just got a freeview plus box and told sky they can f**k off

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited December 2009 in The bottom bracket
it was a conversation I enjoyed a lot, finally not pay owt for me telly,
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  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    what box did you get?
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    northernneil wrote:
    it was a conversation I enjoyed a lot, finally not pay owt for me telly,

    I presume you won't be supporting Team Sky on the road then next season :lol:
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  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    http://www.tvonics.com/digital-tv-recor ... -z250.html

    £150 at comet

    its excellent so far - they have copied the sky plus user interface (even the remote) so I am well impressed,

    then I have a small PC in a cupboard next to the flat screen when I want to watch iplayer or sky sports on some what dubious internet sites
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    Chip \'oyler wrote:
    northernneil wrote:
    it was a conversation I enjoyed a lot, finally not pay owt for me telly,

    I presume you won't be supporting Team Sky on the road then next season :lol:

    you know I didnt even think about that ! hahaha
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    Ah Freeview!

    Welcome to the world of picture blocking and complete loss of signal when the wind blows and it rains hard. Not to mention channels which mysteriously disappear without warning.
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    Smokin Joe wrote:
    Ah Freeview!

    Welcome to the world of picture blocking and complete loss of signal when the wind blows and it rains hard. Not to mention channels which mysteriously disappear without warning.

    my sky doesnt work when it RAINS !!!!

    never had a problem with freeview, but I have a chuffing bug ariel and can see emly hook mast from my roof
  • Buckled_Rims
    Buckled_Rims Posts: 1,648
    I've got VirginMedia with tons of channels...Mathematically, the more channels you buy is inversely proportional to how many you actually watch.

    That looks a nice box, will check it out in the New Year sales :wink:
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  • Alinshearah
    Alinshearah Posts: 339
    You could have gone down the freesat route and used the satellite dish that you already have. Then you could have had iplayer through your set top box and free high def to boot

    http://www.humaxdigital.com/global/Products/product_stb_satellite_foxsat-hdr.asp
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    Alinshearah wrote:
    You could have gone down the freesat route and used the satellite dish that you already have. Then you could have had iplayer through your set top box and free high def to boot

    http://www.humaxdigital.com/global/Products/product_stb_satellite_foxsat-hdr.asp

    no dave on free sat = no top gear re-runs !
  • Alinshearah
    Alinshearah Posts: 339
    [/quote]no dave on free sat = no top gear re-runs ![/quote]

    Too true. That would be the ultimate deal breaker :lol:
  • bexley5200
    bexley5200 Posts: 692
    top gear on dave better than sex
    going downhill slowly
  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    bexley5200 wrote:
    top gear on dave better than sex

    evidently your single...that or in a bit of a worrying relationship :lol:
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I like sky... Sorry :oops:
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  • balthazar
    balthazar Posts: 1,565
    Alinshearah wrote:
    You could have gone down the freesat route and used the satellite dish that you already have. Then you could have had iplayer through your set top box and free high def to boot

    http://www.humaxdigital.com/global/Products/product_stb_satellite_foxsat-hdr.asp
    Could you elaborate a bit on that? My sister has Sky only because her aerial reception is so poor she cannot get any Freeview (or much terrestrial before it was turned off). Could she convert to Freesat and stop her Sky contract? (I appreciate I could google all this myself - but a brief overview would be very helpful)
  • mzm70
    mzm70 Posts: 123
    Yes, you can stop the Sky contract as long as you have fulfilled the minimum period. You the buy a Freesat box (I have 2 Humax ones, 1 records and needs a 2nd cable for the 2nd receiver, the other is just a straight receiver). It's as simple as taking the coax out of the Sky box, plugging it into the Freesat box and retuning.
    Upgrading the Sky sat dish to have extra cables is also very simple, you can buy a quad LNB and some cable (off Amazon IIRC) for about £20 and run up to 4 cables to other parts of the house, of course you will need a Freesat box for each room
    HTH
  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    How long will it be before all TV is streamed through the internet?
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Yeah, but all the good shows are on Sky 1. Until they find a way to get around that with Freeview, I'll stick with Sky.
  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    You found watchable TV on Sky?

    You need help...
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    ^^^^
    Another 'guy' that thinks Midsommer Murders and Jonathan Ross is 'good' TV.


    :roll:
  • mzm70
    mzm70 Posts: 123
    Cressers wrote:
    How long will it be before all TV is streamed through the internet?

    If you count the BBC iPlayer then it sort of is. The BBC are currently trialing iPlayer over Freesat, the Humax boxes have an Ethernet connection that will allow iPlayer to be watched on your TV (via an internet connection and not satellite). The trial is likely to be widened as early as next week to Humax owners.

    Not live I agree.
  • stfc1
    stfc1 Posts: 505
    Cressers wrote:
    You found watchable TV on Sky?

    You need help...

    Clearly, you've never seen Fringe!

    Sky might MAKE crap programmes, but they buy good ones from America too :)
  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    Pokerface wrote:
    Yeah, but all the good shows are on Sky 1. Until they find a way to get around that with Freeview, I'll stick with Sky.

    Are they??????????? where.

    I've just upped from bog standard freeview to Tiscali+ and have the benefit of Sky 1,2,3 now, utter drivel to date. Re-runs of Futurama excepted (the show The Simpsons could have been :wink: )
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    I can't get rid of sky, I need eurosport and motorsTV. Why are the best channels of french origin? (Eurosport is french isn't it? Or is it german?)
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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    I like sky... Sorry :oops:

    Me too, thank you Mr Murdoch. I would go mad quite quickly if I didnt have that remote in my hand on a daily basis.
  • balthazar
    balthazar Posts: 1,565
    @mzm70:

    Thanks for that, I'll look into it.
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    prawny wrote:
    I can't get rid of sky, I need eurosport and motorsTV. Why are the best channels of french origin? (Eurosport is french isn't it? Or is it german?)

    you can watch quite a lot of eurosport coverage on some 'cough' 'cough' web sites
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    I've only got the 4 terrestrial TV channels.

    Just wondering, does anyone with digital, satellite or whatever feel that I'm missing out? I've never really seen anything that would tempt me to get satellite, although digital is a possibility.
  • sampras38
    sampras38 Posts: 1,917
    northernneil wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    I can't get rid of sky, I need eurosport and motorsTV. Why are the best channels of french origin? (Eurosport is french isn't it? Or is it german?)

    you can watch quite a lot of eurosport coverage on some 'cough' 'cough' web sites

    Not quite the same as watching it in glorious colour &/or HD on a huge screen though, even if you do pipe your PC into your TV. It's never quite same. I hate watching TV through my laptop..it's rubbish.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    johnfinch wrote:
    I've only got the 4 terrestrial TV channels.

    Just wondering, does anyone with digital, satellite or whatever feel that I'm missing out? I've never really seen anything that would tempt me to get satellite, although digital is a possibility.

    Less is definitely more where TV is concerned. :wink:
  • balthazar
    balthazar Posts: 1,565
    johnfinch wrote:
    I've only got the 4 terrestrial TV channels.

    Just wondering, does anyone with digital, satellite or whatever feel that I'm missing out? I've never really seen anything that would tempt me to get satellite, although digital is a possibility.
    When they switch off the terrestrial broadcast in your area, you'll need to get a digital box in any case, which will get all the freeview channels whether you like it or not. They switched us off a couple of months ago (Cornwall). The only thing I particularly liked about it was that my reception got a lot better. The extra channels are generally unimpressive, but I've got used to watching TV more via iPlayer when it suits me.

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