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I've been mulling over dropping my Sky sub for a Freesat HD one once one
or more Freesat HD PVRs become available.

As far as I can see, I'd miss two things, twin tuner recording, and the
ability to control the box via an aerial lead and Sky-eye attachment.

I can't use Video senders (unless they do DECT type ones these days) as
my house is so crammed with 2.4GHz stuff already, and the bedroom TV is
as far from where the sender would be as is possible whilst staying in
the same house so reception is pants.

What options do you reckon are available?

Equivalent of RF-2 Sky-eye for Freesat
 

Gary wrote:
: As far as I can see, I'd miss two things, twin tuner recording, and the
: ability to control the box via an aerial lead and Sky-eye attachment.

Why twin-tuner recording? - I suspect that all Freesat PVRs will have this!
The Humax certainly will (but it seems to have been delayed until MUCH
later this year - or early 2009!)

If you replaced your Sky+ with a SkyHD STB you would get MANY more channels
than are on Freesat (but you would need to keep some form of Sky subscription
for recording).

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Brian McIlwrath wrote:
Gary wrote:
: As far as I can see, I'd miss two things, twin tuner recording, and the
: ability to control the box via an aerial lead and Sky-eye attachment.

Why twin-tuner recording? - I suspect that all Freesat PVRs will have this!
The Humax certainly will (but it seems to have been delayed until MUCH
later this year - or early 2009!)

If you replaced your Sky+ with a SkyHD STB you would get MANY more channels
than are on Freesat (but you would need to keep some form of Sky subscription
for recording).

.... and, according to the sky websites, BBC HD and Luxe TV HD are FTA,
C4 HD is FTV, otherwise it's £10 per month to get the other HD channels
in addition to your sky subscription - no better than Freesat unless you
pay at least £312 per year.

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"PeeGee" wrote in message
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... and, according to the sky websites, BBC HD and Luxe TV HD are FTA, C4
HD is FTV, otherwise it's £10 per month to get the other HD channels in
addition to your sky subscription - no better than Freesat unless you pay
at least £312 per year.


you're forgetting all the FTA channels that are not on freesat epg.



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The dog from that film you saw wrote:

"PeeGee" wrote in message
...

... and, according to the sky websites, BBC HD and Luxe TV HD are FTA,
C4 HD is FTV, otherwise it's £10 per month to get the other HD
channels in addition to your sky subscription - no better than Freesat
unless you pay at least £312 per year.


you're forgetting all the FTA channels that are not on freesat epg.


... which the Humax, at least, gives in a separate listing - and my
comments only referenced HD :-)

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Brian McIlwrath wrote:

Why twin-tuner recording? - I suspect that all Freesat PVRs will have this!
The Humax certainly will (but it seems to have been delayed until MUCH
later this year - or early 2009!)

Is that a fairly confirmed rumour now ? Someone I know is holding out
for that product, rather than buying the standard Humax HD receiver
that's available now. He semi-jokes with me, that he may not live long
enough to see the HD PVR at this rate !