Freesat or Freeview?
Discussion
Our Humax Foxsat freesat box is beginning to get buggy - looks like time to replace. We can either use a digital aerial or already-in-place satellite dish.
Is there any reason to choose one over the other? Is Youview better?
We're looking at the Humax HDR1000S: http://www.richersounds.com/product/digital-set-to...
Is there any reason to choose one over the other? Is Youview better?
We're looking at the Humax HDR1000S: http://www.richersounds.com/product/digital-set-to...
You view provides a catch up TV service all in one box.
Talk Talk shifted loads of them. Talk Talk are crap hence why people dump then hence why You View boxes can be bought for around £30 S/H
Bought loads of them and installed them for people. Sure there is a Talk Talk menu button that doesn't do anything but all it needs is an aerial connection and an Ethernet connection and you got the chance to watch and record. But you also got all 5 channels catch up in one box. Great as a recorder. Great as a catch up box.
As regards Freeview via Freesat You have more channels on Freesat including some CBS ones/ Horror Channel etc the quality is generally better - as in picture quality.
Personally I always have both anyway.
Talk Talk shifted loads of them. Talk Talk are crap hence why people dump then hence why You View boxes can be bought for around £30 S/H
Bought loads of them and installed them for people. Sure there is a Talk Talk menu button that doesn't do anything but all it needs is an aerial connection and an Ethernet connection and you got the chance to watch and record. But you also got all 5 channels catch up in one box. Great as a recorder. Great as a catch up box.
As regards Freeview via Freesat You have more channels on Freesat including some CBS ones/ Horror Channel etc the quality is generally better - as in picture quality.
Personally I always have both anyway.
I have both on my TV and find myself watching the Freesat more often than not. I think more of the SD channels are at least 720 so slightly better quality than Freeview. As others have said the line up of channels is also slightly different. No Dave on Freesat but quite a few extra ones, especially the music channels.
wseed said:
I have both on my TV and find myself watching the Freesat more often than not. I think more of the SD channels are at least 720 so slightly better quality than Freeview. As others have said the line up of channels is also slightly different. No Dave on Freesat but quite a few extra ones, especially the music channels.
There is a Freesat equivalent of Youview called Freetime. Box made by Humax and others. Unless you go for a BT of TalkTalk subsidised box Freetime and Youview boxes are similar cost.Check the channel line-up, as this thread indicates, they are different.
The HUMAX Freesat tuner is very good and will probably provide a marginally better picture (if your TV is large and good enough) than the TV Freeview tuner. The Humax Freesat audio output signal is higher than most TV audio output levels...so your surround sound will be louder with the HUMAX output, than a similar level of gain and the audio output from your TV.
You already have the dish, so if you have a multi-output LNB, simply cable in a second Freesat decoder and enjoy both programming sources? Good luck!
The HUMAX Freesat tuner is very good and will probably provide a marginally better picture (if your TV is large and good enough) than the TV Freeview tuner. The Humax Freesat audio output signal is higher than most TV audio output levels...so your surround sound will be louder with the HUMAX output, than a similar level of gain and the audio output from your TV.
You already have the dish, so if you have a multi-output LNB, simply cable in a second Freesat decoder and enjoy both programming sources? Good luck!
wseed said:
I have both on my TV and find myself watching the Freesat more often than not. I think more of the SD channels are at least 720 so slightly better quality than Freeview. As others have said the line up of channels is also slightly different. No Dave on Freesat but quite a few extra ones, especially the music channels.
They're not 720p or they wouldn't be SD. FreeviewHD channels are 1080i. Assuming that's what you mean by 720.I've been perfectly happy with FreeviewHD, I guess it depends what you watch. My TV has both built in but I always watch Freeview.
I got rid of Virgin earlier this year as the water board cut through our cable and we realised that using an old Sky box we didn't miss much and have now bought a Humax freesat box which is vastly better than the Tivo box in terms of responsiveness.
I have never had freeview so can't comment on the differences channel wise but others have although I recently got a PC with a TV card so have the best of all worlds.
In terms of my Freesat box, it's slick and the catch up channels seem to work well (rarely used) and also, as a media box playing stuff from my NAS it's a bit hit and miss but files it does play, they are perfect.
I am sorting my PJ this week so look forward to seeing the picture quality on the big screen as we only have a 26" telly at the moment!
I have never had freeview so can't comment on the differences channel wise but others have although I recently got a PC with a TV card so have the best of all worlds.
In terms of my Freesat box, it's slick and the catch up channels seem to work well (rarely used) and also, as a media box playing stuff from my NAS it's a bit hit and miss but files it does play, they are perfect.
I am sorting my PJ this week so look forward to seeing the picture quality on the big screen as we only have a 26" telly at the moment!
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