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<blockquote data-quote="Analoguesat" data-source="post: 714582" data-attributes="member: 176362">Kashmir you dont seem to understand the practicalities of this. What sort of view do you get out towards the south east? If theres any trees, buildings or hills forget it - 83E is about 5 degrees above the horizon in Italy so unless you have perfect line of sight with no obstructions at all you cant get these signals. So basically unless you live up a hill or next to a lake you have no chance at all.Theres also no guarantee that if you buy a 3.7m dish that it will work for you. Extreme fringe area reception varies greatly over a few miles. You might well find you need something like a 5m dish or bigger. Even if you have a perfect view out to the south east you need to appreciate you may have to try many dishes of increasing size to see what happens in your particular location. Are you willing to spend many thousands of € in new dishes, lnb's, and multiple installer visits with no guarantee of success at the end of it? If not give up NOW.Also be aware this is specialised territory and normal installers wont touch something like thisTo be honest unless you have an awful lot of money to throw away you need to start thinking of a different option - either a slingbox hosted by someone in India or an IPTV solution</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Analoguesat, post: 714582, member: 176362"] Kashmir you dont seem to understand the practicalities of this. What sort of view do you get out towards the south east? If theres any trees, buildings or hills forget it - 83E is about 5 degrees above the horizon in Italy so [B][I]unless you have perfect line of sight with no obstructions at all you cant get these signals.[/I][/B] So basically unless you live up a hill or next to a lake you have no chance at all. Theres also no guarantee that if you buy a 3.7m dish that it will work for you. Extreme fringe area reception varies greatly over a few miles. You might well find you need something like a 5m dish or bigger. Even if you have a perfect view out to the south east you need to appreciate you may have to try many dishes of increasing size to see what happens in your particular location. Are you willing to spend many thousands of € in new dishes, lnb's, and multiple installer visits [I]with no guarantee of success at the end of it[/I]? If not give up NOW. Also be aware this is specialised territory and normal installers wont touch something like this To be honest unless you have an awful lot of money to throw away you need to start thinking of a different option - either a slingbox hosted by someone in India or an IPTV solution [/QUOTE]

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