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| Hello Everyone
I am building a house now in Zurich and was thinking about wiring it for SAT. However, I am confused about a few things and now question if it is worth it. I spoke to a Hi-Fi store who also sells Sat dishes and he claimed it is not all it is cracked up to be. I hope you all can help explain a few things and set me in the right direction 
1. I heard you cannot receive many good English speaking programs from SAT here in Switzerland. Either they satellite is not positioned for Swiss to receive it or there are not many good English programs that are free to receive. What do you say to this? | |
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Wrong.
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| 2. The whole system of decoding the signals from Pay TV Satellite will be changed in the next few months so it does not make sense to buy anything yet. Is this true? | |
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Wrong. Maybe right when you're talking about Nagravision 2 which is cracked wide open and gives many people Premiere and Cablecom Digital cable but....wrong to generalise
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| 3. There is very limited available HDTV content on SAT and you need a subscription for each channel. Whereas, with Cablecom you can get several channels with one subscription. Fact or Fiction? | |
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50% right. There are some FTA HD channels out there (BBC HD, C4HD (which is FTV) and with the Freesat platform, it is likely to become more. And if you must pay for HD over SD, it's a choice for you not him.
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| 4. I am keen to see some BBC channels, National Geographic HD, Discovery Channel HD, Animal Planet HD, Canal (french tv), Suisse HD, and the typical Swiss, Austrian and German channels. Can all these be acquired from SAT and what SATs would I have to be able to receive? | |
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You'll need a multi-sat setup and you might find some of these you cannot get. I'd recommend SkyHD and then another "proper" satellite box for the other channels.
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| 5. What subscriptions would be needed and how much would I be paying each month to get that selection of programs? Does Cablecom turn out to be better than SAT if I am not interested in Turkish, Eastern European TV or Arabic TV? | |
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Satellite will give you freedom. You could pay from zero with a few channels to several hundred francs and have lots of HD content.
Let's reverse everything. What do you really want to watch - list it in priority....and then state your budget for installation and budget per month