Great Cheapest Freeview Box Hunt

ben500

Nightshot - tell me more...mum and dad used to have cable...I'm sure it could run to a £2 cable if they could then pickup Freeview ;-)...what was the site?

All you need to know here Golly

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http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Wanna;action=display;num=1095716013

I saw this thread and have applied it with great success it does not get you the freeview but crystal reception on all terrestial channels and some selected satelite channels such as:

Sky News
ITN News
Discovery
Sky One {at the moment but this will go and be replaced by another}

No great shakes but if your problem is poor reception this is ideal.

By the way all the connections needed are readily available @ B&Q

golly99

ben500 -thanks for that, I'm going to give it a go!

cheers ;D

Rochdale_Guy

Currently "OFFER OF THE WEEK" at Boots : £39.99

Technosonic Freeview Set-Up Box

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1057247&classificationid=1026347&wblinktype=PL&wblinkdetail=position5  ;D

coolagarry

I appreciate that this does not fit in with the heading but the cheapest is not necessarily the best value.

'Which' Magazine have done Set Top Boxes this month and their 'Best Buy' is the HUMAX F2 FOX T (£70 from Dabs.com )

This gives the 7 day Electronic Programme Guide, which makes watching and recording digital tv much easier.

r.mac_2

Echostar has 2x scarts and 7day EPG (make sure you get the PLUS version for the EPG) but no RF out, and the two SetPals have 1 scart, No EPG thus far, but does have RF out which may be a necessity for some.

Can you explain this a little further please - i'm not very technical? what is RF and EPG? :-[

Thanks
rx

TaBunny

ive been reading in a satelite forum that its easily possible to get all freeview channels through your cable connection. i.e if you have had cable fitted to your house but do not use cable anymore the feed is still there and all you have to do is get the cable end converted to a normal uhf plug that fits in your tv, then its a case of fine tuning your tv to pick the channels up, also ideal if you live in a poor reception area.!! that has to be the cheapest option as it will cost you about £2 for a cable end connection. but unfortunately only for people who have had cable fitted to their house.

Wow I still have my old cable coming through the wall been there 5 years just dormant didn't know what to do with the thing. So whats this plug thingy (I'm not technically minded) would I need a sparks to fit it? Tell more tell more you have me all a fluster lol

TaBunny

All you need to know here Golly

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http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Wanna;action=display;num=1095716013

I saw this thread and have applied it with great success it does not get you the freeview but crystal reception on all terrestial channels and some selected satelite channels such as:

Sky News
ITN News
Discovery
Sky One {at the moment but this will go and be replaced by another}

No great shakes but if your problem is poor reception this is ideal.

By the way all the connections needed are readily available @ B&Q

Ok in my excitement only just noticed Ben's post, cheers think that just about answers how it works etc but where can I get this gadget for end of cable, I have terrible reception here for teletext

scholesy_2

I believe I had found the cheapest Freeview box out there! Just been walked past my local Currys in Loughborough and saw half price freeview box advertised. So I went in to see if they had any instock....and they had loads!!!!

They were £69.99 but now half price at only £34.99!!!

It is a FERGUSON FDT 500

FEATURES:
Remote Control
RF Loop Through
Digital Text
Electronic Programme Guide
Timer Function
1 No of Scarts
Scart cable included
Silver Colour

Hope this helps people, I presume it must be a countrywide offer!!??

Scholsey

advantage_card

Boots have Technosonice *which ive never heard of* for £39.99 for this week only. dont think it is TUTP comatible though.

i got a philips one off boots.com last christmas *except i didnt know about promotional codes at the time! doh! could have got some extra points on it!* and its really good. not topuptv compatible though but never mind the main reason i got it was for Five which i cant get on analogue so im quite happy. CSI was blaring away last night, yay.

Zoetoes

It's coming up full price on the website but I'll have a look when I pop into to town, my mum is after one for my nan for xmas.