DIY Freesat Kit for £60

dc

Cannot find it online but, B&Q have a full Kit for £59.98 instore. ( was £99)

Includes Digital Satellite receiver ( no card slot) and remote,
60cm dish and LNB, and fixings
Cable and connectors,
Satellite finder .

Remember you can get 10% off on Wednesdays by sending your Granny

PS please note it will not yet receive the channel 4 and 5 progammes that are currently locked agaist their wishes into the Sky free package

welshblob

dc wrote: »

Cannot find it online but, B&Q have a full Kit for £59.98 instore. ( was £99)

Includes Digital Satellite receiver ( no card slot) and remote,
60cm dish and LNB, and fixings
Cable and connectors,
Satellite finder .

Remember you can get 10% off on Wednesdays by sending your Granny

If it hasn't got a card slot then it can't be freesat from sky and I didn't think proper freesat had launched yet. So what sort of freesat is this?

Rob

foxyloxy

it'll be free-to-view stations so if you point the dish at astra 28.2 you will get bbc1/bbc2/itv and a whole bunch of other channels but no channel 4 / five as these require a freesat card from sky (and a receiver which can take the sky card - which the receiver from b&q will not)

http://www.freesatfromsky.com/

http://www.freesat.co.uk/home.php

welshblob

foxyloxy wrote: »

it'll be free-to-view stations so if you point the dish at astra 28.2 you will get bbc1/bbc2/itv and a whole bunch of other channels but no channel 4 / five as these require a freesat card from sky (and a receiver which can take the sky card)

Ok then the original post should be changed to remove the "Freesat" name and adding those links to your post will just confuse further as this is NOT freesat be it from sky or otherwise.

Rob

dc

Sky does not own the name Freesat, it nicked it, just like it nicks programmes that were previously FREE to watch in the UK like The Simpsons, 24 , Lost etc.

Sky's version of "Freesat" is hardly FREE, because if you are not downgrading from a Sky contract, which you probably paid a fortune for, nor own a Sky box, then you have to BUY a Sky card to watch it on a second hand SKY box.

This is not a Sky box so no card is needed to watch fta channels.

Freesat is a colloquial name for free to air broadcasts in general. It will receive the new BBC FREESAT when it is launched and as the channels that are locked into the Sky bundle like 4 and 5 will leave Sky and not need a card to be viewed.. Take it up with B&Q who call the offer Freesat

Jefft_2

The BBC owns the name Freesat.

Freesat is NOT a colloquial name for free to air broadcasts in general. That is F.T.A.

MoneySavingNovice

Jefft wrote: »

The BBC owns the name Freesat.

Freesat is NOT a colloquial name for free to air broadcasts in general. That is F.T.A.

Sorry not true.

According to the Patent Office the Freesat name (and also brand image) is owned by Freesat (UK) Limited.

According to the record it was ' Assignment to: Freesat (UK) Limited from The British Broadcasting Corporation - Date Actioned: 5 December 2007

See Link HERE for proof

Freesat (UK) Limited is a JV between ITV and the BBC according to their website.

See Link HERE for this information

Hope this clarify's this point!

ioscorpio

When will Freesat be available, it says on their website Spring?

thepearce

You can get freesatfromsky for £60 from John Lewis using a code (usually £75).

You'll get 4 months of some mixes or other for free and then pay unless you cancel. It includes installation but unfortunately you have to be a new customer and connect it to a phone line for 12 months too.

thepearce

ioscorpio wrote: »

When will Freesat be available, it says on their website Spring?

May 31st is the target IIRC

ioscorpio

But Sky freesat does not have E4 does it?