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By: Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:14:13 +0000

Last month invested approx £300 in Freesat+ HD equipment, I think I should have purchased a Digi box and an aerial. Basically one HD channel on the Air and that’s part time. My warning to potential buyers is think about what you are doing before you spend your money!

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No News Is Good News? | Join Freesat — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:20:39 +0000

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By: glyn

glyn — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:14:15 +0000

I love my freesat humax hd box because it is free,Had sky +hd ,but if you dont subscribe to a sky package they switch off the recording function which is ten pounds a month .therfore my three hundred pound sky+box useless .So even though sky are giving their boxes away for forty five ponds for new subscribers it will cost a minimum sixteen pounds fifty a month ,So people with sky no pay no recorder no hd channels only bbc.

By: joseph dowthwaite

joseph dowthwaite — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:23:39 +0000

hi freesat keep up the good work to beat sky tv

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:35:14 +0000

I have, in various other postings, suggested the use of the ethernet port for the viewing of on demand programs.

All the nics within the freesat boxes have their own Mac address. This could be used to differentiate between users and to allow some sort of billing system.

@Dave

With regards to buying quality products, I have the Bush HD. The only issue I have had with it is the well known volume problem when switching between channels too fast. Yes I bought it because it was the cheapest, I did not need the extra functionality on the Humax, I already have a very good receiver that will happily control my motor and allow me to use cards and cams. In essence, I bought the cheapest purely for the EPG.

The Cam slot on the Humax was added in by Humax, not for freesat use but fo using with various other services whilst in Non Freesat mode. The addition of this slot seems to have confused a lot of people and given them the impression that some sort of UK based pay tv setup could be used in addition to the freesat system.

Remember, Freesat is the EPG. It is very well defined in what it can and will do. Were freesat to change their EPG to include PPV, then they would become “Kinda Sorta Free but not always Sat”.

By all means, if one has access to a CAM, then use it in conjunction with the Humax. There are plenty of Sports, Movies, Adult packages out there that can be purchased for use in non freesat mode.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:21:24 +0000

How about then, if not all freesat boxes have cam ports

Because they have ethernet ports, can they night have on-demand tv and movie rental/buy to download to your hdd like BT vision???

You would still get Free TV. But you would also have the option to rent the odd film when nothing else is on?

By: AndrewM

AndrewM — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:47:08 +0000

Part of the appeal of Freesat is its simplicity. As the website says, “There’s no subscription and no monthly bills to pay.” If you start adding in optional subscriptions with cards, then in the consumer’s mind, how is it really different from Sky?

For the moment, I think it’s better if Freesat stays completely subscription-free. (Although if Project Canvas gets approved, Canvas-Freesat boxes might well offer ways of subscribing/purchasing certain additional content as well as ad-supported free IPTV viewing).

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:08:27 +0000

@MJ

I agree with Alex on this point, The Cam slot is just going to waste on my HDR and it needs to be used for something, as there was no point in placing it there!

Although his posting may speak volume of him, at least he is actually buying quality products…. instead of the cheapest possible!

I doubt i will be going to old rupert murdoch, but i wouldn’t mind spending £10 or £5 a month just to get a couple more channels along with the bbc hd one.

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:48:20 +0000

TUTV is not part of Freeview. It just so happens to use the same delivery method as Freeview. TUTV and Freeview are both DTT Services.

I have no problem with owning and Alba box, none at all. The fact remains that a cam / card is not part of the freesat spec.

Your style of posting speaks volumes about you.