Leave Sky and go to Freesat - Any good?

karlos_the_jackal

I didn't know they were paired. Looks like I'm going to have to lay some cat6 around the house and run HDMI over ethernet. I briefly looked into an AV sender but everyone seems to agree that they rarely work well.

Carrot007

the pairing is oll done online these days.

however sky might bock it if you do it a lot.

brewerdave

Rather than pairing every time ,might be easier to just move the box with the card in ?

Futuristic

What channels exactly? What about the freesat card you can get on eBay for fiver?

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brewerdave wrote: »

Rather than pairing every time ,might be easier to just move the box with the card in ?

Certainly that won't cause any problems with Sky, however I don't think constantly re-booting the decoder in that manner would aid it's longevity.

I think the cheapest option is to just use the old viewing card in the Sky box as a means of watching the Free-To-Air channels. It won't be multi-room exactly, but the number of free channels available is significant.

karlos_the_jackal

Futuristic wrote: »

What channels exactly? What about the freesat card you can get on eBay for fiver?

To be clear, SWMBO would like access to all the channels we pay a subscription to (movies etc) in all of the rooms but I'm not prepared to pay £12 per room per month for the privilege.

If I had my way we'd have freeview or freesat everywhere and be done with it but that's not going to happen!

VisionMan

Then tell SWMBO she can have Sky on one TV, and one TV only, unless she wants to cough up the £12 a month.

I know thats hard but it has to be done.

devizes18193

what about now tv as the 2nd box it would be cheaper .

almillar

Moving the Sky box itself isn't much of a problem for the box itself I wouldn't imagine, and it's cheap to replace if it does break, but those satellite cables are really awkward to connect and disconnect.
How about the multiroom on the cheap system that I use, with a Magic Eye?
You connect the RF2 output of the Sky box to the Aerial in on the TV you want to watch on, and you tune that TV on its analogue tuner. Adding Magic Eye allows you to control the Sky box from that TV. Obviously you're watching an analogue signal, and no-one else can use the box, but it's dead on for the kitchen or bedroom.

The_Groat_Counter

karlos_the_jackal wrote: »

To be clear, SWMBO would like access to all the channels we pay a subscription to (movies etc) in all of the rooms but I'm not prepared to pay £12 per room per month for the privilege.

devizes18193 wrote: »

what about now tv as the 2nd box it would be cheaper .

Yep, this. The NOW TV Entertainment pass is £6.99 a month:
www.nowtv.com/tv-passes

Amazon is currently offering a NOW TV box plus 3 months Entertainment Pass for £14.99, or a 6 months Entertainment Pass for £25.85:
www.amazon.co.uk/NOW-TV-Month-Entertainment-Pass/dp/B013SGATVC/

It needs a half decent broadband connection.

A NOW TV box is also very portable and easily moved.