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Digital radio via satellite
Satellite Receivers
 

Digital Satellite Receivers

 

PVR

 

Dreambox DM7000

  • Allows you to add your own hard drive - maximum capacity of 120 GB
  • Channel number and channel name display
  • Digital (optical) audio output (Dolby digital compatible)
  • Phono audio output
  • Ethernet LAN connection
  • USB port for connection to PC
  • Linux OS

 

 

£305 (4/1/04)

Echostar DVR5000 HDD

  • 40 GB hard drive
  • LED channel number display
  • Digital audio output (Dolby digital compatible)

 

 
£439 inc delivery (4/1/04)

GbSat 2CI120

  • 120 GB hard drive

  • Digital (optical) audio output

 

 

£429 (4/1/04)

Humax PVR-8000

  • 80 GB or 60 GB hard drive
  • Dual tuner
  • LED channel number display
  • Digital (optical) audio output
  • Phono audio output

 

 

€366 - 80 GB (£256 on 4/1/04) 

£430 - 80 GB inc delivery (4/1/04)

£390 - 60 GB (4/1/04)

Nokia 9902S HDD

  • 40 GB hard drive
  • LED channel number display
  • Digital (coaxial) audio output
  • Phono audio output

 

 

£380 inc delivery (4/1/04)

Technisat Digicorder S1

  • 40 or 80 GB hard drive
  • LED channel number display
  • Digital (coaxial and optical) audio outputs (Dolby digital compatible)

 

 

£239 - 40 GB (4/1/04)

£279 - 80 GB (4/1/04)

Technomate TM-8000 HD 80/120 MC CI

  • 80 or 120 GB hard drive
  • LED channel number display
  • Phono audio output

 

 

£305 - 80 GB (4/1/04)

£379 - 120 GB (4/1/04)

Topfield 4000 PVR

  • 40 GB hard drive
  • Dual tuner
  • LED channel number display
  • Digital audio output (Dolby digital compatible)

 

 

£299 (4/1/04)

Topfield 5000 PVR

  • 80 GB hard drive
  • Dual tuner
  • LED channel number display
  • Digital audio output (Dolby digital compatible)

 

 

£449 (4/1/04)
 

 

Receivers with Digital Audio Output

 

Fortec Star Lifetime

  • LED channel number display
  • Digital (coaxial) audio output (Dolby digital compatible)
  • Phono audio output

 

 

£99 (4/1/04)

Humax F2 Fox

  • LED channel number display
  • Digital (optical) audio output (Dolby digital compatible)
  • Phono audio outputs
  • The F2-FoxT, which is the DTT version of this satellite receiver, has had very good reviews

 

 

£119 (9/7/04)

See reviews for F2 FoxT (terrestrial product)

Manhattan Plaza 1100

  • LED channel number display
  • Digital (optical) audio output (Dolby digital compatible)

 

 

£100 inc delivery  (4/1/04)

Technisat DigiPal S

  • LED channel number display
  • Digital (coaxial) audio output (Dolby digital compatible)

 

 

£119 (4/1/04)

Technomate TM-5500D

  • LED channel number display
  • Digital (optical) audio output (Dolby digital compatible)

 

 

£96 (4/1/04)
 

 

Receivers with Phono Audio Output

 

Telestar Starsat 1

  • LED channel number display
  • Digital (coaxial) audio output (Dolby digital compatible)
  • Phono audio output

 

£59 (27/11/04)

GbSat Silver FTA0 Receiver

  • LED channel number display
  • Phono audio output

 

 

£100 (4/1/04)

 

 

PC Cards

 

Hauppauge WinTV Nova-S

  • Software MPEG decoder
  • Record TV and radio to your PC's hard drive

 

 

£77 (28/8/04)

Hauppauge WinTV Nexus-S
  • On-board MPEG decoder (takes load off CPU)
  • Record TV and radio to your PC's hard drive

 

 

£146 (28/8/04)

Hauppauge DEC 3000-s
  • USB connection to PC
  • Connect to TV
  • Record TV and radio to your PC's hard drive

 

 

£111.98 dabs.com

Technisat SkyStar1 PCI Card
  • On-board MPEG decoder (takes load off CPU)
  • Record TV and radio to your PC's hard drive

 

 

£159 (28/8/04)

Technisat SkyStar2 PCI Card
  • Software MPEG decoder
  • Record TV and radio to your PC's hard drive

 

 

£39 (19/10/04)

VisionDTV SAT PCI Card
  • Software MPEG decoder
  • Record TV and radio to your PC's hard drive

 

 

£39 (27/11/04)

VisionDTV SAT-CI PCI Card
  • Common Interface (CI) for conditional access modules (CAM)
  • Software MPEG decoder
  • Record TV and radio to your PC's hard drive

 

 

£80 (28/8/04)

Complete Satellite Systems

 

Telesat Astra FTA System
  • Telesat Diginova2 receiver (see above)
  • 55cm dish
  • Universal LNB

 

 

 

 

£105 (4/1/04)

 

Other very reasonably priced satellite systems

 

 

 

 

 

£99+
 

 

Dishes

 

Sky 60cm Minidish + LNB

  • Larger than the standard 43cm Sky mini dish, and so will give better reception than the smaller minidish

 

 

£30  (4/1/04)

60cm Gilbertini Dish (no LNB)
  • Requires an LNB, see below

 

 

£20 (4/1/04)
 

 

LNBs

 

MTI 0.6dB Universal LNB

 

 

 

 

£15 (4/1/04)

MTI 0.6dB Twin Universal LNB
  • For connecting 1 dish to 2 receivers
£29 (4/1/04)
 

 

LNB Priority Switch

 

Smart LNB Priority Switch SPS1
  • Cheap way to split the signal from any satellite dish to feed a Sky digibox plus a 2nd digital satellite receiver
  • Automatic priority assignment (i.e. one receiver is given the highest priority by default)
£9 (21/1/04)

Satellite Beeper
  • Satellite beeper to help dish alignment when installing
£10 (30/5/04)