Freeview vs Freesat

[scooters]

All, thinking of ditching the monthly sky payments and moving to either freeview or freesat. Now, not knowing much apart from sky, is one better than the other? and what are the best STB's

not sure what info will help but see below:
Thinking of going hd - if swmbo allow a new lcd
Don't really watch many other programs other than the standard stuff - bbc. itv etc.
CBeebies is a must - to keep the little one quite sometimes

The only issue is that I watch sky sports - rugby but I can't justify the £40 per month for this. Although this is moving to ESPN so this maybe possible to view with a card?

Ability to record (and watch a different channel at the same time) is a must so dual tuner is required.
Sky is currently set up to view in another room via a magic eye. does this type of set up work on the boxes?
Any help/advise appreciated
thank you

[scooters]

anyone..?

[Pooh]

I have both and very seldom watch free sat mainly because some of my favorite channels(Virgin one, Five USA) are not on it, I don't think it is worth having for the one HD channel and a few rubbish films.

[dalos260]

Freesat = NO Sky Sports News

Nuff said!

[TEKNOPUG]

Pooh said:

I have both and very seldom watch free sat mainly because some of my favorite channels(Virgin one, Five USA) are not on it, I don't think it is worth having for the one HD channel and a few rubbish films.

+1

Got both but don't think that I've watched anything on FreeSat yet.

[SLacKer]

Have both and use both. The HD channels are now 2 in number and hopefully C4HD will be along soon.

Wouldn't take much to ditch the sky just a few of the channels on SKY such as Dave, Living, Comedy Central but I guess SKY have them by the balls and will never let them go FreeSat.

In my area FreeSat is the only choice as the signal is to weak for the Aerial.

[TEKNOPUG]

SLacKer said:

Have both and use both. The HD channels are now 2 in number and hopefully C4HD will be along soon.

Wouldn't take much to ditch the sky just a few of the channels on SKY such as Dave, Living, Comedy Central but I guess SKY have them by the balls and will never let them go FreeSat.

In my area FreeSat is the only choice as the signal is to weak for the Aerial.

Dave is on Freeview so I don't see why Freesat would be any different?

[lost in espace]

TEKNOPUG said:

SLacKer said:

Have both and use both. The HD channels are now 2 in number and hopefully C4HD will be along soon.

Wouldn't take much to ditch the sky just a few of the channels on SKY such as Dave, Living, Comedy Central but I guess SKY have them by the balls and will never let them go FreeSat.

In my area FreeSat is the only choice as the signal is to weak for the Aerial.

Dave is on Freeview so I don't see why Freesat would be any different?

FiveUSA is not on freesat, as it is only licences to broadcast in the UK, or it only pays show distributors to broadcast in the UK. Freesat is available all over europe. This is probably why you can't get Dave.

[SLacKer]

TEKNOPUG said:

SLacKer said:

Have both and use both. The HD channels are now 2 in number and hopefully C4HD will be along soon.

Wouldn't take much to ditch the sky just a few of the channels on SKY such as Dave, Living, Comedy Central but I guess SKY have them by the balls and will never let them go FreeSat.

In my area FreeSat is the only choice as the signal is to weak for the Aerial.

Dave is on Freeview so I don't see why Freesat would be any different?

Could you tell me the channel number as I can't see it on the listings.

[TEKNOPUG]

BBC One 1
BBC Two 2
ITV1 3
Channel 4
FIVE 5
ITV2 6
BBC THREE 7
BBC FOUR 9
ITV3 10
Sky THREE 11
Yesterday 12
Channel 4 + 1 13
More4 14
Film 4 15
QVC 16
G.O.L.D (*) 17
4Music 18
Dave 19
Virgin 1 20
Viva 21
Ideal World 22
Bid TV 23
ITV4 24
Dave ja vu 25
Home (*) 26
E4 28
E4+1 29
FIVER 30
FIVE USA 31
Big Deal 32
ITV2 + 1 33
Virgin1 +1 35
Create and Craft 36
Price-drop TV 37
QUEST 38
Super Casino 39
Rocks & Co 40
Lottery Xtra 45
CBBC Channel 70
CBeebies 71
CITV 72
BBC NEWS 80
BBC Parliament 81
Sky News 82
Sky Sports News 83
CNN (#) 84
Russia Today 85
Community Channel 87
Teachers TV 88
Television X (*) 93
smile TV2 94
smile TV3 95
Babestation 96
Partyland 97
Teletext 100
Teletext Holidays 101
Rabbit 102
Teletext Casino 103
1-2-1 Dating 104
BBC Red Button 105
DirectGov 106
Gay Rabbit 107
Sky Text 108
MOBILIZER 109
4TV Interactive 300
Interactive Services 301 - 303
TROVE 306
TOPUP Anytime 1 (*) 307
TOPUP Anytime 2 (*) 308
TOPUP Anytime 3 (*) 309
TOPUP Anytime 4 (*) 310

[Incredible Sulk]

lost in espace said:

TEKNOPUG said:

SLacKer said:

Have both and use both. The HD channels are now 2 in number and hopefully C4HD will be along soon.

