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    Default Open scan MPEG4 decoder for Chinese TV from Sydney

    Hi guys & gals,

    I am in Sydney and mainly do KU band install stuff, rarely C band. I have a customer who has moved into a house with an existing, older C Band dish and they wanted to see if they could get any free Chinese TV channels. As such do you have a suggested decoder I should be looking for and maybe pricing and any other specific satellite info I need to know. Cheers, Darren.



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    Hi Darren. Chinasat 6b is your best bet.Plenty of chinese channels there, but all in mandarin.No Cantonse.
    IS 19 got a few .Check out Lyngsat.com ,go to asia pacific and check out what is available.
    Hope this helps. Where in Sydney are you?

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    Chinasat 6b is the most popular.

    There's still a lot of MPEG2 channels on it.

    Any MPEG4 box will be suitable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gulliver View Post
    Hi Darren. Chinasat 6b is your best bet.Plenty of chinese channels there, but all in mandarin.No Cantonse.
    IS 19 got a few .Check out Lyngsat.com ,go to asia pacific and check out what is available.
    Hope this helps. Where in Sydney are you?
    Thanks Gulliver. Am in Hornsby. Also, I do get asked from time to time from customers of various ethnic backgrounds what free channels they may get of their chosen language, (KU or C band). Is there a brief 'go to ' list that exists or gets updated without trawling through Lyngsat to associated a given language with a particular satellite?, then.... free channels versus paid? (I am probably asked a bit....). Cheers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mtv View Post
    Chinasat 6b is the most popular.

    There's still a lot of MPEG2 channels on it.

    Any MPEG4 box will be suitable.
    On ya MTV. cheers.

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    Most common ones are chinese,no cantonese,Arabic,greek and italian and Croatian( Yugoslav ) of course .
    I used to do a lot of installs in the good old days,lol.

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    For Chinese FTA channels there're 4 C band satellites
    , C13H and C7H Independent Phoenix and private broadcasters MPEG4 HD receiver needed
    , C3V Macau max MPEG4 receiver needed
    , Chinese government state own broadcasters from each province. Some channels require AVS+ HD receives
    , State own broadcasters from each province. Require AVS+ HD receives.
    Non FTA HD channels can be accessed if you can get a c line from china.

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