No freeview coverage

twinklyspecialkag

Not sure if this is the right place!! here goes anyway!!

Im not in the freeview coverage area....is there any other way i can view sky/freeview channels without paying directly to sky?? cant afford it!!

Thanks in advance!!

DatabaseError

buy a 2nd hand sat dish and box, fit it yourself

isofa

FreeSat: http://www.freesat.co.uk/home.php although I don't think it's launched yet, as there are discussions with Channel 4 channels...

twinklyspecialkag

tonyhague wrote: »

buy a 2nd hand sat dish and box, fit it yourself

So then id be able to view the free channels? like 5 etc.
thanks

OK_Sauce

Can you definately not get Freeview? Officially I'm not supposed to get any digital channels at all, according to the online Postcode search facility, but I can get pretty much everything. Do any of your immediate neighbours receive Freeview? It is worth asking.

DatabaseError

yes! try getting a box with a blue card, else you'd need to buy a card from sky for £20, gets about 200 channels of rubbish, inc 1,2,3,4+5, itv2 bbc3 etc..

OK_Sauce

twinklyspecialkag wrote: »

So then id be able to view the free channels? like 5 etc.
thanks

You can get all the basic channels with a sat dish and a few more

www.digitalspy.co.uk/satellite/freesatepg/

A couple of exceptions are E4 and Film 4 (this is for contractual reasons and may change).

dounome

Im not supposed to get freeview either but have had it for a few years now, just get a cheap freeview box and try it, you may need a new aerial but maybe not.

Inactive

The only channels that you will get from having a Sky Card are Channel 4, 5's and Sky 3.

The rest of the mainly rubbish are free to air, other than those that require a subscription.

twinklyspecialkag

nope, definately cant get freeview. We bought a box but it only registers channels 1-4. Its a rented house & has a sky dish so probally worth trying to get a sky box to see if that works. Thanks!! im rubbish with this kind of thing!!