All posts by sue2201
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Thank you Dave for your comments. I have been told that the signal from Crystal Palace will increase ten fold so it may make a difference. My concern is that the path from CP to my aerial is obscured by some nearby tall trees which when they come into leaf causes me to lose channels. Whether a ten fold increase will make any difference remains to be seen. Currently I am just exploring possibilities.
Does anyone know whether I can use the Sky digibox to receive Freesat and will it need me to start up some sort of account with Sky to activate it? I will need to buy a dish and have it installed but do not want to sign up to Sky for any subscription package. Again thanks for any help.
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Thanks jb38. I inherited a sky digibox plus card but as yet have no dish. I would like to know what is involved in setting up a dish and the cost of installing it. My freeview comes from a combi dvd/VHS player on a non HD tv. If I can use the digibox to receive freesat (once dish is installed) will I still be able to record programmes on my player from freesat? And will I still be able to access freeview on my player if I should want to? Thanks again
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Thanks jb38. I have made enquiries and it seems on the surface that it is the same price to buy and install a dish from one guy as it is to buy the dish myself and pay somebody to install it. I am going to wait until April to see if the ten fold increase in CP output makes any difference. My combi dvd/VHS recorder/player is a Panasonic with the capability of adding a sat dish so hopefully I can still use it. I was interested in your last comment about Freesat and Sky freesat. I thought the only difference is that with Sky freesat you have to get a card from Sky to watch ch 4 & 5 whereas with freesat you get all the channels that you have with freeview. Have I misunderstood something. Can you explain further please. Just to clarify, I only want the same channels that I have on freeview and I thought this was what freesat gives me (without the bother of getting a card from Sky to watch certain channels) Thanks
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Thursday 16 February 2012 4:44PM
Can anybody please explain to me why there are so many different types of freesat boxes and why the price range can be from £40 - £140? Does it mean that the cheaper boxes do not work or the more expensive ones have more capability? Any advice would be appreciated as to what would be a best buy. Any advice too about what sat dish to buy. I have an old sky digibox which I inherited but no satellite dish. I am on freeview through a combi dvd/VHS player but rely on analogue when digital reception is poor. So am thinking that soon will have to go the freesat route as the least expensive option. All recommendations/advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.