fitting mine next week, whats it like, what channels do you get? whatsoever in hd?

 

Hi,

you only get three channels on it at the moment.

It will be great. If you have sky HD you get these channels anyway inc SKY Movies HD

J

 

what std channels are on there?

 

http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?page=whatson.Main

 

what freeview box do you need to get it

 

you need a sky dish, and a freesat box mate, they are available from argos etc

 

I got a skydish when i bought this house last year. Just a case of connecting it up?

 

yes, simple plug and play mate, it runs from the same satalite as sky

no subscriptions etc, just free tv.

its also available in hd if you have a hd tv, you just need to buy the hd version of the receiver

 

Might look after one in the Christmas sales

 

i'm waiting for the one with built in HDD out later this month supposedly

 

You need to buy a freesat card.. typically Ł20 one-off payment.

 

not if your going to use a free sat box,

you only need to buy a card if your using a sky box iirc

 

That may very well be the case - I only recently looked into this for my old man who has a digibox.

 

from what i can see, you get more channels on free sat, compared to digiboxes...

but its the hd bit im really after

i got a new sky dish with quad lnb, and decoder on ebay for Ł80...so i can have the free sky channels, as its a quad lnb i can then also plug a freesat box into it, so i have freesat channels and hd, and i can also have sky and freesat upstairs if i can be assed lol

 

mines all fittted and working now

HD rocks!

 

how much for the HD box?

I like this but cannot find a price...??

http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?p...ucts&type_id=3

 

i got a grundig one from argos was Ł129

 

I'm not really seeing the advantage of "FREESAT"... most TV's have built in digital free view. So you get 3 channels in HD for 130 quid?

Not a dig mate as I maybe missing something here?

It is annoying though.. Sky HD kicks ass, but when it says on ITV "this program is also being shown in HD.." FREESAT only

 

there are more channels on freesat, and many more including hd ones are being added soon

 

waste of time buying one without PVR imo

 

not for me its not, i never record anything, and i have a dvd recorder should i ever need to.