Sky Freesat and Pay-Once-Watch-For-Ever?

I've been thinking about having a new "digital aerial" installed, but
then thought about Freesat.

I looked at Sky Freesat and Pay-Once-Watch-For-Ever:

http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/default.aspx

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1. It seems that Freesat gives you 200+ TV channels and costs £150.

2. It seems that Pay-Once-Watch-For-Ever gives you 200+ channels and
costs half as much.
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Why should I go to Freesat? As long as I remember to gives one-month's
notice of cancellation of the Sky mix, surely POWFE is the way to go?

Or what have I missed?

Also, what is this "standard Sky box" they talk about? I have a legacy
analog TV with a set-top box to watch Freeview. Assuming the output from
the Sky box is digital, will that then plug into the STB?

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Ian

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Or what have I missed?

Well you seem mixed up with the names and systems.

Freesat is from the BBC/ITV on its EPG about 80 stations.
There are SD and HD boxes.
HD about £150 plus £80 for dish installed.
SD I think about £100 cheaper.
Not all shops sell it and those that do like Currys/Comet not really
interested in selling.
But some of these boxes will tune in the 200 'ish other free stations which
a Sky box will recieve, but the Sky EPG not recieved.

Now Sky offer a free from Sky for £150 SD box, dish and install, this is
from Sky themselves, some thing like 300 to 400 stations.

But Argos, Currys and maybe others have for £75 the above plus 3 or 4 months
of a few subscription stations included. Within this period if you cancel
the subsciption stations you got the free from Sky for £75. If you not
cancel you start to pay £19 per month.


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David

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On 2008-07-18, Ian wrote:
http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/default.aspx
1. It seems that Freesat gives you 200+ TV channels and costs £150.
2. It seems that Pay-Once-Watch-For-Ever gives you 200+ channels and
costs half as much.
Why should I go to Freesat? As long as I remember to gives one-month's
notice of cancellation of the Sky mix, surely POWFE is the way to go?

They are betting that a substantial proportion of people will either
forget to cancel, or decide they want to continue paying for the extra
channels. I can't imagine they expect anyone to choose the standard
freesat package, but it makes the Pay Once once look better value.

uk.tech.digital-tv
Ian
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:23:11 +0100


Also, what is this "standard Sky box" they talk about? I have a legacy
analog TV with a set-top box to watch Freeview. Assuming the output from
the Sky box is digital, will that then plug into the STB?


Apart from dave/ftn/virgin1 - you wont need to use your freeview box
anymore as almost every channel on your freeview box can be viewed via
the sky freesat box .

If your tv has 2 scart sockets - then you can still have both plugged in
and can toggle between the 2 different system by pressing the AV button
on your tv remote control .


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(sky freesat channel listing)

uk.tech.digital-tv
Paul Murray
18 Jul 2008 15:53:51 GMT
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They are betting that a substantial proportion of people will either
forget to cancel, or decide they want to continue paying for the extra
channels. I can't imagine they expect anyone to choose the standard
freesat package, but it makes the Pay Once once look better value.


The £75 option also requires the sky box to be plugged into the phone
line for a year .


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From: David
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 Time: 16:45:39

Well you seem mixed up with the names and systems.

Really? I was specifically talking about Sky offerings, and I used the
names they listed on their site.


Freesat is from the BBC/ITV on its EPG about 80 stations.

I'm not talking about BBC/ITV Freesat. I'm talking about Sky Freesat.


There are SD and HD boxes.
HD about £150 plus £80 for dish installed.
SD I think about £100 cheaper.
Not all shops sell it and those that do like Currys/Comet not really
interested in selling.
But some of these boxes will tune in the 200 'ish other free stations
which a Sky box will recieve, but the Sky EPG not recieved.

I'm not talking about BBC/ITV Freesat. I'm talking about Sky Freesat.



Now Sky offer a free from Sky for £150 SD box, dish and install, this
is from Sky themselves

AIUI, this is the Sky Freesat offering I was talking about.

, some thing like 300 to 400 stations.

According to the Sky Freesat site, they say 200+ channels. Are you
talking about the same thing?


But Argos, Currys and maybe others have for £75 the above plus 3 or 4
months of a few subscription stations included.

Is this the same as the Sky POWFE offering I mentioned?


Within this period if you cancel the subsciption stations you got the
free from Sky for £75. If you not cancel you start to pay £19 per
month.



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Ian

From: Krustov
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 Time: 16:57:38

Apart from dave/ftn/virgin1

Que?


- you wont need to use your freeview box
anymore as almost every channel on your freeview box can be viewed via
the sky freesat box .

But how do I plug the Sky Freesat box into my analog TV? Via a SCART
connection?

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Ian

From: Krustov
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 Time: 16:58:48


The £75 option also requires the sky box to be plugged into the phone
line for a year .


I didn't see any mention of a telephone line. What is it used for?

I am on Virgin cable -- will that do, or do I have to have a BT line as
well?

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Ian

uk.tech.digital-tv
Ian
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:19:56 +0100


The £75 option also requires the sky box to be plugged into the phone
line for a year .


I didn't see any mention of a telephone line. What is it used for?


Obviously sky monitors your viewing habits to see if you watch any of
the porno channels :-))


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www.krustov.co.uk

Ian wrote:
From: Krustov
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 Time: 16:57:38

Apart from dave/ftn/virgin1

Que?

Those three channels are not available via Sky Freesat, but they are on
terrestrial Freeview.

But how do I plug the Sky Freesat box into my analog TV? Via a SCART
connection?

Yes. It's a digital receiver, but it outputs its signal in analogue form via
the Scart connectors.


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Mark
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