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[Vamps]

We kicked sky in to touch some time ago and got a freeview box connected to a digital Ariel. However the weather affects the signal sometimes, guess a lot of people are going to be unhappy when analogue stops.
My question is, can I get a freeview box that will work off my old sky sat dish.....

[Martin_1962]

No, but you can get a Freesat box which will

[zippo]

i connected my aunties sky dish to her new f/v box and it works great. I couldnt say if its the same for every box/dish combination tho Mike

[bertiecbx550]

Like martin said you can get a free sat box or just connect up your old sky box and recieve some freeview channels through that but as with the digital aerial bad weather will also affect sat signals....
If at all poss go for cable tv and take the basic tv set up you will get all freeview channels as well as some of the so called premium channels...hope this helps vamps

[Entwood]

Freesat is the way to go .... wish I'd done it years ago now ..

[Debs.]

I bought a cheap dish/decoder/azimetric-motor and installed it myself.....500+ channels on dozens of satellites to choose from (incl. HD and Freesat ones) and not a single-penny in subscriptions to pay each month!

[PhilRich]

I bought a cheap dish/decoder/azimetric-motor and installed it myself.....500+ channels on dozens of satellites to choose from (incl. HD and Freesat ones) and not a single-penny in subscriptions to pay each month!

Blimey Debs, i'm green with envy! If it's not too cheeky, can I ask where you got it & how much please? 

[PhilRich]

Sorry Debs, I appear to have typed between your quote marks! Doh!!!

[Debs.]

Blimey Debs, i'm green with envy! If it's not too cheeky, can I ask where you got it & how much please?

Remarkably the dish/LNB and decoder kit were just £39. from Screwfix.....the DiSEqC dish-rotator was £50. from Maplin......and add £10. for a satellite-finder meter.

The system was easy to install, works really well and the picture quality via RGB scart is very good indeed.....no pixelation in snow/rain here at all.
*You can simply upgrade the decoder for HD channels (e.g: to a Foxsat 'free-to-air' set top box) without changing any of the rest of the system.

FTA Sat. Kit: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/80878/Electrical-Supplies/TV-Range/Aerials-Fixings/Labgear-Free-to-Air-Satellite-Kit

Dish Rotator: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=47176&C=Froogle&U=47176&T=Module

Dish setup Info.: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/AudioVisualTV/SatelliteTV/SatelliteGeneral.html

[Martin_1962]

Freesat is the way to go .... wish I'd done it years ago now ..

Best you could have done is 12 months ago before then no easy to use PVRs

[PhilRich]

Blimey Debs, i'm green with envy! If it's not too cheeky, can I ask where you got it & how much please?

Remarkably the dish/LNB and decoder kit were just £39. from Screwfix.....the DiSEqC dish-rotator was £50. from Maplin......and add £10. for a satellite-finder meter.

The system was easy to install, works really well and the picture quality via RGB scart is very good indeed.....no pixelation in snow/rain here at all.
*You can simply upgrade the decoder for HD channels (e.g: to a Foxsat 'free-to-air' set top box) without changing any of the rest of the system.

FTA Sat. Kit: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/80878/Electrical-Supplies/TV-Range/Aerials-Fixings/Labgear-Free-to-Air-Satellite-Kit

Dish Rotator: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=47176&C=Froogle&U=47176&T=Module

Dish setup Info.: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/AudioVisualTV/SatelliteTV/SatelliteGeneral.html

Thanks very much Debs, you've made an old man very happy  [smiley=lolk.gif]

[Andy B]

Next question  ........ if you have a dish & Free-sat, how do you record? Is there a Free-sat version of something like my Humax Freeview hard drive recorder? Mother-in-law lives in an area where there is a bloody big hill click in the way of being able to get Freeview via her aerial. She has a basic Sky package at the moment but now want to be able to record, but the analogue has been turned off around here now so no video.

[STMO999]

Next question  ........ if you have a dish & Free-sat, how do you record? Is there a Free-sat version of something like my Humax Freeview hard drive recorder? Mother-in-law lives in an area where there is a bloody big hill click in the way of being able to get Freeview via her aerial. She has a basic Sky package at the moment but now want to be able to record, but the analogue has been turned off around here now so no video.

Andy, are you asking if you can record from sky? Or something else?

[Debs.]

Next question  ........ if you have a dish & Free-sat, how do you record? Is there a Free-sat version of something like my Humax Freeview hard drive recorder? Mother-in-law lives in an area where there is a bloody big hill click in the way of being able to get Freeview via her aerial. She has a basic Sky package at the moment but now want to be able to record, but the analogue has been turned off around here now so no video.

Yes!

[Andy B]

Next question  ........ if you have a dish & Free-sat, how do you record? Is there a Free-sat version of something like my Humax Freeview hard drive recorder? Mother-in-law lives in an area where there is a bloody big hill click in the way of being able to get Freeview via her aerial. She has a basic Sky package at the moment but now want to be able to record, but the analogue has been turned off around here now so no video.

Yes!

Thanks Debs! I shall look out for one for the M-in-law!