Comments on: Freesat vs Freeview

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:50:48 +0000

To cancel a Sky subscription, you need to call sky. The account will be closed after the 31 days notice has elapsed and your payments are finalised.

Your Sky box will be able to receive all the channels that are available via Freesat.

However, to use the record function on a Sky box, you will need to continue your subscritpion. Or go for a Humax HDR – a HD box that allows recording for free.

By: Confusedceri

Confusedceri — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:19:43 +0000

Hi
I’m a very confused sky customer who wants to cancel her subscription. Is it as simple as I cancel sky and after my notice period sky will stop, however I can just use the same box (without doing anything to it) to receive freesat?? And can I still record etc as I’ve got the sky hd box?? Or do I need to buy a new freesat box and pay for installation etc??
Many thanks

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:27:18 +0000

As the main post says “The main difference between the two is that Freeview is terrestrial digital TV, whereas Freesat is satellite digital TV. ”

Som you cannot receive Freeview outside the UK, as it is a terrestrial based system (ie via a TV aerial) and the signals from the UK based masts just do not reach that far.

In fact, using a UK Freeview in Portugal, connected to a TV aerial will only receive the Portuguese terrestrial channels

So you would be looking at a dish and Freesat or Sky box.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:11:10 +0000

I have a house in the Algarve Portugal, what would be the best sysyem to take over there from the UK Freview or Freesat?

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:51:32 +0000

hi steve.
Installing the dish should be no problem. locate the best place for the dish, drill a few holes, put up the support, put up the dish. Many people fail at the dish alignment stage. Using the dishpointer.com tool may help. Get at least a basic “beeper” satellite finder, connect it between the LNB and receiver, make sure you can see a TV , and align.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:23:42 +0000

planning on buying a ross freesat system. want to install myself but a bit unsure as to how difficult it is to install. any help would be great.

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:16:32 +0000

Most HD boxes have a optical or coax digital 5.1 output, you just need to plug into a 5.1 digital amp / AV system.
C4 is already available on Freesat boxes, and Sky boxes without a sky card.
C4 HD is only available with a sky card and Sky HD box (or on Freeview HD), not on Freesat HD (yet…..)

By: leecavturbo

leecavturbo — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:22:13 +0000

would love to know more info on getting freesat hd+ and audio output in 5.1 optical. so inbuilt aac decoder is it? and beable to get c4 (freesatfromsky) ? all in one box?

By: Glyn French

Glyn French — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:47:22 +0000

Didn’t know Humax made one. And I hadn’t thought of having a seperate DVDR. As I say I’m not very techy which is why you guys are so handy! I’ll definitely look into that. Thanks again

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:25:40 +0000

Why not go for a Freesat HDR from Humax?
Or another Freesat HD receiver with a DVDR connected to it?