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31.07.05, 21:21
One of the major improvements in life for non-Poles living in Poland,
especially the major cities, which wasn't that accessible when I first came
here, is the amount of foreihn language TV that is available.
In Warsaw, for instance, cable operators like Aster and UPC run usually three
or four English language programmes on the basic package, and there is a
handful of German, French and Russian channels.
Ervin, you might be interested in the basic plus package with Aster City, as
it has Viasat History with a Hungarian language option. Europa Europa also
has numerous Hungarian films, and in the basic plus package you can opt for
the original soundtrack as it coumes through with all the digital bells and
whistles. The HBO and Canal plus packages also enable you to choose with or
without Polish titles, and of course, in case any one has not noticed yet,
most films in the cinema are in the original with subtitles.
On top of that there is satellite TV - and having one's own dish and decoder
means you get a bigger choice than off the cable. Why? because unfortunately
there is a law, and it's apparently not in contravention of EU law, although
it should be in my opinion, that says cable providers can only carry channels
that have paid the certification fee to KRRiTV, which is the National Board
of Radio and Television.
Even Russia is not that restrictive.
I used to use my own dishes - I had two dishes at my own place and one of
them was big enough to lock into 2 transponders on two separate satellites,
so I had a very good choice, but in the new place dishes are like "persona
non grata" so to make up the slack we subscrined to HBO1 and HBO2. Now I have
a month's canal plus for free to try it out from Aster, and I notice that my
family seem to choose the C+ option most frequently, so I might add it in.
So I thought I'd ask - who out of the Non-Poles here uses satellite with
their own dish, who uses cable, and who just makes do with the FTA channels
or doesn't watch the thing at all?