What's the catch with FREESAT
 

Malcolm H wrote:
"Adrian A" wrote in message
om...
Malcolm H wrote:
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Incidentally the Sky EPG allows you to eliminate any channels which
you do not want so that they are never displayed in the EPG.
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That part of your post simply is not true.
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Adrian

Apologies, I agree not strictly true. What you can do is select up to 50 (I
think) 'Favourite' channels and use a 'Favourites' EPG which displays only
the selected channels. This does effectively prevent display of unwanted
channels in the EPG.



It does more than that if you "want" more than 50 channels to be
displayed in the EPG.

What's the catch with FREESAT
 

"Malcolm H"
"MJ Ray" wrote:
Incidentally the Sky EPG allows you to eliminate any channels which you
do not want so that they are never displayed in the EPG.

Since when? The inability to do that is a long-standing complaint from
people with strong religious beliefs and a reason why faith groups offer
standard (non-Sky) receivers.

Since a recent software upgrade! What you can do is select up to 50
'Favourite' channels and use a 'Favourites' EPG which displays only
the selected channels. This effectively prevents display of unwanted
channels in the EPG.

...only until someone moves out of the 'Favourites' EPG back to the full one?

Really, using favourites is not removing a channel. I'm surprised if
Sky have only just added Favourites EPG too: it's a fairly common
feature on non-Sky boxes for years.

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MJR/slef
Sat FAQ: http://mjr.towers.org.uk/comp/astefaq.txt

What's the catch with FREESAT
 

What's the catch with FREESAT
 

MJ Ray wrote:
marketing;
2. if you have been FTV for over five years, you predate FreesatFromSky.

Yes and no, Sky have offered an FTV 'no sub' deal since the launch of
Sky Digital ISTR.
A number of my friends and relations signed up for it in 2000/1. They
have never had any Sky marketing droids contact them.

It's only in the last couple of years Sky have used some 'spin' and
named the package 'FreesatFromSky' (and increased the cost from 99 to
150 quid).

If you've *been* a Sky subscriber, then that's a different matter . I
ditched Sky+ in November 2005. Over the last month Sky have tried to
phone me on a daily basis. Normally when I'm out ! My wife and lads
have answered, Sky refuse to tell them what they want with me. When
they have phoned and I've been in, I simply ignore the phone. They use
an 0800 CLID number. I think they've given up for the moment again.
:-)