All posts by Les Nicol
Below are all of Les Nicol's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
K. parr. No rhere are is a full range of receivers by different manufactueres. These include:- Standard Definition - High Definition- One HD with a single tuner that can record. and several Others that are HD and have two tuners. The single tuner though does require an external storage add-on in the form of a high capacity pen drive or external HDD. The dual tuner receivers have internal HDD's (Hard Drives).
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P.S> Starting price standard definition - just under £50 going up to - around just under £250 for an HD twin tuner receiver.
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Gordon Scott - Not sure what you mwan here. You say you have a Humax box abd are taking from the Medip transmitter which means you are on Freeview, but are referring to ITV Player and "Freesat" which is a satellite service?
ITV is beta testing on "Freesat" and has an allocated channel 903. However whilst beta testing on Humax at the moment to access you need the Freesat info channel on 999 then press green twice blue once then green twic again you should then get a message telling you to press the red button after which - "please wait" ang then the btea IYV player will be accesible. For anyone else reading this at the moment only applies to Huax receivers.
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ITV Player on other "Freesat" receivers will display - "The service is not currently available on this device" (10002).
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Peter - The existing dish with two cables from the dish would have been for a twin tuner SKY Plus or Plus HD or "Freest" Plus HD receiver where these have twin tuners they require two feeds from the dish. Your options are have a new aerial fitted externally for your current Freeview box - Purchase a "Freesat" receiver - or Subdcibe to SKY. The least costly option here would in my view would be getting youself a "Freesat" receiver as the antenna and wiring is in place. Their is a range of "Freesat" receivers ie; Standard definition High Definition and those which are HD and Record to either an internal HDD or require an external storage device such as a pen drive or HDD. These cost from just under £50 up to just under £250 depending on capability and functionality. I couldn't accurately quote on an aerial installation but can give a "marker" of around £150.
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Ian moore - your existing dish should suffice - If your SKY receiver is working OK then it's a straight swop over of receivers.
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P.S> You might need additional feed from the dish and LNB upgraded, but only if you opted for a Freesat receiver with dual recording capablility. There is a model with single tuner recording capablity but needs a pen drive or external storage HDD that uses a single feed from the dish.
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Paul Timmins - You will get HD and if you wanted BBCiPlayer (fully functional) and - ITV player (beta testing at the moment only on Humax receivers) plus the extended functionality were you to go with "Freesat" plus HD. In staying with SKY you would lose the recording capablity. You will get the BBC ITV etc and all the free to air channels but you may need a FSFS card from SKY at a cost of £25.
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Saturday 22 January 2011 11:32AM
John - If the dish is serviceable and is presently aligned to the cluster of satellites at 28degrees South East, then yes. Assuming the wiring is into your property and the LNB (that's it on the end of the dish boom arm)is working Ok, Then it's simply a case of connecting to a "Feeesat" receiver and tunimg in.