Sky in France

[GreenMountainCh]

Afternoon all.

I am in the process of moving to France and have a question re satelite/sky TV you might be able to help me with.

I am keen to have Uk channels in my new place and as such have been advised to get a large dish fitted and point it at the astra satelite, buy a sky box off ebay and get "a card".

This is where i'm confused - what kind of card do i need, where do i get the card from and is it the same deal as the UK where if i pay a premium i get more channels......?

As you can tell i'm new to this - if someone can shed some light on it i'd appreciate it.

Cheers

James

 

[DrPepper]

Why not get a freesat setup?
http://www.avforums.com/forums/freesat/974794-freesat-france.html

 

[GreenMountainCh]

Is that the easiest (bearing in mind i am no technical genius!!) and most cost effective way of doing things?

What chanels does that give me access to?

 

[confused88]

There should local installers to do that. You might need to pay subscription + an annual service free. A bigger dish will be needed. If you are still in the UK it might be cheaper to get the HD box by keeping a uk sub. alive for a year more. Have a look at that Sky cards & Freesat cards. Watch Sky TV Anywhere In Europe with a Sky viewing card: Insat International

I am sure there will be others too, just google it

 

[DrPepper]

freesat - Channels - With freesat, it's access all areas

 

[OuiOui]

have been advised to get a large dish fitted

The size of dish required depends on where you are in France. For example, I'm in Paris and a sky mini dish works fine here for all Sky and Freesat satellites. In the south of France you'll need a very much bigger dish however.

 

[GreenMountainCh]

We'll be in the alps so i think the bigger the dish the better.

Could anyone point me in the direction of the most cost effective freesat equipment? If you can let me have model names/numbers i can get one off ebay i presume?

 

[Cupart]

In the south of France you'll need a very much bigger dish however.

I'm receiving 2D with a 80 cm Triax in South Western France (80+% quality and strength) with quite a bit of vegetation covering parts of the line of sight during summer periods

The actual dish sizes can be a bit misleading as the quality of the dish can have an impact on weather 2D is receivable or not. IMO a poorly built 1 meter dish can give worse results than a high gain 80 cm dish. I have found Triax to be amongst the best on the market. Also be aware that most offset dishes are not 100% circular but oval and therefore make sure the measurements are of the shorter part.

If you can find a proper installer he'll know what you need for 2D (which is the weakest powered sats for reception outside of UK/Ireland).