A German HD satellite receiver for watching free to air German television in the UK, with a hard drive included free so it records straight out of the box. It is the straight replacement if you already have a dish on Astra 19.2 East and just need the receiver.
If your old German box has gone dark, this is why
The German public broadcasters have switched off their standard definition satellite transmissions. ARD went HD only in January 2025 and ZDF followed in November 2025. An older SD only receiver will have lost those channels and cannot be updated to get them back. An HD receiver is now the only way to watch them.
Which channels you get, and which you do not
Worth being straight about this before you order, because it is what people are most often surprised by.
You get the German public broadcasters, free and unencrypted, in HD, with no card, no subscription and nothing to renew.
You do not get RTL, Sat.1, ProSieben or VOX in HD. Those sit on HD+, a separate paid German platform, and they are not part of free to air satellite reception. We do not supply HD+ and cannot activate it. If those channels are the reason you are buying, this is not the right system for you, and we would rather tell you now than take the order.
Records out of the box
Most receivers leave you to buy your own drive. This one does not, an SSD is in the package. Plug it in and you can record, pause and rewind live television from the start.
What is in the package
- German HD satellite receiver
- Hard drive included free, SSD
- HDMI lead
- Remote control and power supply
- 12 months warranty
Channels
National, in HD: Das Erste HD, ZDF HD, ZDFinfo HD, ZDFneo HD, arte HD, 3sat HD, phoenix HD, KiKA HD, ARD alpha HD, tagesschau24 HD and ONE HD.
Regional Dritte, in HD: BR Nord and BR Süd, HR, MDR for Sachsen, Sachsen Anhalt and Thüringen, NDR for Hamburg, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Niedersachsen and Schleswig Holstein, RBB for Berlin and Brandenburg, SR, SWR for Baden Württemberg and Rheinland Pfalz, and the WDR regional services.
Also: ServusTV HD from Austria, along with a wide range of free German language radio. More than 150 German language television and radio services in total.
Need the dish as well?
This listing is the receiver on its own. If you are starting from scratch, the complete German TV package adds the dish, bracket, LNB and cable.
Your dish
German television comes from Astra 19.2 East. That is not the same position as UK Freesat or Sky, so an existing UK dish will need realigning or a second LNB rather than a simple swap. It is the same position as French TNTSAT, so if you already receive that, you are pointed the right way. Not sure? Call us on 01622 535870 before you order.
We install too
If you would rather not go up a ladder, our own engineers cover London and Kent. Add the installation service to your order, or call us on 01622 535870 and we will book you in.
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