promised land! (well, SAT receiver land at least)
just got back last night from a trip across the pond (Germany).
it's been a while since I've been over there (3 years) but this time I was on the prowl for sat stuff.
offset Ku dishes EVERYWHERE!!!
some houses had 4 and 5 dishes on the roof (some even more).
sitting there Saturday morning flipping through all the junk that comes with the paper (sale ads) and I was amazed at the sat stuff for sale. seems like every single store sells satellite stuff. for the equivalent places here, it would be like K-Mart, wal-mart, kohls, home depot and the like ALL selling complete sat setups!
I didn't see any DVB-S2 stuff really, had I seen any, I would have grabbed some if the price was OK. Most everything was DVB-S.
There was one place having a sale on a portable sat setup. you got the recvr, lnbf, dish, tripod, cables, etc.. all packed in a plastic carrying case for 69 euros.
one place (like a best buy) had piles and piles of offset dishes.. 60cm up to about 80 or 85. and a full wall of receivers. most were really small too. less than 1/4 the size of my pansat.
As it is, I got a Technotrend 3600 USB dvb-s2 for about $90. I was going to go for a new model (Tevii) but they were out of stock .. maybe next time..
or maybe I can get my MIL to bring a bunch with her this summer ;-)
just got back last night from a trip across the pond (Germany).
it's been a while since I've been over there (3 years) but this time I was on the prowl for sat stuff.
offset Ku dishes EVERYWHERE!!!
some houses had 4 and 5 dishes on the roof (some even more).
sitting there Saturday morning flipping through all the junk that comes with the paper (sale ads) and I was amazed at the sat stuff for sale. seems like every single store sells satellite stuff. for the equivalent places here, it would be like K-Mart, wal-mart, kohls, home depot and the like ALL selling complete sat setups!
I didn't see any DVB-S2 stuff really, had I seen any, I would have grabbed some if the price was OK. Most everything was DVB-S.
There was one place having a sale on a portable sat setup. you got the recvr, lnbf, dish, tripod, cables, etc.. all packed in a plastic carrying case for 69 euros.
one place (like a best buy) had piles and piles of offset dishes.. 60cm up to about 80 or 85. and a full wall of receivers. most were really small too. less than 1/4 the size of my pansat.
As it is, I got a Technotrend 3600 USB dvb-s2 for about $90. I was going to go for a new model (Tevii) but they were out of stock .. maybe next time..
or maybe I can get my MIL to bring a bunch with her this summer ;-)
