FreeSat/Free HD

[mikeday1991]

Hi there guys,

First post in the HCH forum. I'm having the living room rewired and re plastered, and just before I gave the final go-ahead on the order, i realised i had overlooked Coax cable or cabling appropriate for a TV receiver/recorder.

Ideally I'd like as many free HD channels as possible, as well as the ability to record programs. I'm not fussed about movie channels and Sky Sports, BBC is fine.
I'd also like the ability to watch iPlayer/4oD/ITV player if I've missed recording something.

I've got access to the roof, and can fit a satellite dish as required.

What wiring will i need to run, and what box/receiver would be best? I have a load of cat6 cable going into the wall, so if the receiver can gain access to my media from the NAS drive, bonus, if not PS3/4 will do the job!

Finally, this will be just to the living room, no other rooms.

[megaphone]

As well as all the CAT 6.

2x WF100 co-ax to a suitable position for a Sat dish.

1x WF100 to the TV aerial position.

1x WF100 spare to the loft just in case.

[marctwo]

The Humax boxes are great. I have a refurb HDR Fox T2 Freeview HD box and, with the custom firmware from Hummy.tv, it's just amazing:

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat.asp?cat=facto...

I can schedule recordings from anywhere on my iPhone, I can stream recordings to any room in the house and I can archive recordings to my NAS.

[phil_cardiff]

Not strictly relevent but if you go the freesat route, avoid the Manhattan freesat box like the plague.

[mikeday1991]

Excellent replies. Thank you!
So a big reel of wf100 is needed then. Screwfix sell pf100, after a quick google - just seems to be a different internal buffer, same quality picture though?

Why do I need two outlets for the TV?

[mikeday1991]

Sorry, the satellite dish**
Is that for the spare in the loft?

[FlossyThePig]

Satellite TV is different from terrestrial. A satellite recorder requires two feeds from the dish/lnb so you can record one channel while viewing another (or record two different programmes at the same time).

If you want catchup TV (iPlayer/ITV/4OD/Demand5) with Freesat you need a Freetime box.

Have a look at the technical pages on the Satcure website. Lots of useful info there.

[heisthegaffer]

Hi guys

with these boxes, can you link them up to each other (if i had 2 or more) so you can 'share' the recroded programs?

Humax HDR-1000S/500GB-G

or

Humax Foxsat-HDR/500-G

Also, do any of them play files off of y Nas i.s DVDs I've ripped?

Thanks all

[marctwo]

heisthegaffer said:

Hi guys

with these boxes, can you link them up to each other (if i had 2 or more) so you can 'share' the recroded programs?

Humax HDR-1000S/500GB-G

or

Humax Foxsat-HDR/500-G

Also, do any of them play files off of y Nas i.s DVDs I've ripped?

Thanks all

I think the HDR Fox T2 can 'share'. It has a built in network media player and DLNA server which also means you can play files off the NAS.

Head over to http://hummy.tv/forum/ for more info.