Freesat

ells888

Hi, im sure i will have put this in the wrong section, so apologies in advance! Was just wondering If i have had sky in the past and still have the dish, could i just buy a freesat box and connect it to the old dish, or do i need to have a new one installed. Any advise grateful, thanks x

brownbake

To the best of my knowledge - Yes

savemoney

Yea I think you can use your old dish as long as it was the new type digital ones not the larger older type that was installed 10 years ago

Inactive

Agreed, same dish set up as Sky..

yorkie98

Same here, as long as the dish is still in working order, it will work 100% with a freesat box. The retailer may however try to tell you otherwise and insist that you need instalation but just stick to your guns and you should be able to get the box on it's own.

ells888

Thats great, thanks everyone for your reply, im off to currys now to get one x

savemoney

Just be careful because Currys and Dixons have been known to flog dishes when they aren't needed

Go for Humax best piece of kit also

wildmandy

Be very careful what you ask for. You need a Sky DIGIBOX. If you go into Curry's they may well try and sell you a freeview box which is not the same.
I'd look on the (crappy) auction site - you can pick up a near new box for 30 quid delivered, remote included. And you'll save another tenner if you find a local seller and you collect.

Mandy

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wildmandy wrote: »

Be very careful what you ask for. You need a Sky DIGIBOX. If you go into Curry's they may well try and sell you a freeview box which is not the same.
I'd look on the (crappy) auction site - you can pick up a near new box for 30 quid delivered, remote included. And you'll save another tenner if you find a local seller and you collect.

Mandy

The OP specifically was looking for a " Freesat " receiver, not a Sky DIGIBOX, they are entirely different things. :rolleyes:

wildmandy

My apologies - you are right. I was confusing this with another thread I read.
Anyway, I don't know how much a freesat box costs, but a Sky digibox will get you more channels (C5 for example) than freesat. That's assuming as an ex-Sky subscriber you kept the card.

Mandy

savemoney

Yes but freesat gives you free HD sky doesn't that's a big selling point plus free film channels

CH5 will no doubt come one soon

http://freesat.co.uk/index.php?page=whatson.Main&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=freesat+channels&utm_campaign=freesat