Options when there's no freeview signal

molerat

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 Does Prime give live TV though? 

A Firestick with no subscription will give you live access to all BBC channels, 6 ITV channels, 5 Ch4 channels, 5 Ch5 channels, several Discovery channels - Quest, Really, D Max and more, plus loads of catch up channels and box sets. The only downside is no recording,

wild666

My daughter moved into a property a month or so ago and it had no aerial so she dumped the licence fee. The landlord said they would install one for £300 but as she wants out of the property already she said no, it's a new build by a housing association, she is happy with Netflix and YouTube.

lammy82

Deleted_User said:

OK sky want £175 for a freesat box
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/tv-providers-and-services/article/free-tv/what-is-freesat-from-sky-amza75r9TetZ

That's Freesat from Sky, not Freesat. Sky no longer offer it. You can get a local installer to install a dish and buy a Freesat box (Humax are a good brand), but it probably won't come out much cheaper than that to get set up. You might be able to get the Freesat box second-hand. Also, if the TV has got Freesat built in, with a record facility via external USB hard drive, then that might save you some pennies, as you won't need an external Freesat box. 

lammy82

NB. If she can live without recording (making use of the smart TV's catch-up options via iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, etc) then you just need the dish and the Freesat-enabled TV OR an old Sky HD box you can get for a tenner off eBay (without viewing card) which will give access to all the 'free' channels.

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lammy82 said:

Deleted_User said:

OK sky want £175 for a freesat box
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/tv-providers-and-services/article/free-tv/what-is-freesat-from-sky-amza75r9TetZ

That's Freesat from Sky, not Freesat. Sky no longer offer it. You can get a local installer to install a dish and buy a Freesat box (Humax are a good brand), but it probably won't come out much cheaper than that to get set up. You might be able to get the Freesat box second-hand. Also, if the TV has got Freesat built in, with a record facility via external USB hard drive, then that might save you some pennies, as you won't need an external Freesat box. 

That was dated Oct 2020 - are you telling me that they have stopped this service in the last 6 months? 

matelodave

You dont need to use or pay SKY to receive satelitteTV. You just need a reasonably clear view of the sky towards the south to be able to receive satellite TV. A dish and a satellite receiver

A local areail installer can install a satellite dish (you could get one from an on-line seller and install it yourself if you were so inclined) and get yourself a satellite receiver - recordable if neccessary. Just look up Freesat - https://www.freesat.co.uk/?ds_rl=1288938&ds_rl=1288938&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4v2EBhCtARIsACan3ny7e4IyiLI2aAGRPBdrg4gan3dJoTkjeJ27GQT038v8QfXWpKtgVcoaAmZLEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

The alternative, as others have said, is streaming using the internet. All normal channels plus lots of other services are available, some for free and others at a cost. It's not an unsurmountable problem

Timalay

Argos sell a Freesat box for £49 here.

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What would you expect to pay for a dish fitted ?

Neil_Jones

Deleted_User said:

lammy82 said:

Deleted_User said:

OK sky want £175 for a freesat box
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/tv-providers-and-services/article/free-tv/what-is-freesat-from-sky-amza75r9TetZ

That's Freesat from Sky, not Freesat. Sky no longer offer it. You can get a local installer to install a dish and buy a Freesat box (Humax are a good brand), but it probably won't come out much cheaper than that to get set up. You might be able to get the Freesat box second-hand. Also, if the TV has got Freesat built in, with a record facility via external USB hard drive, then that might save you some pennies, as you won't need an external Freesat box. 

That was dated Oct 2020 - are you telling me that they have stopped this service in the last 6 months? 

Sky haven't done Freesat from Sky for years (to buy anyway), it only exists in the form of its what the Sky boxes do when you stop your subscription, they become chunky free to air receivers without any Sky+ functionality.  You get few more channels than you would through regular Freesat but hardly worth the effort really.

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Neil_Jones said:

Deleted_User said:

lammy82 said:

Deleted_User said:

OK sky want £175 for a freesat box
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/tv-providers-and-services/article/free-tv/what-is-freesat-from-sky-amza75r9TetZ

That's Freesat from Sky, not Freesat. Sky no longer offer it. You can get a local installer to install a dish and buy a Freesat box (Humax are a good brand), but it probably won't come out much cheaper than that to get set up. You might be able to get the Freesat box second-hand. Also, if the TV has got Freesat built in, with a record facility via external USB hard drive, then that might save you some pennies, as you won't need an external Freesat box. 

That was dated Oct 2020 - are you telling me that they have stopped this service in the last 6 months? 

Sky haven't done Freesat from Sky for years (to buy anyway), it only exists in the form of its what the Sky boxes do when you stop your subscription, they become chunky free to air receivers without any Sky+ functionality.  You get few more channels than you would through regular Freesat but hardly worth the effort really.

You can pay £10 per month to retain the facilities of Sky + (recording and menu)

I was only going by https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/tv-providers-and-services/article/free-tv/what-is-freesat-from-sky-amza75r9TetZ dated October 2020 which implies that Sky do offer FREESAT ?