Freeview/ Freestat

[Dodo1]

Hi

Bills with Sky getting too high especially as we are all out for the day during the week. Wondering whether to go for the above as after the initial outlay should save money long term.

Am I correct in thinking that Freeview is for use with an aerial and Freestat is for use with a satelite dish? Can I use my Sky dish with Freestat (or Freeview)?

Also anything I need to bear in mind when looking at boxes? That is On Demand etc.

[dv1]

Freeview and FreeSat are pretty much the same thing. If you have a good signal through your aerial and your TV is relatively recent then it is likely to have Freeview built in. Most new TV's have it or FreeView HD as standard.

If you have no or bad aerial, then you can use your Sky dish (even if you keep Sky). You can run another lead (you might need an adapter - your installer can do this cheaply) off the dish and plug it into a FreeSat box (Argos sell them cheaply for about ?75 for an HD version) and this will deliver a similar result to FreeView.

Therefore, if you have a good aerial and a TV that has FreeView built in, then I would do that, otherwise, go the FreeSat option.

[yourmomma]

You can carry on using your Sky box for freesat and these are the channels you'll get http://www.sky.com/shop/freesat/home/what-can-i-watch/

If you want to record you will need to get a card from SKY and I think they are around ?10 a month or something like that.

[Dodo1]

Thank u ED Forum!

[ratty]

I really would not bother with FreeSat as the channels are more limited than FreeeView. We made this mistake back in 2011 and are back on Sky now.

If you do insist though, you can get a free sat recorder box that will emulate sky plus for no monthly fee. Check the freesat website for details