Topic: If Your TV Receptions On the Blink and You Fancy A Curry

[Garabi Army]

Does the satellite dishes he supplies double up as woks?

[Peripatetic Phil]

Just read the links Phil, and you are absolutely right. so why are these company's allowed to lie to the public. rip off or what

Les

Perhaps because, as George so rightly says (in paraphrase) "they work OK for digital, so why not market them as such".  Pedantry apart, I have no real problem with someone selling a so-called "digital aerial" just so long as he doesn't also sell exactly the same aerial as a "wideband, high-gain, log-periodic analogue aerial" and charge only half as much !

** Phil.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Does the satellite dishes he supplies double up as woks?

ROTFL  ;D

[Gav Iscon]

As for digital aerials, I'd take it as meaning suitable for picking up digital transmissions. And if the public use that term, I'm not surprised he does, too.

My thoughts as well. I hope he does well.

[Gav Iscon]

Pedantry apart, I have no real problem with someone selling a so-called "digital aerial" just so long as he doesn't also sell exactly the same aerial as a "wideband, high-gain, log-periodic analogue aerial" and charge only half as much !

** Phil.

Would that not be a bargain then if its half as much. 

[Peripatetic Phil]

Pedantry apart, I have no real problem with someone selling a so-called "digital aerial" just so long as he doesn't also sell exactly the same aerial as a "wideband, high-gain, log-periodic analogue aerial" and charge only half as much !

** Phil.

Would that not be a bargain then if its half as much. 

No, that would be its true price (i.e., value); the 100% markup for branding it as a so-called "Digital Aerial" is what I object to ...

** Phil.

[Gav Iscon]

Gotcha, my receptions not what it used to be. 

[Naga]

Two digital aerials were married recently. The ceremony wasn't up to much, but apparently, the reception was brilliant...

[Peripatetic Phil]

"This one will run and run"

[StoneCut]

If we're referring to SAT reception then there actually IS such a thing as an LNB (the thing you connect the cables to on a sat dish) that's ONLY capable of analog reception, BUT these have been off the market for quite some time AFAIK.

To explain: there's a 'low band' and a 'high band' - low band includes analog as well as digital stations, high band only includes digital stations. If your LNB only supports low band - we're talking ancient stuff here - then obviously it's not fully capable of digital reception. Hence, why you see LNBs marketed as 'universal' nowadays. It means they can receive both bands

To verify whether an LNB supports both modes check the tech details that are usually printed on it:
10.70 - 11.70 GHz ( Low )
11.70 - 12.75 GHz ( High )

So, it's not technically wrong to market something as a digital dish/antenna, especially if you're aiming at people that have had their setup for ages. Apart from that it's marketing, of course.