Receive Freesat on a Skybox question

Steve Terry wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
Woody wrote:

Otherwise get yourself a freesat viewing card which is a once off
payment of £25. Then you will get the correct channels for your
region in the right slots.
No, put that £25 towards a proper Freesat box. Far better. Even a
non-Freesat free-to-air box is better than a Sky box.
Bill

Easier to use yes, more channels than freesat from sky no

Yes, true, but the remaining FTV 'Sky Freesat Only' channels, (with the
possible exception of C5-HD) are nothing more than flotsam and jetsam.

I refer you, to the link you provided up thread.

Thanks for all of the very useful replies.

Are the BBC / ITV Freesat service and Sky service really the same transmission from the same satellite and frequency with the only
difference that some of the channels (Sky) are encrypted?

Or are they different satellite different frequencies?

Thanks

John G3UGY

Alt Beer wrote:
Thanks for all of the very useful replies.

Are the BBC / ITV Freesat service and Sky service really the same
transmission from the same satellite and frequency with the only
difference that some of the channels (Sky) are encrypted?

That's exactly the case. Any encrypted channel either FTV, or 'subs
only' will only be present on Sky's system.

"Alt Beer" wrote:
I think I read somewhere that if the Sky box is HD then the record
capability is disabled unless you subscribe to Sky HD free to view at
subscription cost of £10 per month.

If this is true and the box is HD but I don't tune to HD channels would I
be able to record without paying the £10 per month?

Thanks

No, if you want to record, or more accurately play back recordings, then
you must have a sky subscription or pay £10 per month.

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Adrian

Mark Carver wrote:
Alt Beer wrote:
Thanks for all of the very useful replies.

Are the BBC / ITV Freesat service and Sky service really the same
transmission from the same satellite and frequency with the only
difference that some of the channels (Sky) are encrypted?

That's exactly the case. Any encrypted channel either FTV, or 'subs
only' will only be present on Sky's system.

I would have thought that FTV was outside of Sky, as well (and, of
course, not all subscription channels are Sky). FTV is normally

Mark Carver wrote:
Alt Beer wrote:
Thanks for all of the very useful replies.

Are the BBC / ITV Freesat service and Sky service really the same
transmission from the same satellite and frequency with the only
difference that some of the channels (Sky) are encrypted?

That's exactly the case. Any encrypted channel either FTV, or 'subs
only' will only be present on Sky's system.

FTV generally aren't that way because they want to be associated with
Sky but because they are on satellites/transponders that can be received
with normal domestic systems, well outside the UK, and have to have some
means to limit themselves to the UK to reduce the cost of obtaining
broadcasting rights for their contents.

I guess Sky may give them some discount over cost for Sky boxes being
the only ones that can decode them.

Not all subscription channels are Sky.

On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 15:16:00 -0000, "Alt Beer"
wrote:

Thanks for all of the very useful replies.

Are the BBC / ITV Freesat service and Sky service really the same transmission from the same satellite and frequency with the only
difference that some of the channels (Sky) are encrypted?

Or are they different satellite different frequencies?

Thanks

John G3UGY

Sky News today is transmitted from the same satellite on the same
frequency as it was before it was added to the Freesat EPG. It was
unencrypted before and is still unencrypted.

It was and is an FTA (Free To Air) service.


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

Alt Beer wrote:
Thanks for all of the very useful replies.
Are the BBC / ITV Freesat service and Sky service really the same
transmission from the same satellite and frequency with the only
difference that some of the channels (Sky) are encrypted?
Or are they different satellite different frequencies?
Thanks
John G3UGY

Yes, except they use different EPGs (electronic program guides),
a kind of channel index that the receiver uses to order the channels.

If a TV channel isn't in the EPG then to receive it you would have to
manually tune and save it.

Steve Terry
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"cmwb" wrote in message om...
"Steve Terry" wrote in message ...

Easier to use yes, more channels than freesat from sky no

But at the moment this is difficult to beat:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/hd-complet...lite-kit/98603

Into which you can plug an external USB hard drive turning it into a HD PVR

Steve Terry


Great price but only one tuner in the box - cant have everything at that price I spose.

Martin wrote:

On Wed, 5 Dec 2012 12:55:42 -0000, "Alt Beer"
wrote:


"cmwb" wrote in message
om... "Steve
Terry" wrote in message ...
Easier to use yes, more channels than freesat from sky no

But at the moment this is difficult to beat:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/hd-complet...lite-kit/98603

Into which you can plug an external USB hard drive turning it into
a HD PVR
Steve Terry


Great price but only one tuner in the box - cant have everything at
that price I spose.

You can buy several tuners and still save money :-)

Out of stock at all the stores I checked.

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