Getting BBC HD without a penny going to SKY
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We have a nice shiny telly which can do HD
Having no great desire to watch adverts in HD or give a single penny to SKY as 99% of their output is s
t or a repeat.
So what options are open to me.
We can't get cable telly as we are on the edge of the highlands.
I have no problem with putting up a satelite dish and getting it set up.
Freeview signal is a bit patchy at times but we haven't got a decent ariel
Having no great desire to watch adverts in HD or give a single penny to SKY as 99% of their output is s
t or a repeat.So what options are open to me.
We can't get cable telly as we are on the edge of the highlands.
I have no problem with putting up a satelite dish and getting it set up.
Freeview signal is a bit patchy at times but we haven't got a decent ariel
Much of a muchness between Freesat and Freeview around here (coverage wise), but as I understand it FreeSat is probably the one to go for long term.
http://www.ukfree.tv/allchannels.php - list of channels for both versions there.
Personally I'd go for Freesat and slap a Freeview aerial up at the same time for backup, means you don't miss any channels and costs little more, assuming it's not a colossal ballache to set up. Also noticed that when one is effected by the weather the other often isn't.
http://www.ukfree.tv/allchannels.php - list of channels for both versions there.
Personally I'd go for Freesat and slap a Freeview aerial up at the same time for backup, means you don't miss any channels and costs little more, assuming it's not a colossal ballache to set up. Also noticed that when one is effected by the weather the other often isn't.
We have Freesat with the Samsung PVR - HD channels, series link, pause live tv, even record two channels and watch a third (on a good day - depends which combination of channels).
I understand that the Samsung box is going to get a YouView upgrade too, so that'll take care of iPlayer, 4OD etc.
I understand that the Samsung box is going to get a YouView upgrade too, so that'll take care of iPlayer, 4OD etc.
I've been using a Humax PVR for the last year or more to record and view Freeview HD from Crystal Palace transmitter: I might be wrong, but I thought that you can't get Channel 4 HD on Freesat and there are quite a few films on Ch4 that I record and can watch later, so making Freeview HD better for my use. There was talk about a Channel 5 HD service, but not sure what happened about that and whether it would be available on FreeSat either.
I used to use Freesat via a PC linked to my TV/Projector, back when BBC HD was doing test transmissions and only a few hours of evening programming, but it was much more fiddly than simply using a set top box (or TV with Freeview/Freesat HD built in).
Speaking to friends about the cost of Sky and Virgin HD (specifically to be able to watch all the F1 races live) shocked me...I'll live with watching the highlights for those races not shown live: My OH knows to make sure I don't see/hear the result before I've watched it by turning the news channel off before I come down for breakfast.
I used to use Freesat via a PC linked to my TV/Projector, back when BBC HD was doing test transmissions and only a few hours of evening programming, but it was much more fiddly than simply using a set top box (or TV with Freeview/Freesat HD built in).
Speaking to friends about the cost of Sky and Virgin HD (specifically to be able to watch all the F1 races live) shocked me...I'll live with watching the highlights for those races not shown live: My OH knows to make sure I don't see/hear the result before I've watched it by turning the news channel off before I come down for breakfast.
Edited by OldSkoolRS on Friday 9th March 19:04
OldSkoolRS said:
I've been using a Humax PVR for the last year or more to record and view Freeview HD from Crystal Palace transmitter: I might be wrong, but I thought that you can't get Channel 4 HD on Freesat and there are quite a few films on Ch4 that I record and can watch later. There was talk about a Channel 5 HD service, but not sure what happened about that and whether it would be available on FreeSat.
You're wrong - FreeSat has Channel 4 HD - channel 126.I've had the Humax Freesat box for a few years now and haven't had any issues with it, handy having the iPlayer on the same box as the normal TV too.
Full channel list is here
http://www.freesat.co.uk/what-you-get/our-channels
thinfourth2 said:
We have a nice shiny telly which can do HD
Having no great desire to watch adverts in HD or give a single penny to SKY as 99% of their output is st or a repeat.
So what options are open to me.
We can't get cable telly as we are on the edge of the highlands.
I have no problem with putting up a satelite dish and getting it set up.
Freeview signal is a bit patchy at times but we haven't got a decent ariel
Apart from Modern family, mad dogs, Friday Night Lights, Boardwalk Empire, Mad MEd, Nure JAckie, Blue Bloods, Stella.....Having no great desire to watch adverts in HD or give a single penny to SKY as 99% of their output is s
t or a repeat.So what options are open to me.
We can't get cable telly as we are on the edge of the highlands.
I have no problem with putting up a satelite dish and getting it set up.
Freeview signal is a bit patchy at times but we haven't got a decent ariel
Heh!
Stu R said:
i'm assuming that link is pointing to the correct satelliteif so it will be a bit of a bugger as the dish would have to go on the most difficult end of the house on which to stick a satellite disc on and its the opposite end of the house to the telly
tog said:
I have Freesat and it works a treat. BBC1 HD, BBC HD, ITV1 HD and Channel 4 HD are all available. I have a Foxsat HDR box, but bear in mind if you record a lot of stuff that HD fills up hard drive space much quicker than SD broadcasts, so get the biggest hard drive you can.
The nice thing about our Foxsat HDR was the ability to copy stuff off the internal hard drive to an external one connected to the USB on the back of the box.Connect the external drive to a computer network, and you can then watch all the stuff you recorded on PC, media streamers etc all over your house.
That way you can archive all the stuff you really want to keep without filling up the box itself.
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