fox freesat or sky +

[marcdtr]

I have sky+ with no film channels and no sport channels just the bottom package.I was thinking about freesat hdr.Do i just plug it into my sky dish and is it better the same or rubbish compared to sky+??

[igiveup]

Yep just unplug sat cables from Sky box and stick in Freesat box. Humax pvr box is good, depends if u don't mind a dif interface to get used to. As for channels u get look at freesat.co.uk for all details.

[Le Pop]

I just switched from basic Sky+ to Humax Foxsat PVR and the only real difference that I actually care about is the lack of the Discovery channnels. However, they haven't made any new car shows/series worth watching for years now, all we get are 10th repeats of Overhaulin' and American Chopper etc., so no great loss there methinks.

Other than that I'll be quids in after less than a year and no monthly charge. Excellent.

[redtwin]

Just be sure to unplug the boxes from the mains before removing and attaching satellite feeds to avoid voltage spikes.

[croyde]

I'm thinking of junking the Sky+ for FreeSat+ or Freeview+ but I am sure going to miss being able to set the recorder with my phone.

Are there any plans to have this facility with the other systems. I can see that it would be hard to implement as the Sky boxes are all matched to each household account and the record signal goes back to your house via the satellite downlink.

[davidjpowell]

http://www.fetchtv.co.uk/what-is-fetch-tv.html

This looks like it has similar functionality. May be worth looking into.

[croyde]

davidjpowell said:

http://www.fetchtv.co.uk/what-is-fetch-tv.html

This looks like it has similar functionality. May be worth looking into.

Interesting but the boxes are made by Technika who also do the cheap supermarket flat screen tellies. Is that good or bad, I don't know.

[marcdtr]

Thanks for all your help with this