There is no point in trying to get Freesat on a Sky digibox. All the channels on Freesat (except ITV HD) are on Sky anyway, so you wouldn’t notice a difference.
The Sky receivers have their own EPG (Electronic Programming Guide - this is where you select your channels). The channel line ups are fixed, you can’t move or delete channels. The free channels are somewhere in between all the subscription channels which makes using the digibox a pain for free channels only.
And that’s the reason why you would want to get Freesat, so that you can sort the channels the way you want. And of course to get ITV HD and maybe use a PVR receiver to record and pause channels without paying extra fees.
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June 25th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
I am reading Alan’s comments with interest. What I am interested in are Satellite TVs. Would be interested if they exist (am sure I’ve them) any info there may be out there, I would ike to know.
Thanks,
Peter
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
hi all, you say that all channels available on freesat are available on freesky.
i recieve bbc1 my location is corfu greece, i have a 2.4 meter dish, however when i try to view bbchd, it asks me to call a number, it does not say “no signal”
so with that in mind would i be able to view bbchd if i had a freesat box, or indeed a sky hd box,
any replies would be grateful
mike.
October 26th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
That’s right but remember you need a HD Plasma or LCD TV, too.