What's the catch with FREESAT

Apologies if this is the wrong group, but on the face of it, Sky's
freesat looks like a good deal...? Are they serious if you say NO to a
phone connection, though?

Mario wrote:
Apologies if this is the wrong group, but on the face of it, Sky's
freesat looks like a good deal...? Are they serious if you say NO to a
phone connection, though?

You don't need a phone connection with Freesat.

"Mario" [email protected] wrote in message
...
Apologies if this is the wrong group, but on the face of it, Sky's freesat
looks like a good deal...? Are they serious if you say NO to a phone
connection, though?

There is no catch, no phone connection is required.

Mario wrote:
Apologies if this is the wrong group, but on the face of it, Sky's
freesat looks like a good deal...?

The channel lineup isn't the same as freeview which may or may not be a good
thing , and it costs more than just buying a terrestrial decoder if your
existing aerial is suitable.

Other than that , no major problems that I've heard of

--
Alex

Piece by piece the penguins have taken my sanity
www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

"Malcolm H" wrote in message
...

"Mario" [email protected] wrote in message
...
Apologies if this is the wrong group, but on the face of it, Sky's
freesat
looks like a good deal...? Are they serious if you say NO to a phone
connection, though?

There is no catch, no phone connection is required.

I'll second that; my father recently opted for Freesat, as Freeview
wasn't available - the installer made no attempt to "push" the phone
option.

- -
Martin

"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
...
Mario wrote:
Apologies if this is the wrong group, but on the face of it, Sky's
freesat looks like a good deal...?

No;
Channel 4
five
E4
More4
FilmFour (soon on Freeview)
UKTV History

etc, etc

"Mario" [email protected] wrote in message
...
Apologies if this is the wrong group, but on the face of it, Sky's
freesat looks like a good deal...? Are they serious if you say NO to a
phone connection, though?

No catch.

The only reason its available is that they are running scared of people
choosing the freeview platform instead of theirs, so they are finally
climbing down of their high horse and trying to get a part of the action.
Its almost certain that freesat would never have appeared if freeview had
not been so popular. With more people choosing freeview than digital
satellite these days, due to the cheap one-off fee of 40 quid (sometimes
much much less), Sky are starting to get just a little bit worried that they
are missing out on tempting customers to them IMO.

Freeview boxes are selling like hot cakes around here these days. My local
netto had them in last week and the whole stack of them were sold out in
less than 2 hours from the offer starting. It just shows how popular
freeview is becoming. I know that Sky gives you more choice, but its only
more choice of shopping channels and other similar trash, so if its quality
TV your after, buy a freeview box and you`ll get the 'cream of the crop' of
free channels without having the hassle of getting a dish stuck on the wall
and having to mess around with a FTV card.

If your in a freeview signal area, its a nice simple upgrade to just buy a
cheap box, stick your aerial into it... and away you go... No wonder its
so popular....

"James" wrote in message
...

"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
...
Mario wrote:
Apologies if this is the wrong group, but on the face of it, Sky's
freesat looks like a good deal...?

No;
Channel 4
five
E4
More4
FilmFour (soon on Freeview)
UKTV History

etc, etc

Give over. You get C4 and 5 on Freesat.

Bill

"Mario" [email protected] wrote in message
...
Apologies if this is the wrong group, but on the face of it, Sky's freesat
looks like a good deal...? Are they serious if you say NO to a phone
connection, though?

If its like normal sky then when terrestrial BBC or ITV show a football
match and you try and watch it on Sky you get a message telling you to
switch to terrestrial TV as they are not allowed to show them.

"Terry" wrote in message
...

"Mario" [email protected] wrote in message
...
Apologies if this is the wrong group, but on the face of it, Sky's
freesat looks like a good deal...? Are they serious if you say NO to a
phone connection, though?

No catch.

The only reason its available is that they are running scared of people
choosing the freeview platform instead of theirs, so they are finally
climbing down of their high horse and trying to get a part of the action.
Its almost certain that freesat would never have appeared if freeview had
not been so popular. With more people choosing freeview than digital
satellite these days, due to the cheap one-off fee of 40 quid (sometimes
much much less), Sky are starting to get just a little bit worried that
they
are missing out on tempting customers to them IMO.

Freeview boxes are selling like hot cakes around here these days. My
local
netto had them in last week and the whole stack of them were sold out in
less than 2 hours from the offer starting. It just shows how popular
freeview is becoming. I know that Sky gives you more choice, but its only
more choice of shopping channels and other similar trash, so if its
quality
TV your after, buy a freeview box and you`ll get the 'cream of the crop'
of
free channels without having the hassle of getting a dish stuck on the
wall
and having to mess around with a FTV card.

If your in a freeview signal area, its a nice simple upgrade to just buy a
cheap box, stick your aerial into it... and away you go... No wonder its
so popular....


I have seen digital systems with dishes selling for £80 to £100 so it might
work out cheaper getting one of those and a local installer.
I don't know the technical ins and outs but it does seem viable to do it
without involving Sky at all.