moving in a couple of weeks. new house has poor reception so previous had sky. the dish and all the gubbins is there. i dont want sky, what do i need to buy to get freeview via dish?

A box!

thanks- what sort and from where? i know nothing about tv.

Sorry probably obvious that!

I used to have freeview through a Skybox without haveing a card in it! Cant remember if I had to change much but it worked very well.

Try ebay for an old box? or even a local sky fitter may be able to help for a bit of cash in hand if you like?

Think freesat though as it is HD for £0.

any old sky box will do the trick then?

cheers

Some TV now have Freesat built in

like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Panasonic-Freesat-Full-HD-1080-TX32LZD81-LCD-TV_W0QQitemZ330333455623QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=5a5e1e6a1220a0aad454a204ff3fa515

dont know if your buying a TV but this might be the way to go.

If you get an old Satellite box off Ebay etc you can use it without a subscription card to receive FreeSat channels.

If you just want FreeView (different thing) then just buy a freeview box from Sainsbury's/Tesco etc for £15 and plug your aerial in.

either a freesat- SD box, about £40, or if you want HD (only 2 channels currently) a freesat HD box is £130. if there are 2 sat cables you could get a freesat HD recorder which is £300
Richer sounds usually the best place for set top boxes

not getting a tv atm, although things such as bbc 'life' could be nice in HD.

Tang have you got a HD TV?

I have a Freeview/freesat HD Sat Box I am not using?

If you just want FreeView (different thing) then just buy a freeview box from Sainsbury's/Tesco etc for £15 and plug your aerial in.

he hasn't got an aerial 😮

no aerial on house. richersounds is down the road, ill check them out, thanks

thanks ski, but ive not got a HD ready tv. still got a philips 32" that **** me up every time i move it!

B&Q have a freesat box/dish/kit in for about £35 at the moment.

midlife, thanks.

So can you use a sat dish as aerial and plug it into a freeview box to receivefreeview? Currently looking at TVs with inbuilt freeview and need to ditch the freesat box.

I have a sky box about to go on ebay

email me if interested

Same deal here.
We just use the sky box that was left for all the free channels.
J.