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Cost of freesat PVR
Hi all,
I am just wondering about the cost of freesat recorder vs freeview recorder. Currently my freesat box is for viewing only. To get a freesat recorder I think I would need to replace the current single LNB with a quad LNB = additional cost on top of the box. Can anyone please tell me roughly how much this additional cost would be? Another option of course is to forget about freesat and just get a freeview recorder. Thanks |
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Depends if you are going to do the job yourself.
Quad lnb about £7.00 (ebay) and about a tennners worth of cable. You can use (uniquely for a Freesat+ box) both tuners on a Foxsat-hdr using your existing single lnb. |
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Hi all,
I am just wondering about the cost of freesat recorder vs freeview recorder. Currently my freesat box is for viewing only. To get a freesat recorder I think I would need to replace the current single LNB with a quad LNB = additional cost on top of the box. Can anyone please tell me roughly how much this additional cost would be? Another option of course is to forget about freesat and just get a freeview recorder. Thanks If I were you and want ITV Player I would go for the 1TB Humax box Or you could go for the Echostar Slingbox one Some Links for you www.humaxdirect.com www.satbuyer.co.uk www.thedigiboxshop.com with the Discount Code FBFive www.superfi.co.uk http://www.superfi.co.uk/p-3563-echo...-recorder.aspx www.ebay.co.uk http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_so..._ipg=200&rt=nc www.freesat.co.uk/products/freesat-box-range |
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Depends if you are going to do the job yourself.
Quad lnb about £7.00 (ebay) and about a tennners worth of cable. You can use (uniquely for a Freesat+ box) both tuners on a Foxsat-hdr using your existing single lnb. Thanks |
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Thanks for replies. I am not keen on doing the quad lnb myself so I guess that would be another £30 - £50 labour for someone to do it. The Foxsat-hdr not needing a quad lnb sounds good but I am concerned about a few bad reviews I have seen re the remote and locking up. I am still thinking but am leaning to a freeview recorder.
Thanks See this website for the prices and which ones to get http://www.freeview.co.uk/Freeview-P...ts/Freeview-HD You will be future proofed for the future, if you want you could wait for the YouView box to come out and buy one of them if you want, but these are very expensive at the moment |
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You will be future proofed for the future
![]() That list on the Freeview website lists lowest priced boxes first by default - not a great way to buy a hassle-free piece of kit. I'm not sure it's a complete list either. Cheers, David. |
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Anyway if my TV has at least two scarts then I can have both freeview and freesat on the same TV right? And these two boxes could be both recorders, both view-only or one of each?
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If one of the boxes has two SCART sockets then you can daisy-chain the other box through it to the TV, so the TV itself only needs one SCART socket. Even if the TV only has more than one then still best to connect everything to the first to get the best picture.
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Anyway if my TV has at least two scarts then I can have both freeview and freesat on the same TV right? And these two boxes could be both recorders, both view-only or one of each?
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Thanks for replies. I am not keen on doing the quad lnb myself so I guess that would be another £30 - £50 labour for someone to do it. The Foxsat-hdr not needing a quad lnb sounds good but I am concerned about a few bad reviews I have seen re the remote and locking up. I am still thinking but am leaning to a freeview recorder.
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