Identify UBL's satellite receiver

[aegrotatio]

What kind of satellite receiver is UBL using?
You can see blurry on-screen menus and a blurry shot of the unit.

Pentagon releases videos of Osama bin Laden

I'm still a little puzzled why anyone takes a home video of someone watching television.

 

[rv1pop]

to put a date on when he was still alive. Al Jazera!

 

[dtv_dxer]

Was watching a Hotbird 12111 V SR 27500

 

[eurosport]

UBL? I did notice what looked like some sort of FTA receiver next to Osama's TV in the news clip I saw

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[Mr Tony]

Thats what the OP is asking (I assume)

It was a free to air receiver...probably some nice European one that has features that we'll never see on one here

 

[dtv_dxer]

Perhaps an echolink EL model? made in china, available in Karachi? this one has large green LEDs on the front panal, Interesting he's looking at & reading(?) the OSD in english!

 

[turbosat]

It was probably a Viewsat Ultra, lol, from his middle name.

 

[Mr Tony]

well the Viewsat had sucky everything and assuming he had fixed at one sat it might work for that

 

[eurosport]

It was probably a Viewsat Ultra, lol, from his middle name.

Osama BIN Laden!

 

[djrick74]

Yes dtv_dxer, i think it is a Echolink EL 700 FTA. See the comparison that i posted:

Osama Receiver X Echolink EL 700 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

In the link below Osama is looking for a channel in your favorites channels list:

YouTube - Osama Bin Laden watching himself on Television - Video Released By Pentagon

The channel 001 is the Al Jazeera channel. Others channels in the list: Al Arabya, BBC Arabic, Dubai Tv, Bloomberg, Libya Tv, etc. The channel Al Jazeera was captured from Hotbird satellite.

 

[aegrotatio]

His on-screen channel grid is way better than my Fortec Lifetime Ultra which I always kinda suspected was a clone. I got it with a Winegard 36" off "Overstock.com" of all places.

 

[eurosport]

The receiver is nice....but that TV??? No fancy flatscreen for ol' Osama!

 

[eurosport]

His on-screen channel grid is way better than my Fortec Lifetime Ultra which I always kinda suspected was a clone. I got it with a Winegard 36" off "Overstock.com" of all places.

I had no idea they sold stuff like that.

 

[Mr Tony]

Apparently he has access to freedbs
Oh wait...most stuff there is free to air anyways so maybe thats why freedbs works there