Bfbs tv

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by Digitvman

If you want some british TV and you know someone in the UK with a broadband connection, may I suggest you buy a slingbox and connect it to there broadband. That will let you watch british TV across the internet, you can change channel as well !

I use one of these when I'm deployed, Ive watched from TV home, in Miami, Falklands, Belize, Canada and Iraq with one of these boxes.

If you are in Cyprus you are looking at 5 meter dish for BBC 1 etc.

The BBC have a european channel called BBC prime, its BBC content from a year or so ago.
There is also the PAYTV Nova, which has some channels with english sound tracks.

We have a 2.7metre dish and get perfect reception from our Sky box.
We get all the normal BBC and ITV channels plus a lot more.

[Digitvman]

Originally Posted by Veronica

We have a 2.7metre dish and get perfect reception from our Sky box.
We get all the normal BBC and ITV channels plus a lot more.

Thats good, the foot print of the 2D satellite changes as you go across the Island.
Within a mile or so the dish size increase dramatically.

Have fun.

[johnandjill]

Originally Posted by Digitvman

If you want some british TV and you know someone in the UK with a broadband connection, may I suggest you buy a slingbox and connect it to there broadband. That will let you watch british TV across the internet, you can change channel as well !

I use one of these when I'm deployed, Ive watched from TV home, in Miami, Falklands, Belize, Canada and Iraq with one of these boxes.

If you are in Cyprus you are looking at 5 meter dish for BBC 1 etc.

The BBC have a european channel called BBC prime, its BBC content from a year or so ago.
There is also the PAYTV Nova, which has some channels with english sound tracks.

Hi Digitvman

Thanks for info about Slingbox, followed your advice got box connected at sons house and now receiving freeview over the net. Cytanet broadband speed is only 512 Mb but picture quality not to bad, but they are increasing to 1024 and higher from 1st December. Have also connected to tv, now just need to get sound through surround sound and we will be laughing.

Thanks once again

Jill & John

[BabsM]

Originally Posted by Digitvman

the foot print of the 2D satellite changes as you go across the Island.
Within a mile or so the dish size increase dramatically.

Thank you for that info. I wondered why some people get away with a smaller dish whilst Oroklini needs a 4m one! We haven't bothered to ask what Alethriko needs as we don't have space to fit a big dish if it can't go on the roof!

[Bertie]

i lived in Pyla up to 2 months ago, and recieved bfps 1 on an analogue vertical aerial with signal booster, albeit a bit fuzzy at times depending on weather conditions. (normal aeriels are horizontal)

could still watch the old favs tho, eastenders, bbc 6 o'clock news etc.

the other channels the squaddies get are thru dish, bfps2,sky and setanta, but they will keep analogue going until it packs up thru old age, although as i say its only 1 channel and not cheap to install.

[johnandjill]

Hi Bertie

Thanks for information but I think we have resolved the problem and the end result could benefit others thanks to info supplied by Digitvman. Since my last post we have changed the cable from laptop to tv to a HDMI cable - downloaded a broardband speed up via Download.com which has improved picture quality- changed sound settings on laptop to tv improving sound quality and then from tv through surround sound system, so we are nearly there. Cytanet are increasing the speed of their broardband as of first december so picture quality should be even better. We now have all the freeview including the old favs.

[Saphfire]

@Digitvman
...All BFBS viewing cards are electronically marked, if used in a sharing network or in a non BFBS box the card can be identified at the point the viewing card is returned to BFBS or via the card sharing network......
Come on mate How can this happen ? Please explain.Whole Europe and Arab countries are watching and i didnt hear anything about it yet

Regards

[Digitvman]

Originally Posted by Saphfire

@Digitvman
...All BFBS viewing cards are electronically marked, if used in a sharing network or in a non BFBS box the card can be identified at the point the viewing card is returned to BFBS or via the card sharing network......
Come on mate How can this happen ? Please explain.Whole Europe and Arab countries are watching and i didnt hear anything about it yet

Regards

Hi,

Sorry about the late reply.


Thank you for the heads up, you might find that your shares have stopped working !!!!

The Analouge TV services will be shut down at the start of Jan 2009.

[BabsM]

What's this about the analogue signal being turned off in Jan 2009? Cyprus hasn't got digital set up yet so they won't turn the signal off next month! Maybe you are talking about British Forces TV? I believe that is going to be turned off when the antenna next breaks down.

Cyprus has announced that TV will be going digital, like the whole of Europe but it won't be for years.... Cyprus time !

[Digitvman]

Originally Posted by BabsM

What's this about the analogue signal being turned off in Jan 2009? Cyprus hasn't got digital set up yet so they won't turn the signal off next month! Maybe you are talking about British Forces TV? I believe that is going to be turned off when the antenna next breaks down.

Cyprus has announced that TV will be going digital, like the whole of Europe but it won't be for years.... Cyprus time !

Its BFBS TV that will be going off analouge. All the entitled buildings / homes have been fitted with Dishes.