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Originally Posted by mikedmc
Just joined forum and just read the 18 pages of this thread. Interesting read but still not answered my reason for finding this site  .
I saw the Ross HD package in B & Q yesterday (£89.99), although since I have found that it is available in Homebase at £79.99.
It looks ok as a start into the world of satellite TV, especially paired with an HD TV. Reading through this thread the verdict still seems undecided. So as I am obviously interested in Sat TV, HD included, what would you recommend as a starter system?
What would be available with this starter system that is not available with the Ross system?
And what potential for expansion does your starter system give me over the Ross system?
As an aside I do have an old Sky Dish and receiver buried in my shed somewhere, assuming I have it right reading through these threads I could use this sky dish and the ross dish to have the receiver pick up from different sats at same time (save moving the dish around etc.) - is my assumption correct? Could the Sky receiver be used to receive some basic free to air channels in a different room?
Any and all advice appreciated. Thank you. |
It may be worth waiting to see if B&Q drop the price to £50 again - definitely worth it at that price. It's a good start into the world of satellite - the software's clunky but useable and the dish provided is a little fiddly to install (compared to a Sky dish) - probably best described as an 'enthusiasts system' (i.e. not as polished as the Freesat alternatives). Recording to an external USB hard disk works well enough.
Last time I went into B&Q, they had a Ross satellite kit that had a built in 320Gb hard disk for around £135 - not sure if it was Freesat (i.e with 7 day EPG) or FTA though.
I bought my satellite finder for under £7 from Amazon - comes with patch lead, basic instructions and works great!