Page 1 of Digital Satellite Dish & Receiver Set - £59.99 at Lidl from Thurs.

Listed in the Lidl newsletter for sale from 1 Sept as follows:-

Complete satellite set, consists of:
- Satellite steel offset dish, Ø (cm): 57
- Digital sat. receiver with remote control
- Twin LNB
- Wall bracket
- Cable set and sat. finder
Receiver features include:
- Plug & Play
- Auto search with 4500 programmable channels
- MPEG-2 and DVN compatible
- OSD (On-Screen-Display)
- Super fast teletext, 800 pages
- Software update via satellite 'Astra 19°'
- Multi function timer
- And many more...
Coaxial, optical and S-VHS connection
Pre-programmed satellites: Astra, Astra II, Eutelsat Hotbird, Türksat and Hisoasat
Supplied with SCART cable, 20m coaxial cable and 2 x F-plugs
3 Year manufacturer's warranty
Price per set £59.99
It gives the make as SilverCrest in the illustration.
Also says in the newsletter Quote:
`This system does not receive terrestrial or Sky encrypted channels`
Don`t know much about these things but don`t you need cards to get the various channels and if you can`t get terrestrial or Sky encrypted channels what can you get - or is that a question to be asked after the watershed ? ;)
link below- http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20050901.p.Digital_Satellite_Dish_Receiver_Set

This item was edited on Thursday, 25th August 2005, 23:13

The Silvercrest SL 65 is a rebadged Comag unit and as such should be a great wee unit.
The predecessor to this one, the SL 55 was an excellent wee bit of kit and if the SL65 is an improvement on the 55 then it will be a helluva unit.
The Sky quote is a misquote and it looks like it only appeared on the flyers as the Lidl site does not mention it.
Anywhooo :) if anyone fancies a freeview alternative to the Sky one this is the wee box for you. Not only can you get the vast majority of the free channels, excluding C4/C5/ITV/ITV2, but you can get a f***in shed load of other channels and radio channels.
There are a number of firmware hacks that can be downloaded which "Enhance" the channels available ;) . All10/11/12/13/14/15 etc are all hacks that do quite a bit of work and they are easily downloaded from the PC to the SL55 via the RS232/serial socket on the rear.
So a full system for £60 and about £5 for a cheap serial cable makes this a f***in great wee buy.

TBH I might get this and feed both my Comag SL55 and the SL65 form the Dula LNB supplied with the full set.

Choagy FFCUK the SPL :)

This item was edited on Saturday, 27th August 2005, 16:06

Choagy, can you elaberate a bit, "There are a number of firmware hacks that can be downloaded which "Enhance" the channels available . All10/11/12/13/14/15 etc are all hacks that do quite a bit of work and they are easily downloaded from the PC to the SL65 via the RS232/serial socket on the rear." or say where to dowload the firmware from. I tried Google but got nowhere.

Yes , please tell us a bit more Choagy.

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A simple bit of Googling for "comag firmware" will find the firmware for you. (Hint add "maiden" to the search). But, I couldn`t find much info regarding other channels that this might unlock.

So.. Yes Please choagy tell us more, or at least refer us to a suitable site.

Does anyone know if you can get the premiership football on these via norwegian channels or other ?? A lot of the pubs around here show it on saturday afternoons LIVE

Re."Does anyone know if you can get the premiership football on these via norwegian channels or other".

No idea,but you reminded me of the good old days of Norsk TV2 on D2mac analogue 1W
I`ll never forget QPR 1-1 Man. U
The bastid ref added about 9 minutes of injury time(there were no injuries) as if he was waiting until Man. U scored.Eventually Cantona equalised.....We went down that year :-(

This item was edited on Saturday, 27th August 2005, 10:50

Have a wee swatch at http://comagsl55.tripod.com/guide.htm The site has downloads and information on all the ALL10 etc and how to go about flashing the Firmware via the serial ports on the PC/SL55.
Also have yet another wee swatch :) at http://forums.exthus.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=56 and you will find agreta deal of information on channels available after update. The majority of them are on satellites other than 19.E and 28.2.E (Astar 1/Astra2/Eurobird) and this site will point you :) in the right direction.

BTW I am going to be trying out Maiden in the next day or so, and will let you know how it works.

Choagy FFCUK The SPL :)

PS I managed to get Eurosport and Motors TV but it looks like I will have to try an updated firmware to get them again :(

This item was edited on Saturday, 27th August 2005, 16:08

http://www.freepgs.com/bargainplace/streams/tvb/livesport.html
At the moment it looks like highlights from games in the early 90`s. Possibly as it is half time, not too sure.
HTH

Choagy FFCUK the SPL :)

I bought a freeview box last year and even though I apparently can recieve digital in my postcode area,it didnt work (I believe it may have something to do with the ariel not being able to pick up a great reception,our standard ariel picture is poor its watchable but poor.) would this be any use to me you reckon.