Digital Satellite TV Reception in Flats

If you live in a flat then it is more difficult to have Digital satellite or Digital terrestrial reception than in a normal house as it is against planning regulation to have multiple satellite dishes on a single building and can ruin the appearance of the building. However a single dish can be installed in a discreet location to serve all the flats through a distribution system. There are many advantages for flats that have a digital system installed

• A huge number of new TV channels, radio channels and services are available. The Sky channels and around 90 free channels are available in addition to BBC, ITV and CH5. The channels include many specialist channels, so if you have a particular interest there are almost certainly channels that you would like. There are also hundreds of radio channels catering for whatever particular taste that you have, Jazz, classical, Big band, Reggae, Rock, Easy listening, music from particular countries etc.
• Internet access without having to buy a computer, so that you can send and receive email from your friends and family in any country, browse the WEB, order your shopping on line for home delivery, do your banking etc. An easy to use keypad is available to let you do this. Flats with a digital satellite distribution system are much more valuable than those without and are much easier to sell at a higher price.
• Having the system connected to your flat adds value to your property even if you do not use the system yourself. Someone who already has Sky digital is unlikely to want to move to a flat without it.
• Digital quality pictures with no ghosting or snow.
• Easy menu selection of channels with an on screen guide.
• If you wish the output of the digibox can be fed to other tv’s within your flat and the digibox can be controlled remotely by the use of a magic-eye from a TV in your bedroom for example.
• The sound is very high quality and can easily be connected to an audio system to provide surround sound or to allow audio recording.

Other points about digital

• You do not need to have a digital TV to have digital reception. The Digi box receives the digital channels and converts them to a form that a normal TV can work with. A new TV can certainly take advantage of the features of digital like widescreen and improved sound.
• You do not need to subscribe to Sky to have digital satellite and get many free
• It is the government’s intention to switch off the existing analogue TV service and this could happen within the next 4 to 8 years.