Freeview reception?

djohn2002uk

I can't really believe people are still wanting to get Freeview or Freesat at the moment unless you have no decent terrestrial signal.
BBC and ITV are colaborating and setting up their own satellite system suposedly early in the new year, so if it were me I would wait before shelling out money on either of these.

PS Gizmo, I don't think you get the same channels on Freesat as you do on Freeview. I'm pretty sure E4 is one you don't get on Freesat.

gizmoleeds

djohn2002uk wrote:

I can't really believe people are still wanting to get Freeview or Freesat at the moment unless you have no decent terrestrial signal.
BBC and ITV are colaborating and setting up their own satellite system suposedly early in the new year, so if it were me I would wait before shelling out money on either of these.

The Maplin box should work with this service anyway (although the dish might need realigning if they decide to use a different satellite). Anyway, it will take time for them to do this, and the OP already has Sky installed and so he can switch to Freesat for nothing (or perhaps £20).

djohn2002uk wrote:

PS Gizmo, I don't think you get the same channels on Freesat as you do on Freeview. I'm pretty sure E4 is one you don't get on Freesat.

I did put "except E4" - perhaps it was an edit and you missed it.

wonderfullife_2

Hi
You don't need to buy anything else, just cancel sky, just leave your card in your skybox, and with this you will get the freeview channels, like cbeebies

Hope this helps

djohn2002uk

:doh:Sorry Gizmo, trying to read too fast.

pauliepie

Cheers for your advice guys....

So basically I can cancel my sky subscription(14 months) and keep my reciever, dish and card. So the card will receive c-beebies......
Don`t sky cancel ALL the channels then....

If thats the case you have saved me money.....

BIG THANKS TO U ALL.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

wonderfullife_2

pauliepie wrote:

Cheers for your advice guys....

So basically I can cancel my sky subscription(14 months) and keep my reciever, dish and card. So the card will receive c-beebies......
Don`t sky cancel ALL the channels then....

If thats the case you have saved me money.....

BIG THANKS TO U ALL.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Spot On, and enjoy cbeebies and no sky don't cancel all the channels, the rest of the channels are freeview, you pay nothing for them.

gizmoleeds

pauliepie wrote:

Don`t sky cancel ALL the channels then....

No. Some of the channels are "free to air" - this means anyone with a satellite pointed at the satellite can receive them.

Some are "free to view" - these are broadcast with "encryption" and require a card (I believe your sky card will do this, although you may need to buy a £20 one as some others have said).

There is a list of free to air and free to view channels here:

http://www.wickonline.com/fta.htm

save-a-lot

Happy New Year to all in this thread :snow_grin

gizmoleeds

gizmoleeds wrote:

http://www.wickonline.com/fta.htm

And it actually looks like it is only Sky Three and Channels Four and Five which are still FTV. :j

Hunnymonster

gizmoleeds wrote:

And it actually looks like it is only Sky Three and Channels Four and Five which are still FTV. :j

Exactly right - if you pull out the card, you can see what you receive with a FreeSat card or a cancelled subscription card (you need to mentally add Channel 4, five & Sky 3 to the list).