re sky to offer 200+ free channels
 

200 free channels of ****e in the hope that you'll end up paying a
subscription!

"Dogtanian" wrote in message
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200 free channels of ****e in the hope that you'll end up paying a
subscription!


Its worth a mention that the picture quality of the five main channels and
much better on Freeview (through your aerial) than they are on Sky Digital.
Talk about pixelation. I wouldn't bother watching Sky if they paid me!

Freeview is the better option, if picture quality is important to you.

James

Dogtanian wrote:
200 free channels of ****e in the hope that you'll end up paying a
subscription!

Amazing that a re-introduction of an offer that was around for years and
years triggers so much interest! By the sounds of it all of these channels
are FTA already (and available with a non-Sky FTA box, or a PC card) - with
the exception of ITV1, C4 and Five - which will now be receivable on a Sky
receiver with a Solus-type card.

Wonder if something similar to the £150 offer will also be available to
ex-Sky subscribers who want a new viewing card to watch the 3 FTV services.

Steve

James wrote:

: Its worth a mention that the picture quality of the five main channels and
: much better on Freeview (through your aerial) than they are on Sky Digital.

That's not what most people find!

: Freeview is the better option, if picture quality is important to you.

Again the total opposite of most people find!

"James" wrote in message
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"Dogtanian" wrote in message
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200 free channels of ****e in the hope that you'll end up paying a
subscription!


Its worth a mention that the picture quality of the five main channels and
much better on Freeview (through your aerial) than they are on Sky
Digital.
Talk about pixelation. I wouldn't bother watching Sky if they paid me!

Freeview is the better option, if picture quality is important to you.

James


I disagree 100%
Freeview has a very low bandwidth compared to satellite. My sky pictures are
superb, even after being recompressed by Tivo, whereas Freeview, just a
whiff of a major scene change leaves a pixel mess for 1/10 second.

Brian McIlwrath wrote:
James wrote:

Its worth a mention that the picture quality of the five main channels and
much better on Freeview (through your aerial) than they are on Sky Digital.

That's not what most people find!

Freeview is the better option, if picture quality is important to you.

Again the total opposite of most people find!

ITV and C4 D-Sat transmissions are at a restricted horizontal resolution of 540x576.

All five main channels on DTT are at 720x576.

Having said that though, BBC and C5 on DTT transmit their 4:3 pictures
pillarboxed into a 16:9 frame, and rely on the STB to produce a full frame 4:3
image under AFD control. So in short 4:3 transmissions can (and do)
look worse on DTT than D-Sat.

FWIW my observations comparing my Sky+ box against my Mk 1 Pace OnD box a-

BBC 1/3/4/N24 DTT slightly better than D-Sat, except for 4:3 progs
BBC 2 D-Sat better always than DTT
ITV/C4 (Mer and Lon) DTT always better than D-Sat
C5 D-Sat always better than DTT

"James" wrote:
Its worth a mention that the picture quality of the five main channels and
much better on Freeview (through your aerial) than they are on Sky Digital.

Sounds like your system is faulty in some way. I was jealous of friends
in Freeview areas until I got FTA satellite and saw the difference in
picture quality.