Saturday, Mar 31, 2007 at 16:14
Hi Mothermen,
Satellite TV will give you a perfect picture where ever you are in this wide brown land :)
Select TV gives you several movie channels, discovery channel, some foreign language channels, and others. It does not give you the free to air channels- ABC, SBS, NINE, SEVEN, TEN. You pay $29.95 per month but can stop and start at any time.
For details See here
The Optus Aurora system gives you The ABC TV from each state (5 channels), SBS from 4 states, Seven Central from QLD, Imparja (a mix of ch 9 and 10) from NT, an indigenous channel from
Alice Springs, and Ch 31 from
Perth. Once you pay for the Optus card you pay no more ever (thats a long time!!). The card fits into any satelitte receiver with an irdeto 2 card slot. When you turn on your system for the first time you call or email Optus and they "activate" your card. You now get the ABC and SBS channels, Ch 31, and the indigenous channel. Also lots of radio stations. To get Imparja and Seven Central you have to contact them both seperatly and tell them you are in an area not covered by regular TV reception, and they will turn you on, suposedly for six months at a time, but we have been "activated" for about 10 months now.
Many people like the Select TV system because it is easy and uncomplicated, pay your money and your on. We have the Optus system because we like to get the "regular" TV programs. It's cheap with no ongoing costs, but it can be a hassle to get Seven Central and Imparja working.
Hope all that is not TOO confusing :)
Cruiserman
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