Virgin tv.. & also freeview list.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Does Virgin ever offer free installation? Telephoned them today to ask about the basic package & they are after £49 just for installation.

Also, does anyone know where I can find a list of freeview channels using sky? I have a sky dish from a long time ago when I subscribed with them. However, haven't looked for any other freeview channels for quite some time. So a list would be a great starting point as opposed to trawling through the 100s of channels.

retiredin2011

You don't get freeview from satellite, you get freesat.

Also Sky channels quality is far better than Virgin.

The channels are broadcast from satellites to earth, with freesat or Sky you get them as they are broadcast, with Virgin you get them re-broadcast down a copper wire so there is some loss of quality in the signal.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/what-you-get/our-channels

http://www.freeview.co.uk/Channels

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Ah right. Didn't realise there was a difference.

Thanks for the links.

macman

Freeview is a terrestial service via an aerial.

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retiredin2011 wrote: »

Also Sky channels quality is far better than Virgin.

Without getting into a debate about that, I doubt anyone would be able to discern any quality difference at all between cable and satellite. There are certainly content differences between the providers, but picture and sound quality is virtually identical.

almillar

the devil made me do it - retiredin2011 is wrong.
You get FreeSat on a FreeSat branded box, and info is available on that link.
If you have a Sky box, with an old subscriber card in it, you get freesatfromsky - there's a list of channels here.
http://www.sky.com/shop/freesat/home/what-can-i-watch/
If you take the card out, you will lose some of the channels. You can't record, even with a Sky+ box.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

almillar wrote: »

the devil made me do it - retiredin2011 is wrong.
You get FreeSat on a FreeSat branded box, and info is available on that link.
If you have a Sky box, with an old subscriber card in it, you get freesatfromsky - there's a list of channels here.
http://www.sky.com/shop/freesat/home/what-can-i-watch/
If you take the card out, you will lose some of the channels. You can't record, even with a Sky+ box.

I am using my old sky box with a relatively new subscriber card. Just don't subscribe to any package.

almillar

OK - the link I provided will show you the free channels on Sky - you're basically using freesatfromsky.