Freesat HD
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you need a dvb-s2 card for £70 and bob's your uncle
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u could buy a WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2 which will give u freesat including HD channels... i have one and it works great..
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Once analogue has been turned off there will still only be enough room for four HD channels on Freeview. BBC are getting one and the other three will be auctioned off.
You still have to buy a new recoder though.
I’m a bit confused by this – Sky have had a “freesat” service for years, you have to pay around £15 one off for a card then using any old dish and Sky box you can get lots of channels, virtually the same lot as you get on Freeview.
What’s the difference with this new service from BBC? Is it exactly the same as freesat from Sky but with the addition of HD channels? Currently if you just have an old Sky box and dish (without card) you get almost everything, but not C4 or five. Does this freesat from BBC mean C4 and five can be received on an old Sky box/dish without the £15 card?
What’s the difference with this new service from BBC? Is it exactly the same as freesat from Sky but with the addition of HD channels? Currently if you just have an old Sky box and dish (without card) you get almost everything, but not C4 or five. Does this freesat from BBC mean C4 and five can be received on an old Sky box/dish without the £15 card?
Hmm... So lets get this right, I can just throw my old Sky SD box out, use my existing sky dish and plug in a new freesat HD box and it'll just work?
That's it? No subscription fee sounds great, as I want HD as I've now got a HD TV but wasn't about to pay Sky for HD, as its way too expensive for what I wanted..
This to me sounds a done deal if all I've got to do is buy a new HD box and plug it onto my existing sky dish.......
......excellent news if so.
edit -ok website freesat.co.uk says this -
If your home already has a satellite dish, you may be able to use it to receive freesat, but please check in-store for details.
Cool, looks like its finally time to say bye byeee to Sky... Sky was all I could get no freeview in my area, and I would love to boot the sky supplied system out the door..!! lol
That's it? No subscription fee sounds great, as I want HD as I've now got a HD TV but wasn't about to pay Sky for HD, as its way too expensive for what I wanted..
This to me sounds a done deal if all I've got to do is buy a new HD box and plug it onto my existing sky dish.......
......excellent news if so.
edit -ok website freesat.co.uk says this -
If your home already has a satellite dish, you may be able to use it to receive freesat, but please check in-store for details.
Cool, looks like its finally time to say bye byeee to Sky... Sky was all I could get no freeview in my area, and I would love to boot the sky supplied system out the door..!! lol
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...and if you're not allowed a dish on your house then you're screwed when it comes to HD television broadcasts. Makes me wonder why the hell I invested in a decent HDTV in the first place. Guess I'll have to grab myself a PS3 and start buying Blu-Ray movies now.
Yes!
* Black.
* Digital satellite receiver for the reception of Freesat broadcasts from Astra 28.2.
* Capable of receiving both HD and SD channels.
* Freesat standard HD MHEG.
* Digital text.
* Digital video broadcasting (DVB).
* Auto setup.
* Auto detection of new channels.
* Auto scan for new channels.
* Now and next electronic programme guide.
* Programme guide 2 - 8 days.
* 2 SCART sockets.
* SCART lead.
* HDMI output socket.
* Upscales to 1080i or 720p.
* Remote control, batteries included.
* HD decoding.
* Ethernet network connection.
* USB connection.
* S/PDIF optical audio connection.
* YPrPb/RGB component analogue HD output.
* Fully interactive with LAN port for connection to broadband, for faster return path when accessing Freesat digital interactive services - may not be available for launch.
* Size (H)5, (W)28, (D)20.5cm.
* Weight 1.5kg.
VERY well specced for a Freeview HD box, HDMI, LAN, USB, Component all for £150
* Black.
* Digital satellite receiver for the reception of Freesat broadcasts from Astra 28.2.
* Capable of receiving both HD and SD channels.
* Freesat standard HD MHEG.
* Digital text.
* Digital video broadcasting (DVB).
* Auto setup.
* Auto detection of new channels.
* Auto scan for new channels.
* Now and next electronic programme guide.
* Programme guide 2 - 8 days.
* 2 SCART sockets.
* SCART lead.
* HDMI output socket.
* Upscales to 1080i or 720p.
* Remote control, batteries included.
* HD decoding.
* Ethernet network connection.
* USB connection.
* S/PDIF optical audio connection.
* YPrPb/RGB component analogue HD output.
* Fully interactive with LAN port for connection to broadband, for faster return path when accessing Freesat digital interactive services - may not be available for launch.
* Size (H)5, (W)28, (D)20.5cm.
* Weight 1.5kg.
VERY well specced for a Freeview HD box, HDMI, LAN, USB, Component all for £150
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I'm guessing Vista MCE doesn't support decoding or displaying of HD via DVB-S2 cards yet does it?
I run Vista MCE with a twin tuner DVB-T card at the moment and I have my Sky-HD box for when I want to watch HD.
I'd love to get it all integrated in to the one solution.
I run Vista MCE with a twin tuner DVB-T card at the moment and I have my Sky-HD box for when I want to watch HD.
I'd love to get it all integrated in to the one solution.
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Nice, SkyHD is stupidly expensive so it's good to see an alternative for us people without fibre optic cable in the road.
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Will be tempted by this - can wait it out for now and see what happens when the first Freeview HD boxes start appearing - although being in London I can't make use of Freeview HD until 2012 anyways !
By the time I have my own place this might be a very real option
By the time I have my own place this might be a very real option
Will be tempted by this - can wait it out for now and see what happens when the first Freeview HD boxes start appearing - although being in London I can't make use of Freeview HD until 2012 anyways !
By the time I have my own place this might be a very real option
I don't think they'll start HD on freeview in any location until the analogue switch off is completed everywhere...
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Yea, hence the reference to 2012, shame though but I guess I could always try this freesat HD out in the mean time - no way is sky getting anything off me.
Nice, SkyHD is stupidly expensive so it's good to see an alternative for us people without fibre optic cable in the road.
How is it? I pay £10 extra for my SkyHD sub that will be vastly superior to that of freesat.