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Originally Posted by Sita
no cable in this small town.
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Sita,
Who needs cable?
If you have someplace you can mount an 85cm dish with an unobstructed view to the south east (
technically to the rear of the house and lower than the top of the roof - otherwise you need planning permission), then you can get one of
these from Maplin and point it at Astra 2 @ 28.2E and Eurobird 1 @ 28.5 (they're so close they're effectively colocated) as indicated when you enter your address
here then you can receive all
these and
these English language free-to-air channels.
Of course only about 50 of them are worth watching, especially after you eliminate all the BBC and ITV regional variations. No Channel 4 I'm afraid, not just yet, maybe next month.
Might be worth browsing the Maplin, Aldi or Lidl websites to see if you can find a kit that includes a receiver that can also handle digital terrestrial and even better HD. But you could always upgrade the receiver later.
Or you could go with the not entirely free
Freesat option. £150 one off payment, and you get Ch4 and Sky3. But their hardware has proprietary fittings, especially the dish, which is also a tad small.