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Using Sky+ box for freesat
Hi, I've just moved into a house that hasn't got a TV aerial, but has got a satellite dish. I'm therefore trying to find the cheapest way to watch satellite TV!
I understand that a Sky+ box can be used to pick up Freesat channels, if I was to buy one off Ebay would I need to get a Freesat from Sky viewing card to watch anything, or would the standard channels (BBC 1, 2, ITV etc...) work without one? I've had a look on Google and haven't been able to find an answer, so any help would be appreciated.
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Buy a Freesat box. There are odd channels that you can get with a Sky box that you can't get with a Freesat box but all the main ones are present on both.
The big advantage of course is you can record with a Freesat box for only the initial outlay of the box. To record with Sky you need to pay them something in the region of a tenner a month for the privilege. |
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you will get a lot of channels without a card.
Similar to freeview, but not quite the same. Some of the HD channels are encrypted. I bought a Skyplus Box to watch BT sport. BT sent me a Sky viewing card, FOC to get BT sport. otherwise you have to pay sky for the card. You can't record/time shift free to air channels, though. Seems wrong to me, but you can't. I bought my box from a cash-converters type shop for £20. Worth it for the remote alone. |
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Hi, I've just moved into a house that hasn't got a TV aerial, but has got a satellite dish. I'm therefore trying to find the cheapest way to watch satellite TV!
I understand that a Sky+ box can be used to pick up Freesat channels, if I was to buy one off Ebay would I need to get a Freesat from Sky viewing card to watch anything, or would the standard channels (BBC 1, 2, ITV etc...) work without one? I've had a look on Google and haven't been able to find an answer, so any help would be appreciated. ![]() |
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Quote:
Hi, I've just moved into a house that hasn't got a TV aerial, but has got a satellite dish. I'm therefore trying to find the cheapest way to watch satellite TV!
I understand that a Sky+ box can be used to pick up Freesat channels, if I was to buy one off Ebay would I need to get a Freesat from Sky viewing card to watch anything, or would the standard channels (BBC 1, 2, ITV etc...) work without one? I've had a look on Google and haven't been able to find an answer, so any help would be appreciated. ![]() So if you want a SKY box, you don't necessarily need a '+' one. That said, as others have pointed out, it would be better to use a Freesat box - and probably no real price difference. |
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