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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
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 ****s 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.