Leave Sky and go to Freesat - Any good?

teddysmum

Humax boxes are cheaper without Youview, so you can get a real bargain with one which just records without catch up.

Rev

Wondering this myself. It seems the cheapest humax freesat with record function is close to £200. That seems a lot.

almillar

Rev, we're talking about Freeview, and YouView - these boxes connect to an aerial.
You mentioned Freesat (and freetime), which connects to a satellite dish - the very same dish and direction as Sky.
Here's one with freetime (Youview for freesat basically - integrated on-demand) for £160.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/HDR-1000S-Freesat-500GB-Satellite-Channels-Black/dp/B009T36CYW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1431085723&sr=8-3&keywords=freesat
If that's too much or you're not that bothered, find a Humax Foxsat HDR. I've had one for years and it's excellent, must be nice and cheap by now.

Heinz

Rev wrote: »

Wondering this myself. It seems the cheapest humax freesat with record function is close to £200. That seems a lot.

I bought one (£320GB) secondhand on Ebay a couple of weeks ago for £33.24 - perfect.

Hoof_Hearted

Daughter has moved into a flat with no coaxial TV socket. There is a Sky dish as the previous occupant had Sky and the Sky cable is in the flat.

She doesn't want Sky but is it possible to get normal TV through a Sky dish using Freesat or something else? I have never had Sky so I'm not sure how it all works.

jem16

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

Daughter has moved into a flat with no coaxial TV socket. There is a Sky dish as the previous occupant had Sky and the Sky cable is in the flat.

She doesn't want Sky but is it possible to get normal TV through a Sky dish using Freesat or something else? I have never had Sky so I'm not sure how it all works.

She'll be able to get Freesat if she gets a Freesat box. Best place is from Humax Direct.

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/freesat.html

Is there one or two cables currently in the flat?

Hoof_Hearted

it has 2 cables coming into the flat.

jem16

She'll be able to use a recordable box then.

She could try one of the Manager's Specials - very good buy.

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/managerspecials/freesat.html

ariba10

There are two cable inlets on a Humax Box, one for the Chanel you are watching and the other for a Chanel you may wish to record at the same time.

macman

She can either get Freesat from Sky (using an old Sky box), or Freesat (using a Freesat box): everything else is the same. However without a Sky sub the PVR functions won't work on a Sky+ box.