Aldi satellite reciever

rayer · 31 Aug 2006 at 19:33

Aldi are selling a satellite reciever for 39.99 and advertise it can pick up all the free to view channels from many satellites, including Sky's Astra.
Doesnt Sky scramble the main channels like BBC and ITV from its Astra though, as you have to buy a freesat card off of them for 20 quid to decode it ?

So I take it that this satellite reciever from Aldi will only pick up things like Bid Up and Price Drop etc etc

Rotty · 31 Aug 2006 at 19:34

you would also need a NDS cam to decrypt any channels on the 28.2 Skt satellite

Entai · 31 Aug 2006 at 19:37

IIRC all you can get free to air ( no card needed) are the BBC channels and the ITV channels, not even channel four or five they both need a viewing card I believe.

rayer · 31 Aug 2006 at 19:37

Glad I didnt buy one, was tempted but walked out with several packets of Malt Crunchies (Shreddies cerial) instead .

rayer · 31 Aug 2006 at 19:39

Entai said:
IIRC all you can get free to air ( no card needed) are the BBC channels and the ITV channels, not even channel four or five they both need a viewing card I believe.

I got in contact with Sky, and all the BBC, ITV etc terrestrial channels are encrypted from the Astra satellite, so a card would be needed. This reciever had no card slot !!!!

Adam_151 · 31 Aug 2006 at 19:48

Astra isn't the only satellite you know, and even if you can't get what you want, there are plenty of unencrpted channels about with interesing stuff one

Pick up a copy of "what sattelite" from your newsagent

DAVEM · 31 Aug 2006 at 20:59

Adam_151 said:
Astra isn't the only satellite you know, and even if you can't get what you want, there are plenty of unencrpted channels about with interesing stuff one

Pick up a copy of "what sattelite" from your newsagent

Yeah ****** have a little leaflet with which channels are available without any card, there are tons of satalites and you can pick up all sorts :eek:

Ops sorry forgot they're a competitor :eek: