Freesat or Freeview

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Brian Gaff wrote:
To be honest from what I've found, the question should be turned on its
head. Do you get the same dross on both. In most cases more dross on
freesat as there are more channels.

Are you the best person to judge on TV content? ;-)

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"John Arnold" wrote in message
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Sorry if this is a frequently asked question, but which is best for
channel
content, Freeview or Freesat?

One person told me that the few Freeview channels that can't be received
on
Freesat (because their sat broadcast is encrypted) more than make up
quality-wise for the multiplicity of Freesat channels. Is that right?

What about HD? Does Freeview HD and Freesat HD get the same HD channels?

I think that if you have the choice this is a "non-question". Why wouldn't
you have Freeview unless you need an Arial upgrade. All new TVs come with
Freeview built in. A Freeview box can be had for a nominal amount.

I think it only gets interesting when you go HD where the higher available
bandwidth of satellite communications allows more HD channels and more
interactive features to be available. So if you want the full F1 experience
with all the driver cams you need freesat or sky.

Also as others have pointed out Freesat is a locked down platform. So there
is stuff available that is free but can't be viewed on a Freesat box because
its EPG should be locked. (some receievers are dual mode)....

John Arnold wrote:
Sorry if this is a frequently asked question, but which is best for channel
content, Freeview or Freesat?

One person told me that the few Freeview channels that can't be received on
Freesat (because their sat broadcast is encrypted) more than make up
quality-wise for the multiplicity of Freesat channels. Is that right?

What about HD? Does Freeview HD and Freesat HD get the same HD channels?


It partly depends on where you live, most relay stations will only have
the 3 PSB multiplexes, Freesat is definitely better then. Both systems
will have BBC HD, BBC1 HD, ITV1 HD & C4 HD. NHK World HD will be on
Freesat next month.

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Adrian

On Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 at 11:38:14h +0100, Tim complained:

Personally, I found it to be the worst rolling news channel - by a very
long way

Euronews is more of a Bob Danvers-Walker Pathe newsreel style news station
than a rolling BREAKING NEWS in your face personality led news station.

Perhaps that is why your opinion of it is so low?

So try France 24 or Deutsche Welle TV.

And Bloomberg is better for business news than CNBC.

Can anyone give me the Freesat transponder frequency for C4 HD please

On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:18:47 +0100, Count de Monet
wrote:

Can anyone give me the Freesat transponder frequency for C4 HD please

It is 12606, V, 27500, 3/4.

It is in DVB-S2 rather than the DVB-S used for most other channels. If
you are doing a manually initiated scan of that transponder frequency
you might need to tell your box to use DVB-S2.

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Peter Duncanson
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On 23/04/2011 09:25, Woody wrote:

One very good station on sat that is not on Freeview is Euronews.
It is amazing how much is going off elsewhere in Europe that is
never even mentioned in the UK media.

That's because no one cares what happens in the rest of europe.

On Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 at 18:22:26h +0100, Silk wrote:

That's because no one cares what happens in the rest of europe.

Surely those who live in the rest of Europe care about what happens
in the rest of Europe?

"J G Miller" wrote in message
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On Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 at 11:38:14h +0100, Tim complained:

Personally, I found it to be the worst rolling news channel - by a very
long way

Euronews is more of a Bob Danvers-Walker Pathe newsreel style news station
than a rolling BREAKING NEWS in your face personality led news station.

Perhaps that is why your opinion of it is so low?

So try France 24 or Deutsche Welle TV.

France 24 was rather good by comparison (but I still prefer BBC News)

tim

On 23/04/2011 19:28, J G Miller wrote:
On Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 at 18:22:26h +0100, Silk wrote:

That's because no one cares what happens in the rest of europe.

Surely those who live in the rest of Europe care about what happens
in the rest of Europe?

Most people don't care about anything if it doesn't directly affect them.

If people in other countries wish to care about what happens in thoses
countries, why is it my business?