Sky/Freesat/Freeview ?

AdeM_2

Hi All,
I have a full HD sony tv with builtin freeview but would like to be able to watch channels in HD, because I live in the sticks Freeview HD is not going to be available until 2012 so my options are Sky, Virgin Media or maybe Freesat as the previous owners of my house left the Sky dish behind, question is would buying a Freesat box be my best and cheapest option in the longrun and if so which HDR is recommended. ?

Cheers

Rusty!

FreeSat will be the cheapest since there is no subscription.

Not a huge amount of content yet though.

Don't know anything about the receivers in all honesty, but my parents have a Humax FoxSat which seems to do a good job.

yeoldecrier

Absolutely agree with humax foxsat box, just beed reduced in argos to £250.
There are some channels on freeview not on freesat like virgin but there are film4 plus 1 and other plau 1's not on freeview that are on freeSky, they may also be on freesat.

If you have the dish left in place and the LND has four connections then you can have a freesat box and a freesky box if you have a skycard.

I bet it won't be long before subscriptions become the norm and the likes of the bbc will up the licence fee.

Still, we know its ripoff britain but we still love it.

James
Glasto

will-in-estoril

yeoldecrier wrote: »

I bet it won't be long before subscriptions become the norm and the likes of the bbc will up the licence fee.

Not so. Freesat is a joint BBC/ITV entreprise, which is all about free to air digital satellite, completely the opposite to $ky, which is in the pay TV market.

Parliament sets the licence fee increase: it usually increases by a small percentage each year. A licence fee, essentially a flat rate tax, should not be confused with subscription TV.

yoy

Hi,

Just wonedered, can Sky customer on basic free package get all the channels available on Freesat

On Freesat website it says get over 140 channels. So are Sky customers getting all these 140 channels free.
Refer : freesat.co.uk


Thanks

yoy

zzzLazyDaisy

I'd be interested in this. Am on Sky subscription at the moment but am thinking of going to free sat (or free sky)

Also at the moment I have sky plus. I understand the recording feature doesn't work with free sky, but is it possible to buy a free sat box with the recording feature (I'd particularly like series link if possible)

Thanks

will-in-estoril

yoy wrote: »

Hi,

Just wondered, can Sky customer on basic free package get all the channels available on Freesat?

Yes, they can.

macman

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

I'd be interested in this. Am on Sky subscription at the moment but am thinking of going to free sat (or free sky)

Also at the moment I have sky plus. I understand the recording feature doesn't work with free sky, but is it possible to buy a free sat box with the recording feature (I'd particularly like series link if possible)

Thanks

Humax Foxsat HDR will do all that and give you the free HD channels too. Just a straight swap for your existing Sky box, as long as you have a twin feed from the LNB then no recabling is required.

zzzLazyDaisy

Thanks.

Sorry to be a numpty but how will I know if I have a twin line feed? At the moment I have a sky dish and receive pay for sky.

EDIT - I use a sky+ box, so I think that means I have twin line feed?

Also can I use this box on free sky, or will I need to change to free sat (or in fact is there no difference?? )

Sorry - as you will have gathered, I haven't a clue!

Thanks again

Daisy

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Sorry to be a numpty but how will I know if I have a twin line feed? At the moment I have a sky dish and receive pay for sky.

EDIT - I use a sky+ box, so I think that means I have twin line feed?

Also can I use this box on free sky, or will I need to change to free sat (or in fact is there no difference?? )

If you've got a Sky+ box, you should have a twin feed. Just have a look on the back of the box.

Sky and Freesat use the same dish. You won't need to change anything except the box (if you wish to do so).

macman

If you already have Sky + then you will already have a twin feed-just look at the output from your dish, it will have two or even 4 outputs from the LNB.
You can't get Freesat from Sky on a Freesat box, or vice versa, they are different platforms. Howver, the channel line ups are very similar.