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Freeview box with sky dish connectors?

Hi, I've reciently left sky and am having ti use the skybox as my digital reciever - that's all fine but there are loads of channels i cant get because sky have blocked them for example DAVE and Watch.

Trouble is I don't have an arial on the roof and reception is awful in my area anyway. So I'm looking for a new freeview box that I can plugin the sky connectors too - does one exist?

Thanks

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  • richard9991
    richard9991 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    Masmas wrote: »
    Hi, I've reciently left sky and am having ti use the skybox as my digital reciever - that's all fine but there are loads of channels i cant get because sky have blocked them for example DAVE and Watch.

    Trouble is I don't have an arial on the roof and reception is awful in my area anyway. So I'm looking for a new freeview box that I can plugin the sky connectors too - does one exist?

    Thanks
    no you cant plug a freeview box into sky dish if you have no aeriel the only way to get the channels you name is a subscription to sky
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Sky is a satellite service, Freeview is terrestial. No connection.
    Watch is a subscription channel on both Sky and Virgin. Dave is available on Freeview channel 19, but you'll need an aerial.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    no you cant plug a freeview box into sky dish if you have no aeriel the only way to get the channels you name is a subscription to sky

    Not correct, Dave 1 and 2 can be received on a Freeview Receiver via a suitable aerial.

    Watch is only available via subscription.
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