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Freesat or Freeview?

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  • S0litaire
    S0litaire Posts: 3,535 Forumite
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    Grampus8 wrote: »
    Thanks SAHD, I mean if the dish were to go out due to interference etc..

    My disk only goes out under sever conditions (VERY heavy prolonged rain or heavy snow).
    Snow is easy to fix, just give the receiver a quick brush.
    In when it gets into autumn / winter i give it a quick squirt of WD40 and check the cables and tape them up from time to time.

    (My dish is only 7-8 feet off the ground so it's easily reached without ladders ^__^ )
    Laters

    Sol

    "Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"
  • david39 wrote: »
    However, the possibilities of expansion of channels and services from Freesat are far more likely than with Freeview, which is already creaking at the seams with the number of channels it is providing now.

    There is the potential for Freeview to double (ignoring HD) in size if all space freed by switching off analogue TV is used, more if the FreeviewHD standard is used for standard definition, more if the transmitters transmit on the same frequency.

    There is however other possible uses for that part of the radio spectrum.
  • Grampus8
    Grampus8 Posts: 883 Forumite
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    I got Freesat in the end, 3 x Freesat and Sky plus. All works excellently and looks very tidy inside and out. Not bad price either. Thanks for all your input.
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,100 Forumite
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    Grampus8 wrote: »
    I got Freesat in the end, 3 x Freesat and Sky plus. All works excellently and looks very tidy inside and out. Not bad price either. Thanks for all your input.

    With a PVR or not tell us what you bought, please.
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
  • Grampus8
    Grampus8 Posts: 883 Forumite
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    Just got 3 cheapy boxes to make sure it worked. NOW comes the decent PVR purchasing druggie.gif
  • debitcardmayhem
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    Grampus8 wrote: »
    Just got 3 cheapy boxes to make sure it worked. NOW comes the decent PVR purchasing druggie.gif

    I have a Humax-Foxsat-HDR and you can customise it to use Samba/FTP/Telnet/Twonkymedia or MediaTomb/ and more etc , but something better may come over the horizon soon unlike the satellite which is geostationery :beer:

    Do I really mean "and more etc" , heck it's friday, grammar out the windoze :cool:
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
  • Grampus8
    Grampus8 Posts: 883 Forumite
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    Sweeeet, how much?
  • debitcardmayhem
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    edited 29 July 2011 at 8:09PM
    Grampus8 wrote: »
    Sweeeet, how much?

    Dunno I have one, why would I care that I can buy one cheaper than I paid :beer: but £180 for a refurb from humaxdirect (and they are apparently worth looking at not that I know I paid 250 for a new one) .... if my browser flicks on me I will return in a sec with the links for the modded firmware (ps don't worry about bricking it either it is more or less impossible) will return and edit this one

    Edited: Wait a sec

    There you go
    http://www.avforums.com/forums/freesat/1433195-media-file-server-bundle-foxsat-hdr-release-3-a.html

    Dummy's Guide

    http://www.avforums.com/forums/freesat/1442060-media-file-server-bundle-foxsat-hdr-release-3-dummies-guide.html
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
  • Grampus8
    Grampus8 Posts: 883 Forumite
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    Many thanks old pal toppa.gif
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,100 Forumite
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    Grampus8 wrote: »
    Many thanks old pal toppa.gif

    Less of the pal young man :rotfl::rotfl:
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
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