm thinking that without
seeing the price for it, it might not be costworthy to trade in the video
features for size and standalone display. If by making this cutbacks you
ended up with a receiver that cost say $50, then I might think about getting
one! ;-)
"Uncle Davey" <noway@jose.com> wrote in message
news:clo8hv$9dp$0@pita.alt.net...
> I have no experience with a stand alone sat radio receiver, so I don't
know
> what they are capable of, I listen over a Humax decoder and a normal TV.
> When listening to the radio option, the Humax sends a jpg file of some
sheet
> music on an old sepia photograph, with the word "radio" on it to the TV
> screen. I can also switch off the TV and listen through my wife's music
> centre over the SCART
> connection between the two.
>
> I don't know of any advantages in buying a separate satellite radio when
the
> TV decoders are already kitted out for radio.
>
> Uncle Davey
>
> news:417f1313_4@127.0.0.1...
> > This is interesting. I wonder if this could be used in North America as
> > well. While we don't have the magnitude of FTA radio as Europe, there
> still
> > are a few hundred channels. For example, Bell ExpressVu in Canada's
music
> > channels, Galaxie, are FTA DVB, not even Viaccess. However, they use a
> > circularly polarized LNB like most of the DBS services here, and also
have
> a
> > different LO. With a standalone sat radio receiver such as this Pace
> unit,
> > could you program in different LO frequencies and different symbol
rates?
> >
> >
> > "Uncle Davey" <noway@jose.com> wrote in message
> > news:clm3j2$b93$0@pita.alt.net...
> > >
> > > news:417e4fd9$1@nntp.zianet.com...
> > > > I see the ad for the converter.
> > > >
> > > > What kind of satellite service do I need to subscribe to in order to
> use
> > > > this converter? Sirius? XM? Or something else?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > You can get quite a bit in Europe without subscribibg to anything, if
> you
> > > have a Viaccess decoder. I have 2 dishes pointing at 3 satellites,
> namely
> > > Thor, Hotbird 13E, and Sirius. I get about 400 stations of which at
> least
> > > 60% are free-to-air.
> > >
> > > Uncle Davey
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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