wanting to cancel virgin & go for freesat

blushingbride_3

Hi everyone

I'd like to cancel virgin as i'm fed up of paying loads & hardly watching anything, plus most of the time i watch catch up.

Now i had a sky dish fitted (from freecycle) so can i just connect a freesat HD box to this?

I also have the offer of a freeview recorder from my parents as they have two.

Can this be linked to the freesat HD?

I guess it wont record in HD but the price of a freesat+ HD is quite a lot.

I've got a budget of about £150

scotsbob

Freeview and Freesat are different.

You will have Freesat through the satellite dish and Freeview will come through a normal TV aerial to your Freeview recorder.

Both can be connected to your TV but you will only be able to record programmes from Freeview.

In practice most channels you watch on a regular basis will be on both Freeview and Freesat.

blushingbride_3

So I can't connect the recorder to the a freesat box?

scotsbob

I am afraid not, it won't be able to decode the signal.

blushingbride_3

ok so i def need a freesat+ if i want to record.

Do i need to alter my sky dish? its quite old & i think only has a single LMP

Kurtis_Blue

Dish will stay just swap the LNB, dont bother with a twin just put a quad up for future use.

blushingbride_3

Ok are these simple to fit? i.e could I do it myself?
Is eBay the best place to buy?

KillerWatt

blushingbride wrote: »

Ok are these simple to fit? i.e could I do it myself?

There is no harm in the "hit & miss" approach to lining up the LNB, but a Sat Finder makes it a lot easier.

blushingbride wrote: »

Is eBay the best place to buy?

If you like paying more than retail (for sometimes secondhand) goods on a very high percentage of occasions, then fleabay is fine.

Kurtis_Blue

You will not need to line up the LNB, just swap them, easy as long as the dish is not tooo old otherwise you will need an adapter.
Here is a good explanation of types.
http://www.uk-satellite-tv.co.uk/digiboxshop_59489/prod_592899-0134-Quad-Output-LNB-for-standard-UK-Sky-minidish.html

eBay is fine for LNBs same as usual check feedback and price including P&P.