Greenie
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 01:49 PM |
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Freeview or Freesat
Finally decided that we don't watch SKY to justify the outrageous amount of money they charge.
So off it goes on the 7th Feb. i have chosen the Humax system ith he fretime etc but do I go for Freeview or Freesat, I am being advised to go for the
Freesat option and being told I can use my existing SKY dish.
So anyone out there taken this route and can advise me moving forward?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 02:05 PM |
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I use both! 
We watch freeview most of the time, as the picture quality is pretty good. We use freesat when we want to watch in HD, or because there's a +1
channel that's not available on freeview.
Out HDD recorder is freeview, but can record freesat with a little bit of faffing.
BTW: you certainly can use the Sky dish for freesat - it's a straight swap.
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 02:11 PM |
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Freesat gets you a few more channels
Freeview gives you local news
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BangedupTiger
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 02:18 PM |
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Already having the dish, means its an easy choice. Freesat.
Been thinking about ditching Virgin media, silly amount of money for what I get.
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Slimy38
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 02:19 PM |
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To go from Sky to freesat you don't even need to change your set top box. Sky do a freesat card that plugs into your existing box and allows you
to carry on as normal.
http://www.sky.com/shop/freesat/home/faq/#3
Hopefully that should get you to the right answer, if not choose the 'I already have Sky digital satellite equipment - what else do I need?
' question.
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whitestu
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 02:24 PM |
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We have both - the picture quality on freesat is better on standard definition (We only have HD on freesat).
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scudderfish
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 02:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slimy38
To go from Sky to freesat you don't even need to change your set top box. Sky do a freesat card that plugs into your existing box and allows you
to carry on as normal.
http://www.sky.com/shop/freesat/home/faq/#3
Hopefully that should get you to the right answer, if not choose the 'I already have Sky digital satellite equipment - what else do I need?
' question.
What Sky call 'freesat' is not Freesat, it's a limited selection. It also disables the PVR functionality of your Sky+ box.
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JC
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 02:33 PM |
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We have freesat HD and it gives us local TV. No Dave though 
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40inches
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 02:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
quote:
Originally posted by Slimy38
To go from Sky to freesat you don't even need to change your set top box. Sky do a freesat card that plugs into your existing box and allows you
to carry on as normal.
http://www.sky.com/shop/freesat/home/faq/#3
Hopefully that should get you to the right answer, if not choose the 'I already have Sky digital satellite equipment - what else do I need?
' question.
What Sky call 'freesat' is not Freesat, it's a limited selection. It also disables the PVR functionality of your Sky+ box.
This is true, to a certain extent. You don't need to buy the "freesat" card from Sky, you will still pick up free to air without
it.
When you cancel your subscription Sky send a seek and destroy signal via satellite, this disables the PVR function on the plus box,
you can't even watch what you already have recorded
However, on some boxes, if you disconnect the box before the signal is transmitted, and leave it a few months (until Sky stop sending the signals) you
have full functionality when you reconnect. Loads of info on AV forums.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 02:59 PM |
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We have been on Freeview from when it first came to our area only problem we have ever had with it is our main Samsung TV is a bit picky about the
digital signal so any time they change the channel numbers it can take a couple of dozen manual tuning attempts before we get all the channels
back -- last week we lost all the BBC TV for several days and at the moment we don't get the Pick TV channel. The other digital boxes
in the house don't suffer the problem
For Freeview recording we have a 250mb Bush HD 2 channel recorder which was bought about 3 years ago as a recondition manufactures return for
about £60 --- to find similar do an Google shopping search sorted by price.
Because I was p+** with missing channels I bought a satetllite dish and Freesat box box last week but haven't finished aligning it it up
due to the cold weather.
ADSA sell Freesat boxes for £35
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Greenie
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 04:33 PM |
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The Humax me to retain all functions I had with SKY, such as live pause etc and allowing me go back 7 days.
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Matt_C
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 04:54 PM |
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Freesat does have a few extra channels but it also loses a few which freeview does have (depends if you will miss Dave). Most TVs now come with
Freeview built in since they turned off analogue plus if it has it built in it will be freeview HD. My LG TV has Freeview HD built in then I have a
FreeSat Humax box but that is just for recording and because the signal in the area I live can be poor.
Matt
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Greenie
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 06:34 PM |
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My TV to is a LG with Freeview built in so the Humax Freesat with free time etc looks like the best route and best of bth worlds ..... Thanks to all
for the welcomed and appreciated answers and advise.... Pete
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loggyboy
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 07:28 PM |
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I have Freesat HD built in to my Pani plasma. Is great, shame it doesnt have Dave though. I have Sky+ also, and the Sky LNB has 4 ports and Sky+ only
uses 2 (unless you have multi room), which means a simple 1 extra cable routed through gives me the free sat with no repostioning or extra equipment.
Mistral Motorsport
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geoff shep
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| posted on 19/1/13 at 10:51 AM |
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We get Freeview HD in our area and have Freesat and FreeviewHD built in to the TV. We also have Humax Freeview PVR and a Humax Freesat PVR.
There's a tiny difference in channel availability but the HD is similar quality on both. Have had Humax PVRs since they began, more or less,
and the current Freeview one is better than the Freesat one for some reason. The pause/rewind/record/EPG is better with the freeview one.
If you only had satellite before you would need a new TV aerial for freeview. If you have both aerials already I'd go for freeview because the
Humax box is better that way.
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theduck
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| posted on 19/1/13 at 11:16 AM |
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Sky disable the functionality ofthe box that you legally OWN?! Thats very dodgy.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 19/1/13 at 11:59 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by theduck
Sky disable the functionality ofthe box that you legally OWN?! Thats very dodgy.
Not quite. When you terminate your contract with them, they disable a service which is part of that contract.
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theduck
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| posted on 19/1/13 at 12:30 PM |
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It's a clever get around rather than the truth. It is the box that's capable of the feature not anything sky broadcast.
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sjmatthews
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| posted on 19/1/13 at 01:51 PM |
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Another thing to consider if you're into Home Cinema/Dolby Digital is that most Freeview TVs only provide a stereo (PCM) output. A home cinema
receiver cannot decode this into 5.1 Dolby digital surround. Whereas most Sky HD/freesat boxes output can be decoded (sometimes an optical cable is
reqd) into proper 5.1DD.
I'll be in the garage dear!
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