2253 TV Reception

Does anyone have any idea if you can receive UK freeview channels in Italy by using a digibox? I know you can get these through sky, but as I'd rather brush up on Italian and try watching the local channels, it would only be for my kids who would be there for two weeks of the year.

Now the BBC have gone digital they broadcast by satelite, in theory it should work. Should and does are not necessarily the same thing.

Any advice would be good. Alternatively, I will be taking a box out at the end of january to give it a try.

Andy

Category
Cost of living - Utility Services

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2006 - 01:44

There have been a number of threads on this, so try searching under satellite or television.

I seem to recall that the answer is no, either way you need a large (about 1.2 metre dish), you can get Sky using your UK card if you call Sky & can also get an Italian version of Freeview if you buy a box "over there"

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 01/04/2006 - 06:08

Hi Andy
We live outside Torino and we get freeview BBC (1,2,3,4, CBBC ). We have a dish (about 1mtr) and a digibox that we purchased at the local Carrefour. Brought it home and pointed it to Astra 28.2 S - that was it !
Hopefully you can do the same ?
Karen

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 01/04/2006 - 16:58

Karen,

Thanks for that. Can you just let me know how you would locate that satellite in the area. Is it just trial and error or is there something a bit more scientific. (Should know since I'm an electrical (consulting) engineer, but the last time I did any proper work and not design, we only had four channels and there were squariels appearing all over the place).

Andy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 01/05/2006 - 01:51

......andy, a proper 'nerd' document that may help ;)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/06/2006 - 05:46

[QUOTE=andy s], I think I'm going to stand at the top of a step ladder waving the dish about until the person in the sitting room shouts that there was a picture about five minutes ago.

:o oh no - you've hit the nail on the head !!! Thats more or less what we did I'm afraid. Never mind - we got there in the end and I can now sit and watch Top Gear on a Sunday night rather than some busty blonde "Velina" prancing about .......
Karen