Freeview or Freesat?

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:31:57 -0000, "Michael Chare"
wrote:

"Marky P" wrote in message
.. .
Hi guys!!!!!!!!!!!!

God, I ain't been here for months! Been caught up with doing my
family tree. Taken up all me time.

Anyway, A friend of a friend wants Freeview. They live in a slightly
fringe area (a place called Wymington in very north Bedfordshire).
The roofs aerials are ancient & don't give a single blip of a Freeview
signal. I tried using a cheapo wideband in the loft & got a signal on
some muxs & not others. The roof ain't easy to get to (not
impossible, just not easy). She has a Sky dish on the house but no
Sky box (it was there when she moved in a few weeks ago). She can't
afford a Sky subscription, which is why she wanted Freeview. Now, the
question is, is it worth climbing the roof to replace the ageing
aerials or go for Freesat? Would a sat box off ebay work ok? Are all
the main channels in the clear? Advice would be appreciated.

The problem with Freeview particularly in marginal areas, is that (AIUI) you
have to obtain a suitable aerial and then install it to find out if if is going
to work. - and if if does not work.....

This is the problem, though there appears to be a few new aerial
installs on neighbouring houses which I would assume are for Freeview.

With satellite, if you have line of sight, you can just obtain a suitable size
dish for your part of the country, (or larger) and it is likely to work.

Both are feasible as DIY jobs. In the case of satellite, the alignment is more
critical, but likely you can install the dish lower down.

Well, the dish is already there, so this would definately be the
easiest option. But she is a very attractive woman, & going up on
roofs is a very manly thing to do. She might marry me if I get her a
nice Freeview picture :-)

Marky P.

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:52:50 -0000, "Bill Wright"
wrote:


"Marky P" wrote in message
.. .
Hi guys!!!!!!!!!!!!

God, I ain't been here for months! Been caught up with doing my
family tree. Taken up all me time.

Have you found the missing link?

Bill

I AM the missing link :-(

Marky P.

"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:31:57 -0000, "Michael Chare"
wrote:

"Marky P" wrote in message
.. .
Hi guys!!!!!!!!!!!!

God, I ain't been here for months! Been caught up with doing my
family tree. Taken up all me time.

Anyway, A friend of a friend wants Freeview. They live in a slightly
fringe area (a place called Wymington in very north Bedfordshire).
The roofs aerials are ancient & don't give a single blip of a Freeview
signal. I tried using a cheapo wideband in the loft & got a signal on
some muxs & not others. The roof ain't easy to get to (not
impossible, just not easy). She has a Sky dish on the house but no
Sky box (it was there when she moved in a few weeks ago). She can't
afford a Sky subscription, which is why she wanted Freeview. Now, the
question is, is it worth climbing the roof to replace the ageing
aerials or go for Freesat? Would a sat box off ebay work ok? Are all
the main channels in the clear? Advice would be appreciated.

The problem with Freeview particularly in marginal areas, is that (AIUI) you
have to obtain a suitable aerial and then install it to find out if if is
going
to work. - and if if does not work.....

This is the problem, though there appears to be a few new aerial
installs on neighbouring houses which I would assume are for Freeview.

With satellite, if you have line of sight, you can just obtain a suitable
size
dish for your part of the country, (or larger) and it is likely to work.

Both are feasible as DIY jobs. In the case of satellite, the alignment is
more
critical, but likely you can install the dish lower down.

Well, the dish is already there, so this would definately be the
easiest option. But she is a very attractive woman, & going up on
roofs is a very manly thing to do. She might marry me if I get her a
nice Freeview picture :-)

Ah, on the one hand there is Freeview which might be seen as manly but carries
the risk of failure, on the other hand there is satellite which is more likely
to be successful.

If you want to score points for being manly maybe you should offer the Freeview
option as an experiment. so that if it does not work, she does not think of you
as having failed, and perhaps you can then extend the family tree.


--

Michael Chare

Marky P wrote:
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:31:57 -0000, "Michael Chare"
wrote:

"Marky P" wrote in message
...
Hi guys!!!!!!!!!!!!

God, I ain't been here for months! Been caught up with doing my
family tree. Taken up all me time.

Anyway, A friend of a friend wants Freeview. They live in a
slightly fringe area (a place called Wymington in very north
Bedfordshire).
The roofs aerials are ancient & don't give a single blip of a
Freeview signal. I tried using a cheapo wideband in the loft & got
a signal on
some muxs & not others. The roof ain't easy to get to (not
impossible, just not easy). She has a Sky dish on the house but no
Sky box (it was there when she moved in a few weeks ago). She can't
afford a Sky subscription, which is why she wanted Freeview. Now,
the question is, is it worth climbing the roof to replace the ageing
aerials or go for Freesat? Would a sat box off ebay work ok? Are
all
the main channels in the clear? Advice would be appreciated.

The problem with Freeview particularly in marginal areas, is that
(AIUI) you have to obtain a suitable aerial and then install it to
find out if if is going to work. - and if if does not work.....

This is the problem, though there appears to be a few new aerial
installs on neighbouring houses which I would assume are for Freeview.

With satellite, if you have line of sight, you can just obtain a
suitable size dish for your part of the country, (or larger) and it
is likely to work.

Both are feasible as DIY jobs. In the case of satellite, the
alignment is more critical, but likely you can install the dish
lower down.

Well, the dish is already there, so this would definately be the
easiest option. But she is a very attractive woman, & going up on
roofs is a very manly thing to do. She might marry me if I get her a
nice Freeview picture :-)

Marky P.

Get her a good satellite picture and settle for a shag. ;o)
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Adrian A