Why Sky Or Freesat when you can have 23 satellites for £180 one off

scotsbob · 14 April 2009 at 11:34PM

Many postings on this board give the impression that the choice is between Sky or Freesat broadcasting from the Astra satellite.

I started off with a motorised dish and a receiver which cost me £180. I can receive 23 satellites from Spain to Turkey and have 7,500 channels. (I have just upgraded to a receiver which gives me HD and PVR)

There are no subscriptions to pay and I have HD channels and the PVR works like Sky+

It seems to me that paying Sky for access to just one satellite or paying Freesat for a box which accesses only one satelllite is a no brainer.

Tesla · 14 April 2009 at 11:42PM

The majority of content that the majority of people want is broadcast from the Astra 2 cluster of satellites which is why the majority of people tend to have a fixed dish aligned to this position.

scotsbob · 15 April 2009 at 12:27AM

I am not exactly clear what majorities you are referring to or speaking on behalf of, however my system does enable me to view the Astra satellite. You do realise that most of the programmes it transmits can be viewed without subscription, and perfectly legally, on other satellites.

mattjones186 · 15 April 2009 at 9:56AM

Hey bob, Where to i get the equipment i need to get a system like yours.

Thanks

hamblettamaud · 15 April 2009 at 10:33AM

thanks for the info, but there's choice and there's choice. 7,500 channels seems like too much choice to me, but that's my just IMHO :-)

System · 15 April 2009 at 11:09AM

I have a 1m dish and receive from 45w to 42e and can safely say in recent months there is nothing but c*ap on the majority. 90% are foreign so unless you speak another language they won't be of much use. Infact in recent times all I seem to watch are the news channels MSNBC, BBC World etc. I do like NBC but because of the time difference prime time isn't until 1am here so am stuck with bloody "Days of our lives" and that type of soap trash

ninky_2 · 15 April 2009 at 11:21AM

scotsbob wrote: »

I can receive 23 satellites from Spain to Turkey and have 7,500 channels. QUOTE]

i don't want to watch turkish or spanish telly. for a start i can't understand what they are saying and secondly it's sh*t. less is more in some cases.

System · 15 April 2009 at 11:26AM

ninky wrote: »

scotsbob wrote: »

I can receive 23 satellites from Spain to Turkey and have 7,500 channels. QUOTE]

i don't want to watch turkish or spanish telly. for a start i can't understand what they are saying and secondly it's sh*t. less is more in some cases.

There was a time when shall we say receivers could be modified and open packages that also carried English sound tracks, So you could watch Saturday 3pm kick offs with English commentary, or the latest block buster before it reached Sky Movies again with English audio, this can't be done anymore.

almillar · 15 April 2009 at 2:06PM

Scotsbob - which of these 7,500 channels are worth watching though? You do realise that Freesat is subscription free? Is there a nice friendly TV guide that you can browse through?....

System · 15 April 2009 at 2:09PM

almillar wrote: »

Scotsbob - which of these 7,500 channels are worth watching though? You do realise that Freesat is subscription free? Is there a nice friendly TV guide that you can browse through?....

Ha:D Your having a laugh? If your lucky some stations give you now and next, Most don't even give you that.

Stan1x · 15 April 2009 at 2:30PM

I get all the film channels and football channels in English with my sat. box for free and all the guides are on the internet and if you log into one of the sites available on the web you will get all the info. how to do this.

Why Sky Or Freesat when you can have 23 satellites for £180 one off

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