Wouldn't take much to ditch the sky just a few of the channels on SKY such as Dave, Living, Comedy Central but I guess SKY have them by the balls and will never let them go FreeSat.

In my area FreeSat is the only choice as the signal is to weak for the Aerial.

Dave is on Freeview so I don't see why Freesat would be any different?

FiveUSA is not on freesat, as it is only licences to broadcast in the UK, or it only pays show distributors to broadcast in the UK. Freesat is available all over europe. This is probably why you can't get Dave.

Sounds about right. I've got a Freesat box in my place in the south of Spain, together with a humongous dish to feed the thing a signal............

[SLacKer]

TEKNOPUG said:

BBC One 1
BBC Two 2
ITV1 3
Channel 4
FIVE 5
ITV2 6
BBC THREE 7
BBC FOUR 9
ITV3 10
Sky THREE 11
Yesterday 12
Channel 4 + 1 13
More4 14
Film 4 15
QVC 16
G.O.L.D (*) 17
4Music 18
Dave 19
Virgin 1 20
Viva 21
Ideal World 22
Bid TV 23
ITV4 24
Dave ja vu 25
Home (*) 26
E4 28
E4+1 29
FIVER 30
FIVE USA 31
Big Deal 32
ITV2 + 1 33
Virgin1 +1 35
Create and Craft 36
Price-drop TV 37
QUEST 38
Super Casino 39
Rocks & Co 40
Lottery Xtra 45
CBBC Channel 70
CBeebies 71
CITV 72
BBC NEWS 80
BBC Parliament 81
Sky News 82
Sky Sports News 83
CNN (#) 84
Russia Today 85
Community Channel 87
Teachers TV 88
Television X (*) 93
smile TV2 94
smile TV3 95
Babestation 96
Partyland 97
Teletext 100
Teletext Holidays 101
Rabbit 102
Teletext Casino 103
1-2-1 Dating 104
BBC Red Button 105
DirectGov 106
Gay Rabbit 107
Sky Text 108
MOBILIZER 109
4TV Interactive 300
Interactive Services 301 - 303
TROVE 306
TOPUP Anytime 1 (*) 307
TOPUP Anytime 2 (*) 308
TOPUP Anytime 3 (*) 309
TOPUP Anytime 4 (*) 310

FreeSAT is different to Freeview....No Dave

[TEKNOPUG]

Ahhh.....my bad

[SLacKer]

TEKNOPUG said:

Ahhh.....my bad

I will have to sue you for emotional distress and my remote control finger hurts

Stupid Dave....................

[FunkyNige]

Freesat channels are here, my parents have the Humax freeview recorder box and I have the Humax Freesat recorder box, the Freesat box is designed as a multimedia platform I think as it has menus for playing music off external hard drives, but as a result isn't quite as intuitive to use as the Freeview one. The Freesat boxes also cost quite a bit for the recorder (but if you had Sky+ with two wires coming from the dish it will record 2 channels at once), but the big advantage of the Freesat box is that is connects to your network and you can watch the BBC iPlayer on it.

Any specific questions just shout

[poprock]

Freesat isn’t going to last, in my opinion. Freeview HD is broadcasting now in most parts of the UK and will become the standard over the next few years, as receivers become more readily (and cheaply) available.

I’d either take the plunge and pay out for an early Freeview HD box, or pick up a regular Freeview box to tide you over for a year or two and then upgrade.

[Incredible Sulk]

poprock said:

Freesat isn’t going to last, in my opinion. Freeview HD is broadcasting now in most parts of the UK and will become the standard over the next few years, as receivers become more readily (and cheaply) available.

I’d either take the plunge and pay out for an early Freeview HD box, or pick up a regular Freeview box to tide you over for a year or two and then upgrade.

Yes, but there are some bits of the country where you don't get a decent terrestrial signal, and you really need a satellite source. My Dad lives in an area like that. No mobile phone signal, no terrestrial TV, and obviously no DAB either.

Plus, for those of us who live in foreign climes, at least for part of the year anyway.............

There has to be room for both.

[poprock]

Fair point. I suspect that a time will come where it’s just the exact same service pushed out over two different broadcast methods.

[Bullett]

Our house doesn't have an ariel but does have a dish.

A lot of people will be in the same situation so the choice between the two is handy.

[RedLeicester]

Incredible Sulk said:

Freesat isn’t going to last, in my opinion. Freeview HD is broadcasting now in most parts of the UK and will become the standard over the next few years, as receivers become more readily (and cheaply) available.

Some of us outside of the M25 aren't deemed worthy of getting an aerial signal, so have no choice but to use a dish and refused to pay umpteen channels a month for endless football/golf and other pointless pursuitss so Freesat HD is gratefully recieved thank you very much.