Which Freesat Box?
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IceBoy

Original Poster:

2,455 posts

251 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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Hi All,

I'm currently running a Sky+ HD box with a 2tb HD.

I would also like another freesat box, sick of paying sky for multi-room, we don't even watch much TV but need the option!

I noticed on some freesat boxes from ebay, they only had one single LNB port or what-ever you call it?!

My current sky box has two?

I also have two spare cables from my dish hanging at the back of my cabinet, so do I need a box with two ports?

IceBoy

sc0tt

18,296 posts

231 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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A NOW TV box will do the trick.

IceBoy

Original Poster:

2,455 posts

251 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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Sc0tt.....I should have said....we live in the country and have very very limited broadband.....

In fact we have a mobile sim inserted into a wifi-router box...so 30gb allowance is all we get.

I need a freesat box.

IceBoy

sc0tt

18,296 posts

231 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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IceBoy said:
Sc0tt.....I should have said....we live in the country and have very very limited broadband.....

In fact we have a mobile sim inserted into a wifi-router box...so 30gb allowance is all we get.

I need a freesat box.

IceBoy
As far as I know the now TV box works fine as a free view receiver.

kejhj

23 posts

151 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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If you put freesat into argos search they have some freesat recorders. Humax seem to be the best brand. Plenty of 2nd hand Humax on facebook/ebay

Mr Pointy

13,413 posts

189 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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sc0tt said:
As far as I know the now TV box works fine as a free view receiver.
But it has a terrestrial aerial input not a satellite dish one (& that's only on the Smart box, not the original one).

anonymous-user

84 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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Humax HDR-1100 or whatever this weeks name is

Dual inputs, recorder, gives you almost everything you get with sky except the sky channels and the bills

I have 3 in my house

sc0tt

18,296 posts

231 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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Mr Pointy said:
But it has a terrestrial aerial input not a satellite dish one (& that's only on the Smart box, not the original one).
Sorry that wasn't clear from the OP

anonymous-user

84 months

Tuesday 14th November 2017
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Humax - it's worth checking their website for graded/returned units they sometimes offer at a discount.