English-language satellite TV in Bremen

Could someone please tell me what Satellite has the most English channels and which descrambler card is the best for some TV in Bremen. I can not afford the full Sky Deal from London. I just miss some sitcoms and movies.

Buy yourself a cheap 60cm dish and LNB and point towards Astra2 @ 28°east.

Hi everyone and der Engländer in particular (see comment above) - new member to Bremen/Niedersachsen here.

Just spent ages (unsuccessfully) trying to line up a satellite dish to Astra 2D (28.2 degrees East) trying to receive BBC and ITV. Can anyone out there (in Bremen area) tell me whether they can receive with a 60cm dish - if not, what is the minimum size required? Will 80cm definitely do the trick?
I have been told that it should be possible to receive BBC and ITV on 2D with a 'cheapie' satellite kit (from REAL or such) - anyone with experience of doing so themselves in HB? Grateful for any tips.

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Patience ia a virtue...

Dish Size is always important..

80cm Should be ok for your area..

SP

Also helps to have a Sat. finder

Dishpointer provides a Google satellite overlay onto your home and lets you orientate the dish with nearby landmarks.

Not too far away from you, in Klein Meckelsen near Sittensen, we have perfect reception using a Kathrein CAS90.

Hi there,

I've have a 90cm Kathrein dish and have absolutely no problems (even in heavy rain, which is no rarity in Bremen ). I was told by the guy who set it up that 60cm is too small because of the necessary "reserves" (which I assume means signal strength in said rainy conditions) but it should be possibly to receive UK channels with a 60cm dish. It needs to be perfectly set up (which means some form of electronic equipment - not a sat-finder!!) and of good quality. A 90cm dish is not that much more expensive than a smaller one (€ 40.- or so) but obviously takes up a little more space . . . ours is conveniently at the end of the balcony and uses space which only the cats venture into.

I've always believed in buying quality products, especially in this area, as it makes no sense to buy something cheap and be constantly annoyed about it (and then subsequently buying something more expensive and paying more in the long run.) My present dish is already 18 years old and could be new . . .

I'm not sure if they're still there, but there used to be a really good dealer outside of Verden. It's been a few years since I went there, but I'm sure I could find the address if anyone is interested.

Stevie

Further to Stevies comment the guy who set up our dish in Klein Meckelsen, took about 10 minutes. He came from Sittensen and charges EUR50 an hour. Just wanted to pass on his comment however, which relates to Stevies. He said that with any other make of dish, we have Kathrein, we would have had problems, and that Kathrein is worth at least 10-15 cms over other dish sizes, due to the perfectly shaped dish.

Quote 'My present dish is already 18 years old and could be new . . . '

Ours is 14 years old and could be new.

As a fall back watch a streaming on your PC:

Download this http://rapidshare.com/files/282992671/British_TV.rar

and if you don't have VLC player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

Install VLC player first...

Then run the British TV program - a black screen will appear then a
list of the available channels. To watch a channel - type in the
relevant channel number at the bottom of the page where it asks what
channel would you like to watch...and enter - wait a few seconds and it
will open the VLC player and the stream will start...

Channels available :
BBC1
BBC2
ITV1
4
Five
BBC Three
BBC Four
ITV 2
ITV 3
E4
More4
Fiver
Five USA
Zone Horror
Film4
True Movies
True Movies 2
Movies4Men
Movies4Men 2
Fashion TV
QVC
CBeebies
CBBC
CITV
Kix
Pop
Pop Girl
Tiny Pop
BBC News
Sky News
Euronews
BBC Parliament
BBC Sport
Eurosport
Eurosport 2
Eurosport News
Chart Show
Scuzz
NME TV
Flaunt
Bliss
Clubland TV

Or if you are going to follow the tv over the internet route you could just go here
http://www.free-tv.dk/se_live_tv_her.html
or here
http://www.viewtv.co.uk/
Some of them need Silverlight to work and so can only run in inernet explorer, but they seem to work fine.