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freesat or Sat4free

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  • 04-06-2009 2:50pm
    #1
    Cypresstree
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    Does anyone else around the sligo area use Freesat or Sat4Free... I have sky at the minute and am thinking about changing..

    Any opinions?


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    zonEEE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭zonEEE


    More info on this please!


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,078 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    You have no real reason to change. Both freesat and sat4free give you a load of fta channels that you can get with your existing sky setup even if you cancel your sky contract.


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    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    I have Freesat set up in my house.. it's recommended but I wouldn't get rid of Sky just yet. You even get a few stations not included in your Sky EPG (for example, More 4+1.. have no idea why this isn't in the Sky EPG but is in Freesat).

    Most of my favourite stations aren't on Freesat - stations like Dave, ParamountComedy, LivingTV (girlfriend watches this), FX and Virgin. None of those are on Freesat.

    Listing of stations here!


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    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    You have no real reason to change. Both freesat and sat4free give you a load of fta channels that you can get with your existing sky setup even if you cancel your sky contract.

    How does that work?


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    AlmightyCushion
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    starbelgrade wrote: »
    How does that work?
    You just use it as normal. When you view a non fta channel it will tell you to contact blah blah blah for assistance or something like that but ig you view a fta channel (bbc for example) it will appear fine. You can test it by pulling your sky card out of the box. Things like pausing live tv with sky+ don't work though.


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    SligoBrewer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭SligoBrewer


    I have freesat. 'Tis class. :D


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    darealtulip
    Registered Users Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭darealtulip


    we have free to air only but got a scottish box. we get lots including all the channel 4 e4 more etc. I refuse to pay for TV since we dont watch it that much. The only thing we dont have is RTE:mad: other then that we have all the channels we want


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    #9
    hi_sir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭hi_sir


    i have two old sky boxes i have saw them with the sat4free what have you to do to set them up for free now i have no dish's just the box


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    darealtulip
    Registered Users Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭darealtulip


    just put a dish up and your ready to go.


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    minder2009
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭minder2009


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    You have no real reason to change. Both freesat and sat4free give you a load of fta channels that you can get with your existing sky setup even if you cancel your sky contract.


    can you get sky news on sat4free boxes??? I have one new and it doesnt come in on scan...Its a grundig set top box ...any advice ..how to scan it in if available

    cheers:confused:


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