Freesat box installed, bye bye Rupert Murdoch!

Dave101t

im gald you mentioned the dual cables as i know some sky dishes need a converter, but i have 2 leads so im ok for freesat. cancelled sky last month and tho i still get the basic channels for free, the box isnt even plugged in. i dont miss it at all, dont even need to bother with freesat and ive just watched sky sports 2 for free on the internet for the snooker shootout, isnt the internet amazing!

stupideejay_2

I done that a while ago (sacked off Mr Sky) but as I walked out my door and round the corner one of my neighbours was getting a Sky dish installed-aargh

macman

If your old Sky box isn't plugged in, then whatever you are receiving on your TV is not Freesat from Sky!

spugzbunny

whitegoods_engineer wrote: »

Like I said, look at the post I replied to. The poster said, and I quote,

Originally Posted by spugzbunny

I love sky plus not only because it records, rewinds, slowmo's and series links but also becasue I get 1000s of channels of rubbish to watch.

Well my Humax box does exactly what I responded to via the original quote. It RECORDS, REWINDS, SLOWMOS, SERIES LINKS and gives me 100s of channels of rubbish"

So please tell me where did I say I could get the Sky channels????

I said 1000s.:money:

My point should have been clearer. By 1000s of channels of rubbish I mean I pay for the sky package because I want FX, sky channels, the new and I am expecting to be wonderful Sky Atlantic, Dave, Living. Oh it's all sooooo goood. I don't really go to the cinema and my sky fee is split between 3 people so for me it is a small price to pay for my weekly entertainment.

wrightmills59

I am just about to cancel my sky subscriptions aswell most of the programmes are on freeview / freesat / skysat any way apart fr4om the football which i will watch on skyplayer linked to my dads account and linked to the tv.

But which is best

skyplayer ?
freesat ?

i may go for freesat due to i player and i want to record and also itv plater coming soon althougfht someone on a previous fread is watching it on beta already

Can any one recommend a decent freesat receiver with a good recording memory about £150:):)

macman

Humax Foxsat HDR-but not for £150 I'm afraid.

wrightmills59

I currently have skyhd+ in the front room and linked to the bedroom upstairs with a cable linked from the back of the sky box and using the magic eye to change channels up stairs.

My question is when i change over to freesat can i do the same as sky or do i need one of the wireless sender dlan ?

Or do you only need that device to watch i player upstairs ??

and will i need another remote control ??

macman

To use iPlayer via Freesat you will need to link your Freesat box to your broadband connection via ethernet or Homeplugs.

Sublime_2

I couldn't be without my sky+ box now, although only a recent sky customer. I'm not a tv addict, but its so handy to be able to record programs when I want, and pause, rewind live tv. It keeps my kids distracted for an hour or so too. :j

almillar

£180 refurbished from the Humax Direct store if they still have them.
And Channel 4HD is coming to FreesatHD in April!