freesat v sky
 

I had sky+ installed a while ago and got the installer to connect the old
cable to the quad LNB but never used the redundant sky box yet. In fact the
cable is sitting in the garden coiled up behind a bush. My son has decided
to move back home and wants freesat NOT sky without a card because he says
he will get more channels.
So what extra channels will he get before I buy a freesat box as against
using the old sky box without a card?

Ron

freesat v sky
 

I hope the cable is capped, or it will be full of water now.

Brian

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"Rocket Ron" wrote in message
om...
I had sky+ installed a while ago and got the installer to connect the old
cable to the quad LNB but never used the redundant sky box yet. In fact the
cable is sitting in the garden coiled up behind a bush. My son has decided
to move back home and wants freesat NOT sky without a card because he says
he will get more channels.
So what extra channels will he get before I buy a freesat box as against
using the old sky box without a card?

Ron

freesat v sky
 

"Rocket Ron" wrote in message
om...
I had sky+ installed a while ago and got the installer to connect the old
cable to the quad LNB but never used the redundant sky box yet. In fact the
cable is sitting in the garden coiled up behind a bush. My son has decided
to move back home and wants freesat NOT sky without a card because he says
he will get more channels.
So what extra channels will he get before I buy a freesat box as against
using the old sky box without a card?

Ron



He could receive the BBC and ITV HD broadcasts with a suitable HD Freesat
receiver.

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freesat v sky
 

On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:25:06 GMT, "Rocket Ron"
wrote:

I had sky+ installed a while ago and got the installer to connect the old
cable to the quad LNB but never used the redundant sky box yet. In fact the
cable is sitting in the garden coiled up behind a bush. My son has decided
to move back home and wants freesat NOT sky without a card because he says
he will get more channels.
So what extra channels will he get before I buy a freesat box as against
using the old sky box without a card?

There is a Freesat website:
http://www.freesat.co.uk/
Click on "Channels" at the top of the page to get a list of TV and Radio
channels on Freesat.

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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

freesat v sky
 

Just noticed this

a.. * ITV HD is not currently available to STV and UTV viewers

so how do they stop you viewing, is there a card?

Just so viewers in England know, here in Scotland, STV do not show The Bill
and also Miss Marple and some other programmes on terrestrial analogue and
digital and on channel 103 on Sky.

Ron, who lives in Scotland and is getting fed up with STV not showing The
Bill and other ITV programmes. No need to explain how I can watch it, I
watch it on Sky 993



"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:25:06 GMT, "Rocket Ron"
wrote:

I had sky+ installed a while ago and got the installer to connect the old
cable to the quad LNB but never used the redundant sky box yet. In fact
the
cable is sitting in the garden coiled up behind a bush. My son has decided
to move back home and wants freesat NOT sky without a card because he says
he will get more channels.
So what extra channels will he get before I buy a freesat box as against
using the old sky box without a card?

There is a Freesat website:
http://www.freesat.co.uk/
Click on "Channels" at the top of the page to get a list of TV and Radio
channels on Freesat.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

freesat v sky
 

On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:13:53 GMT, "Rocket Ron"
wrote:

Just noticed this

a.. * ITV HD is not currently available to STV and UTV viewers

so how do they stop you viewing, is there a card?

No. What that means is that ITV HD is not accessible by Red Button on
UTV or STV on Freesat. However it is available via Red Button on Freesat
Channel 977 (ITV 1 London) which is accessible and recordable via the
EPG in the UTV and STV regions.

Just so viewers in England know, here in Scotland, STV do not show The Bill
and also Miss Marple and some other programmes on terrestrial analogue and
digital and on channel 103 on Sky.

Ron, who lives in Scotland and is getting fed up with STV not showing The
Bill and other ITV programmes. No need to explain how I can watch it, I
watch it on Sky 993


--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

freesat v sky
 

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
om...
I hope the cable is capped, or it will be full of water now.

Brian


Thats impossible because its still summer :)