Tempted to make use of the dish and cabling on the side of my house and plug in a HD Freesat box... But is it worth it?

I'd still keep my Freeview box and aerial, as the box is a PVR which is usefull, and the upstairs TV has freeview built in, but isn't HD...

Is it worth it for the HD stuff? Is there a lot on there? I know you can go to the site, but I wanted a real person, real experience views on it....

 

i got it, its really good tbh, bbc hd is on all the time, and itv hd is on red button on some programs, well worth it imo

theres lots of other channels on freesat that you dont get on freeview aswell

 

But are any of them any good? Cos half of the Freeview channels are shite It's all well and good advertising it ha xx amount of channels, but if 50% are shite, it's a different story

As for HD, is it only BBC HD and select progs on ITV?

 

yes just the 2 hd channels at the mo, more to come i belive

the movie channels are quite good, and men and motors, the audi channel is good sometimes, quite a wide selection tbh

 

At the moment for 2 channels.... i say not, as what is in HD you might not be into watch anyways, and what you do want to watch on them, can probably be downloaded via a torrent,

you in a cable area?

 

i got mine purely for football in hd, and its ace!

 

Fil, yea, but I don't do "paying for TV"

 

i know that , nor do i.

tho might be worth looking into a eurovox ex7000, will get bbc and itv, plus a few others for free

 

i have the humax foxsat hd pvr and the hd reception is very good and the upscaling on sd channels is very good

 

Have been looking at the Humax as it looks like the best option. 250 quid just seems a bit steep though.

Have a look on the Freesat website Thrush, they have listings showing what's HD. Not loads of stuff, but I know Ofcom want there to be several more free HD channel in 2010.

 

i bought the humax a while ago when it was £300 and i think it was worth it

 

I bought a cheapy Bush Freesat HD from Argos, cost £65;00. If you are into footie then well worth it, watched last night in HD.

Even BBC HD is splendid, they broadcast a varied selection in HD, Dragons Den etc.

I looked at the Humax kit, which is supposed to be the best, but I do not watch much TV so went the cheap route, well worth it.