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<blockquote data-quote="villager1971" data-source="post: 752720" data-attributes="member: 372205"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>When did you start to use satellites?</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Around June 1989. Astra 1a had only been up and running for a few months. Not a great selection at the time. Purchased from Colorvision in Oldham and had to wait 6 weeks due to demand and cost best part of £280 for the Amstrad Fidelity SRX100. This was the non-remote version and had 16 channels, but could manually tune in. When Sky's movie channels launched I remember an 'Engineer' coming to my parents address and hid the FilmNet decoder ! Moved to an Amstrad SRD520 a couple of years later and a frequency extender for Astra 1D.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>What do you enjoy most about the past time?</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Remembering the Astra Promo video. Channels that have left us including Screensport, Lifestyle, FilmNet. MTV Europe was great back then with their great VJ's espec Ray Cokes. My Dad and I were really impressed with the Sky Movies ident when we saw it for the first time, and seeing it on You Tube brings back great memories. FilmNet was a popular channel in our house espec with my being a teenager at the time for the late night mature content film. Lifestyle also had their 'Satellite Jukebox'. A very early The Box. Good thing with this is that it would tell you when your requested track will play and who can forget Twinkle's video 'Hello'. Traded in my FilmNet decoder for a joint one to allow me to watch RTL Veronique later renamed RTL4 and watched The Exorcist which was still banned from video in the UK at the time. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>What is your set up?</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Was motorised until I moved from Oldham to Banbury in 2000 and had Sky Dig ever since. About to purchase a motorised system to get me channels from all over the world again and can't wait. After two failed attempts due to lack of funds should be installed early next month. Will be either 80cm or 1m motorised dish.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>What do your friends and family thing of the past time?</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Most I speak to about satellite wonder what I'm on about as they have only ever known Sky, but of course back in the late 80's and 90's they didn't have the monopoly that they have now in the UK. To quote Peter Griffin "D you know what grinds my gears is that people say they are getting Sky as opposed to satellite tv prior to Sky Digital launching". I have a few vids on You Tube that I've looked at recently for channel idents that have been and gone and programmes I used to watch that you can't see anymore.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Other points to add to this of course is that everything was analogue and I'm still got a soft spot for it. I believe there is someone on the forums who is a big fan of analogue satellite - his name escapes me at the moment <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite53" alt=":confused" title="Confused :confused" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">When testcards and holding slides appeared on the channels/transponders I used to get really excited about the prospect of a new channel launching. Then of course around early 1998, Astra started showing their digital promo videos which again got me all excited with the thought of 100's of channels, picture in picture, different views of the football, stats screens, PVR etc etc. Of course most people these days take all that for granted, but back in the good old days of analogue, it was still a case of setting your trusty old VCR to record something. We are spoilt now with 1TB hard drives in HD boxes and able to record two programmes at the same time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="villager1971, post: 752720, member: 372205"] [INDENT][B]When did you start to use satellites?[/B] Around June 1989. Astra 1a had only been up and running for a few months. Not a great selection at the time. Purchased from Colorvision in Oldham and had to wait 6 weeks due to demand and cost best part of £280 for the Amstrad Fidelity SRX100. This was the non-remote version and had 16 channels, but could manually tune in. When Sky's movie channels launched I remember an 'Engineer' coming to my parents address and hid the FilmNet decoder ! Moved to an Amstrad SRD520 a couple of years later and a frequency extender for Astra 1D. [B]What do you enjoy most about the past time?[/B] Remembering the Astra Promo video. Channels that have left us including Screensport, Lifestyle, FilmNet. MTV Europe was great back then with their great VJ's espec Ray Cokes. My Dad and I were really impressed with the Sky Movies ident when we saw it for the first time, and seeing it on You Tube brings back great memories. FilmNet was a popular channel in our house espec with my being a teenager at the time for the late night mature content film. Lifestyle also had their 'Satellite Jukebox'. A very early The Box. Good thing with this is that it would tell you when your requested track will play and who can forget Twinkle's video 'Hello'. Traded in my FilmNet decoder for a joint one to allow me to watch RTL Veronique later renamed RTL4 and watched The Exorcist which was still banned from video in the UK at the time. [B]What is your set up?[/B] Was motorised until I moved from Oldham to Banbury in 2000 and had Sky Dig ever since. About to purchase a motorised system to get me channels from all over the world again and can't wait. After two failed attempts due to lack of funds should be installed early next month. Will be either 80cm or 1m motorised dish. [B]What do your friends and family thing of the past time?[/B] Most I speak to about satellite wonder what I'm on about as they have only ever known Sky, but of course back in the late 80's and 90's they didn't have the monopoly that they have now in the UK. To quote Peter Griffin "D you know what grinds my gears is that people say they are getting Sky as opposed to satellite tv prior to Sky Digital launching". I have a few vids on You Tube that I've looked at recently for channel idents that have been and gone and programmes I used to watch that you can't see anymore. Other points to add to this of course is that everything was analogue and I'm still got a soft spot for it. I believe there is someone on the forums who is a big fan of analogue satellite - his name escapes me at the moment :confused: :p When testcards and holding slides appeared on the channels/transponders I used to get really excited about the prospect of a new channel launching. Then of course around early 1998, Astra started showing their digital promo videos which again got me all excited with the thought of 100's of channels, picture in picture, different views of the football, stats screens, PVR etc etc. Of course most people these days take all that for granted, but back in the good old days of analogue, it was still a case of setting your trusty old VCR to record something. We are spoilt now with 1TB hard drives in HD boxes and able to record two programmes at the same time.[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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