Freeview or Freesat ? and what box....

[Turn7]

Very close to binning VM for tv now I can get Eurosport online.

Which is best and any recommendations for a good PVR type box ?

Have a sat dish on the wall outside and an aeriel...

[Shaw Tarse]

Get both

[LordGrover]

I have a Humax Foxsat-HDR which has been great. Recently resubscribed to Sky though so will be selling v soon.
Let me know if you're interested - if not, I'd recommend them from new anyway.

[Turn7]

LordGrover said:

I have a Humax Foxsat-HDR which has been great. Recently resubscribed to Sky though so will be selling v soon.
Let me know if you're interested - if not, I'd recommend them from new anyway.

Yeah, could be. Pm me with details if you want.

[LordGrover]

yhm

[FunkyNige]

Turn7 said:

Very close to binning VM for tv now I can get Eurosport online.

Which is best and any recommendations for a good PVR type box ?

Have a sat dish on the wall outside and an aeriel...

How many wires come from the dish? You need two to be able to watch one thing and record another on Freesat but the Freeview recorders don't need 2 wires coming from the aerial. Freesat also doesn't have Dave, if that's important to you.

Whatever one you choose, the Humax boxes are reckoned to be the best, even if the guide is a bit clunky compared to Sky.

[Turn7]

FunkyNige said:

Turn7 said:

Very close to binning VM for tv now I can get Eurosport online.

Which is best and any recommendations for a good PVR type box ?

Have a sat dish on the wall outside and an aeriel...

How many wires come from the dish? You need two to be able to watch one thing and record another on Freesat but the Freeview recorders don't need 2 wires coming from the aerial. Freesat also doesn't have Dave, if that's important to you.

Whatever one you choose, the Humax boxes are reckoned to be the best, even if the guide is a bit clunky compared to Sky.

2 sets off the LNB. Ex Sky plus dish and LNB

[Marty63]

Have got both and bounce between the two.

At least with freeview you can buy a tv guide

freesat you have to spark the computer up and look thru sites for what's on.

tend to favour freeview cos of this

but some of the crap old movies on the freesat channels are crap and dated but good.

[Turn7]

Have neither got EPG with series link and associated modern trickery then ?

[bristolracer]

Turn7 said:

Have neither got EPG with series link and associated modern trickery then ?

Yes they do

[Marty63]

Turn7 said:

Have neither got EPG with series link and associated modern trickery then ?

never bother with the EPG on the freeview cos of telly book.

EPG on free sat (Fortec star FS-4000v2) is usless
lucky if it shows you 2 hours ahead
if you go up and down the channels it also changes channel at same time
so you cannot stay on one channel and look to see what is on others.

poop

[aspender]

Had both the Humax FoxSat HDR Freesat box and the Humax HDR-FOX T2 Freeview box.

Freesat:

More channels
Worse EPG (the contrast on it is poor)
No 1080p
Deleting stuff is slow
Online stuff accessed through EPG as channels, no dedicated button on remote

Freeview:

1080p content on the BBC One HD and BBC HD channels (may be dependent on area/transmitter)
EPG is sometimes slow to respond to button presses
Need a good aerial/signal
Better online stuff (iplayer, etc) accessed through dedicated button on the remote

Both are good boxes. However I have also gone back to Sky, so the Freeview one is surplus to requirements.

[LordGrover]

Turn7 said:

Yeah, could be. Pm me with details if you want.

YHM again.

[Turn7]

LG,mail received thanks.Currently mulling over my options.

It seems like a lot of free tv customers end up back with pay tv.

My contract is up next month with VM so will see what they can come up with.