freesat?

[insanojackson]

i am a bit fed up paying sky £40 a month for ste which i never watch on their standard none hd service. Been thinking about free sat. I appreciate i wont be able to get sky sports etc etc but the HD channels might be good.

Anyone any experience of it? As i already have a sky dish will i be able to just plug in a free sat box and go?
what are the costs involved? is it worth it?

[unrepentant]

This is surely a TV question and was posted in the TV forum. So why has it been moved here? All these silly little forums really make no sense at all.

[cjs]

The only cost is the cost of an HD Feesat box. Have you got Sky+? If so you could go for a Freesat+ box, the HumaxHDR one is good but is expensive.

http://www.humaxdigital.com/freesat/

Edited by cjs on Friday 17th April 11:16

[cjs]

unrepentant said:

This is surely a TV question and was posted in the TV forum. So why has it been moved here? All these silly little forums really make no sense at all.

Agreed

[russ_a]

There are only 2 HD channels on Freesat, BBC HD and ITV HD.

BBC HD is full of endless repeats and starts broadcasting around 7pm each day. ITV HD is even worse and broadcasts every so often and the quality is pretty poor IMHO.

If you want HD content then Sky is really the only option, unless you start downloading or buy a motorised dish.

[cjs]

russ_a said:

There are only 2 HD channels on Freesat, BBC HD and ITV HD.

BBC HD is full of endless repeats and starts broadcasting around 7pm each day. ITV HD is even worse and broadcasts every so often and the quality is pretty poor IMHO.

If you want HD content then Sky is really the only option, unless you start downloading or buy a motorised dish.

Agree the BBC really need to decide what they are doing with the HD channel.


ETA. Better be careful, if we start talking about programming we may get moved to the TV Forum!

Edited by cjs on Friday 17th April 12:47

[g3rrd]

unrepentant said:

This is surely a TV question and was posted in the TV forum. So why has it been moved here? All these silly little forums really make no sense at all.

I am no brain surgeon but Shirley the TV/Film section is for discussing viewed programs/films
and the Home Cinema & Hi-Fi is for discussing hardware?

[unrepentant]

g3rrd said:

unrepentant said:

This is surely a TV question and was posted in the TV forum. So why has it been moved here? All these silly little forums really make no sense at all.

I am no brain surgeon but Shirley the TV/Film section is for discussing viewed programs/films
and the Home Cinema & Hi-Fi is for discussing hardware?

The question is about freeview tv? What has that to with home cinema or hi-fi? You don't need either to view SKY/Freeview or any other satellite package.

Whatever the answer is it underlines the ridiculousness of forum splitting.

[FlossyThePig]

cjs said:

The only cost is the cost of an HD Feesat box. Have you got Sky+? If so you could go for a Freesat+ box, the HumaxHDR one is good but is expensive.

As far as I can tell it's the only freesat PVR. I don't want HD, but no-one makes an SD PVR. Please prove me wrong.

[E31Shrew]

FlossyThePig said:

cjs said:

The only cost is the cost of an HD Feesat box. Have you got Sky+? If so you could go for a Freesat+ box, the HumaxHDR one is good but is expensive.

As far as I can tell it's the only freesat PVR. I don't want HD, but no-one makes an SD PVR. Please prove me wrong.

I seem to recall Topfield might make one but not sure of its worth or reliability.

[Peter G]

I've recently gone this way myself. I was spending a fortune on Sky and only ever watched the channels you can get on Freesat or freeview anyway!

I got the Humax PVR box, cost 220 from Comet IIRC.

Plugs straight into the dish cable and your away.

It's fast on menus etc, and the only bugbear is retraining your brain to the new remote layout having been with Sky over 10 years I was pre-programmed to the remote lol.

I havent missed Sky at all to be honest, and the box will pay for itself within a year.

[The Moose]

We have Freesat here.

The only thing is we have to have a box in each room so each room can watch something seperate (as we don't have "normal" analogue now)

Not bad IMHO although occasionally the guide will show "No Information" and take a couple of mins to sort itself out which is just a pain. That's my only complaint (that I can think of atm!!)

Cheers

The Moose