From: Alan Milewczyk
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 16:32
I don't have multi-satellite facilities so I've never tried that in the UK,
however, at some stage, I may look into that for the Philippines.
Nowadays you don't even need a motorised dish. You can mount several LNBs
on one dish and switch between them with a DiSEqC switch, so you only need
one cable. The LNBs that are off centre will have a weaker signal.
...
The custom firmware for the Humax-FoxsatHDR is great because you can view
the full Freesat EPG on your PC and select programmes to record using that.
I have never fully understood the issues with EPGs. When FreeSat was in its
infancy I had a FortecStar Passion+ which had something similar to FreeSat.
It was able to display the full 7-day EPG for FreeSat channels. For
channels on other satellites I only got Now and Next.
I then had a Labgear box which was described on Amazon as supporting 7-day
EPG, but I was only getting Now and Next. When I took it up with Labgear
support I was told what it meant was that where the 7-day EPG was available
free of charge the box would support it.
The Triax box I am using now seems to have an updated version of the
firmware on the Labear box. For channels on Astra 2E/2F/2G I only get Now
and Next. For some Hot Bird 13 channels I get the 7-day EPG.
Best wishes
Richard
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