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<blockquote data-quote="2old4this" data-source="post: 1339" data-attributes="member: 174998">LAST EDITED ON 19-Aug-00 AT 12:24 PM (GMT)Yes, they have negotiated an even earlier end to their transponder rentals on Astra1. So they are now intending to stop analogue services mid-2001.To continue receiving any Sky channels after that date you *must* switch to Sky digital.However, that doesn't mean you need to lose your &quot;other&quot; channels. There's no requirement to give up your old dish or receiver. You can even (if your old dish is big enough) fit an offset LNB for Astra2 and use the single fixed dish for both sats (but your old dish needs to be quite large&nbsp; - say 90cm - in view of the large angular separation of those sats meaning that the offset signals are weaker). In fact, there are special multi-profile dishes (like two parabolas in one - eg the Triax dishes) that rather more easily pick up signals from multiple satellites.But you say you have a motorised system. So why can't you use that? The digibox can be connected to your existing receiver through a smart-priority switch. I used to have my Nokia 9200 &amp; a digibox running like this off a single motorised dish with standard universal LNB.The only absolute requirement is that you get a digibox since that's the only receiver on the market with the capability&nbsp; to decrypt Videoguard (the system used by Sky digital).2old</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2old4this, post: 1339, member: 174998"] [size=1][color=blue]LAST EDITED ON 19-Aug-00 AT 12:24 PM (GMT)[/color][/size]Yes, they have negotiated an even earlier end to their transponder rentals on Astra1. So they are now intending to stop analogue services mid-2001. To continue receiving any Sky channels after that date you *must* switch to Sky digital. However, that doesn't mean you need to lose your "other" channels. There's no requirement to give up your old dish or receiver. You can even (if your old dish is big enough) fit an offset LNB for Astra2 and use the single fixed dish for both sats (but your old dish needs to be quite large - say 90cm - in view of the large angular separation of those sats meaning that the offset signals are weaker). In fact, there are special multi-profile dishes (like two parabolas in one - eg the Triax dishes) that rather more easily pick up signals from multiple satellites. But you say you have a motorised system. So why can't you use that? The digibox can be connected to your existing receiver through a smart-priority switch. I used to have my Nokia 9200 & a digibox running like this off a single motorised dish with standard universal LNB. The only absolute requirement is that you get a digibox since that's the only receiver on the market with the capability to decrypt Videoguard (the system used by Sky digital). 2old [/QUOTE]

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