US HDTV Satellite in the UK.?? possible?

[museumsteve]

Is there any reason why you couldn;t get a satellite set-up to receive US HDTV broadcasts via satelllite in the UK.? Just a thought.

[oreoboy13]

Warning, assumption about to be read.

i assume it one geo-stationary satellite, therefore, i wouldn't have thought the broadcast cone streaches across the atlantic.

The same reason they cant get the astra.




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[Chris Muriel]

The USA satellites carrying HDTV have footprints that mean you will not receive them in Europe.
See www.lyngsat.com for actual footprints.
Eventually something may just come from the guys at www.euro1080.tv - but right now I consider this site to be just marketing BS.
I have a 2-metre dish and mess about hunting for links & feeds.
Only once have I heard of a feed , receivable in the EU, with HDTV. That was on 37 degrees West (a Robbie Wiliams concert on an MTV link) and , by the time I heard about it (via a feedhunters forum email) it had gone :mad:

Chris Muriel, Manchester (author of Digital satellite FAQ).

[museumsteve]

ho hum, that's that out of the window then.:)

shame Chris..maybe Robbie will do another concert and you can catch it then..:D (j/k)

[mattmarsden]

Chris,

How about the US forces feeds in the UK?

Why was there no other HD on that channel you found?

[Chris Muriel]

It was a 1-off broadcasting link. More could appear - not necessarily using the same satellite, frequency or other transmission parameters.
AFRTS TV is encrypted (don't know whether any of it is HD).
AFAIR you need a special receiver (uses a proprietrary embedded conditional access system (possibly PowerVu) and individual receiver authorisation.

Chris Muriel.