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Freesat TV
« on: 11 July 2011, 22:35:08 »

Thinking of going this way  as I want to get shot of Sky  and save myself 52 quid a month. Just wandering what other peps veiws of the free sat tv  are cpmpaired to the freeview box.  :-/
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Re: Freesat TV
« Reply #1 on: 11 July 2011, 22:37:38 »

I have freesat with the Humax FOXSAT HDR reciever/recorder and we are very pleased with it. Way better than freeview ever was. never had Sky so can't compare .. but there is plenty of rubbish for SWTSMBO to watch .. :)
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Re: Freesat TV
« Reply #2 on: 11 July 2011, 22:45:19 »

We have free view at the caravan (Static) and free sat at home, much better quality signal and no pixelation, have noticed a couple of channel differences but nothing that bothers us.... :y
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Re: Freesat TV
« Reply #3 on: 11 July 2011, 22:49:49 »

Cheers Entwood :y  I have seen the package that  Freesat offer  but to me didnt look much different to the  freeview  package..... OR am I having a grey haired moment  ;) ;D

 To be honest Sky is a waste of money  and I object to paying an extra £10:25   per month per bedroom  plus 60 quid per box...... so its not going to happen through sky for sure ;) :)
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Re: Freesat TV
« Reply #4 on: 11 July 2011, 22:51:23 »

The only thing that I miss is channel 301. All the motoGP qualifying and 125 and Moto2 racing goes out on 301.

If it is available on freesat I haven't found it yet  :-/
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Re: Freesat TV
« Reply #5 on: 11 July 2011, 22:51:40 »

recently got rid of Sky and went to Freesat with Humax PVR and 500gb disc. Saving huge amount - we were not watching the Sky stuff.

Reinvested a bit of savings in BT Infinity as opposed to Sky Broadband which has been great so far and 20 times the speed of Sky.
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Re: Freesat TV
« Reply #6 on: 11 July 2011, 23:01:06 »

This is something I also wanted to do, so I rang up Sky to cancel... but a couple of days later they offered any package we wanted at half price for a year, so I grudgingly took it. I may still cancel yet though, I hate having to pay extra on top of my licence fee for mostly a load of shite  :(

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Re: Freesat TV
« Reply #7 on: 11 July 2011, 23:02:31 »

Whats the cost of this humax box then  chaps  :-? I  have read that you can use your sky dish  to run the freesat box off. Just wandering if sky and freesat signal are in tha same sort of direction. As Im stuffed if I need to move the dish as its shared with the neighbours and Im sure they wont be too happy if they lose their sky channels cus Ive moved the dish. ;) ;D
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Re: Freesat TV
« Reply #8 on: 11 July 2011, 23:05:24 »

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Whats the cost of this humax box then  chaps  :-? I  have read that you can use your sky dish  to run the freesat box off. Just wandering if sky and freesat signal are in tha same sort of direction. As Im stuffed if I need to move the dish as its shared with the neighbours and Im sure they wont be too happy if they lose their sky channels cus Ive moved the dish. ;) ;D

Correct.... :y I kicked out sky and went out and bought a free sat box, I think from Asda, was very little money and simply plugged it into my sky sat dish, tune in and he presto lots of shite..... :D :D :D
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« Reply #9 on: 11 July 2011, 23:07:57 »

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This is something I also wanted to do, so I rang up Sky to cancel... but a couple of days later they offered any package we wanted at half price for a year, so I grudgingly took it. I may still cancel yet though, I hate having to pay extra on top of my licence fee for mostly a load of shite  :(

Spot on JC...I only keep it for the football but the amount of times Cov are on the telly I might aswell just go up there and watch it like it should be watched  ;) ;D ;D Hence the thinking of telling em to poke it where the sun dont shine
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« Reply #10 on: 11 July 2011, 23:10:49 »

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This is something I also wanted to do, so I rang up Sky to cancel... but a couple of days later they offered any package we wanted at half price for a year, so I grudgingly took it. I may still cancel yet though, I hate having to pay extra on top of my licence fee for mostly a load of shite  :(

Spot on JC...I only keep it for the football but the amount of times Cov are on the telly I might aswell just go up there and watch it like it should be watched  ;) ;D ;D Hence the thinking of telling em to poke it where the sun dont shine
Ah mate, the number of times I've sat in front of the telly scrolling through the channels to find something decent to watch and coming up with nothing, is nobody's business. Got to find a hobby.... :)
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« Reply #11 on: 11 July 2011, 23:12:40 »

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Whats the cost of this humax box then  chaps  :-? I  have read that you can use your sky dish  to run the freesat box off. Just wandering if sky and freesat signal are in tha same sort of direction. As Im stuffed if I need to move the dish as its shared with the neighbours and Im sure they wont be too happy if they lose their sky channels cus Ive moved the dish. ;) ;D

Correct.... :y I kicked out sky and went out and bought a free sat box, I think from Asda, was very little money and simply plugged it into my sky sat dish, tune in and he presto lots of shite..... :D :D :D


 :y :y Cheers Vamps........ but what about the two bedrooms  I want it in  ::) ;D ;D

Anyone had any pitfalls  in installing this system and what connectors did you use ( twist on or crimped)
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« Reply #12 on: 11 July 2011, 23:15:31 »

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This is something I also wanted to do, so I rang up Sky to cancel... but a couple of days later they offered any package we wanted at half price for a year, so I grudgingly took it. I may still cancel yet though, I hate having to pay extra on top of my licence fee for mostly a load of shite  :(

Spot on JC...I only keep it for the football but the amount of times Cov are on the telly I might aswell just go up there and watch it like it should be watched  ;) ;D ;D Hence the thinking of telling em to poke it where the sun dont shine
Ah mate, the number of times I've sat in front of the telly scrolling through the channels to find something decent to watch and coming up with nothing, is nobody's business. Got to find a hobby.... :)


 I know that feeling very well and I can bet my paypacket for this month that there will be bugger all on later that I havent already seen several times over.... the joys of working shifts I suppose
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Re: Freesat TV
« Reply #13 on: 11 July 2011, 23:22:08 »

We have a sat dish with the ability to provide 4 feeds, the Humax takes 2 so you can record channels whilst watching others,  1 feed goes to a very cheap sat reciever in the kitchen for SWTSMBO when she's being a domestic goddess :) and 1 feed is "spare" for when/if we decide to put a cheap box in the bedroom
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« Reply #14 on: 11 July 2011, 23:27:10 »

Cheeap boxes all round here  as Im suer they wont want to record too much or will they  ::) :-? ::) ;D
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