Moving to Cyprus - Please help!!!

gadgetman · 12-12-2007, 21:44

Hi to all,

Yet again i'm writing in the hope for some help....I have bought a second home in Cyprus which sounds lovely and is lovely however....and this
is a big however.....the tv channels are suicidal.

Can I use my current dish (which i don't use anymore coz of cable) and box (which is still active) and make it work in Cyprus? After all it is satellite, or is that too simple an outlook?

If not can anyone recommend anything else?

Thanks again

**Hugh** · 12-12-2007, 22:01

You may wish to investigate what it would cost to have a new system fitted over there - my mate has just had a villa built in North Cyprus, and it was cheap as chips to have a new dish/system fitted (can't remember exactly how much, but only a couple of hundred YTL).

Or there is this link

SMHarman · 12-12-2007, 22:26

Skys footprint does not reach Cyprus so you would have a PIA functionality crippled box to decode signals.

Hom3r · 12-12-2007, 23:26

According to the link Cypus is just about inside the limit, but a 350CM dish is needed

Wicked_and_Crazy · 12-12-2007, 23:35

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

According to the link Cypus is just about inside the limit, but a 350CM dish is needed

Just about inside is no use to anyone

http://storesatellite.com/sky-tv-cyprus.php

SMHarman · 13-12-2007, 00:17

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

According to the link Cypus is just about inside the limit, but a 350CM dish is needed

4.2m dish for guaranteed all day reception. Jodrell bank style dish then. That baby is huge.

Sirius · 14-12-2007, 19:29

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Originally Posted by SMHarman

Skys footprint does not reach Cyprus so you would have a PIA functionality crippled box to decode signals.

I was in Cyprus this year and was watching Sky sports in the hotel. Must admit they had a sodding big dish on the roof.

Look to the right of the picture

to quote that link

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As anyone that has been to Cyprus knows Sky digital is widely available throughout the Island. Many bars and clubs have it installed to show live sports to the many English visitors they receive every year . In recent years many English and Irish have arrived on the Island and fallen in love with the place and ended up staying . For expats Sky digital is a way to keep in touch with their home country with news radio and their favorite tv soaps and shows. Cyprus is not in a good reception area for Sky digital as it is so far south and east of the satellite beam. It's very important to get a good installation company in to do the job and to use good quality dishes.

Mr Angry · 16-12-2007, 03:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Hi to all,

Yet again i'm writing in the hope for some help....I have bought a second home in Cyprus which sounds lovely and is lovely however....and this
is a big however.....the tv channels are suicidal.

Can I use my current dish (which i don't use anymore coz of cable) and box (which is still active) and make it work in Cyprus? After all it is satellite, or is that too simple an outlook?

If not can anyone recommend anything else?

Thanks again

Yes.

The best, though not necessarily most cost effective, way of doing this is to hire a few "technicians" / "installers" from Aegis. Get them to do a site survey and, providing the results are positive, have them invade / occupy a small part of Turkey with good satellite reception.

Remember to contact the UN about a wayleave agreement first.