ᐅ Is a Satellite System Still Necessary for New Builds, or Is IPTV Sufficient?
Created on: 27 Feb 2019 14:48
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commanderchen
Hello everyone,
Please forgive me if I haven’t searched through hundreds of pages. My basic question is whether you still consider a satellite dish necessary or if you would just skip it altogether. About our profile: When we watch TV, it’s exclusively public broadcasting channels and no private channels. However, mostly we watch on-demand content like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and so on. In this context, we’re really starting to doubt whether we can save ourselves the 850 EUR gross. What do you think? Should we just stream the public broadcasting channels via Apple TV, or is it still better to have a satellite dish installed?
Thanks & good luck, Commanderchen
Please forgive me if I haven’t searched through hundreds of pages. My basic question is whether you still consider a satellite dish necessary or if you would just skip it altogether. About our profile: When we watch TV, it’s exclusively public broadcasting channels and no private channels. However, mostly we watch on-demand content like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and so on. In this context, we’re really starting to doubt whether we can save ourselves the 850 EUR gross. What do you think? Should we just stream the public broadcasting channels via Apple TV, or is it still better to have a satellite dish installed?
Thanks & good luck, Commanderchen
As long as Telekom and 1und1 engage in peering and throttle other smaller providers, this is not a viable alternative.
What also worries me is what the provider will do if someone watches a VOD film daily, and on top of that, there are two children also using the network, putting a heavy load on it. Easily, 500GB to 1000GB (0.5TB to 1TB) can accumulate, and then they come up with the stupid idea of throttling contracts again.
What also worries me is what the provider will do if someone watches a VOD film daily, and on top of that, there are two children also using the network, putting a heavy load on it. Easily, 500GB to 1000GB (0.5TB to 1TB) can accumulate, and then they come up with the stupid idea of throttling contracts again.
tomtom79 schrieb:
As long as Telekom and 1und1 operate peering and throttle other smaller providers, this is not really an alternative.
What also worries me is what the provider will do if someone watches a VOD movie every day and has two children who also use the network. Easily 500GB-1000GB (0.5TB-1TB) of data will accumulate, and then they come up with the silly idea to throttle contracts again.Don’t worry, no one will throttle you because of VOD!
Regarding the topic: We are building this year and I won’t install satellite TV. Having LAN everywhere is sufficient. TV will be watched via Apple TV 4 and Zattoo. I wouldn’t want to switch HDMI sources anyway. Everything runs on one interface: TV, YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, news channels, etc.
Linear TV has lost importance anyway, and this will only increase in the next 10 years. In 15 years, no one will use satellite TV anymore (internet generation).
If in 5 years a retired couple moves into my house, there is Sat>IP. Selfsat dish on the garage, connected to LAN, and TV everywhere in the house.
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commanderchen4 Mar 2019 18:01Quick update: We are currently 99% leaning towards not installing a satellite system. The final decision will be made in the next few days, and I will share the outcome then.
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Caspar20204 Mar 2019 19:10In penalty shootouts, satellite (SAT) is very convenient, especially compared to streamed IPTV.
If you only did video on demand (VOD), then you could also just use IP.
But for live broadcasts, satellite is still significantly more stable.
If you only did video on demand (VOD), then you could also just use IP.
But for live broadcasts, satellite is still significantly more stable.
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