These are far the most popular satelites in europe . There are many Analoque tuners for these satellites and all are of a good quality and a low price (for a base tuner, means a tuner with no decoder inside)But these tuners are also able to recieve most of the other European satellites , even some have a 22KHz switch signal , able to use a multifeed with a 22KHz LNB switch (means two LNB's on one antenna exit, for example Astra and Hotbird/Eutelsat IIF1) , or to use a quattroband LNB which means you can also watch satellites who transmit in the 12 GHz band (namely the Telecoms and DBS satelites who do not transmit in D2MAC) for Telecom satellites is a J17 deemphesise required but most of the reciever have that option.. If you want to see more satellites you can put a satwalker or a HtoH motor or a actuator on your dish that your dish can turn to another satellite automatically.

Due to the digital revolution , these analoque tuners will get even cheaper!

Prizes go from 89 British Pounds , 150 DFL, 450 FRF , 3000 BFR, 130 DM, but don't pin me on these prizes they can change . And prizes are Dish , mount and LNB mostly ASTRA ( but universal LNB's do not cost much 38 British Pounds, 100 DFL, 300FRF, 2000BFR, 90 DM) Universal is almost the same as quatroband

Note: Some channels are encrypted , for example the Sky network , for these networks are hacker cards available ,but there is no guarantee that these cards will work longer than a week(and these hackercards are very expensive) , because Sky is on the lookout for viewers who do not pay the fees or for viewers outside the UK and Ireland. If you have one of these hackercards for the Sky network and if it still works ,don't keep it inside your decoder when you put your tuner on standby (Rumours go out that on some marques, Sky is able to block your card even when your tuner is standby and not tuned to a Sky network channel!)

Thanks to: FSW, Satelite Times, Le Figaro