Moving apartment what to get?

Tipsy McSwagger

Ok I don't have a clue about all this freesat business but I'm moving apartment in a month that has a dish attached to it. Should I get sky, freesat or wait for saorview?
What do I need for freesat or saorview?
Any help is appreciated.

listermint

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Ok I don't have a clue about all this freesat business but I'm moving apartment in a month that has a dish attached to it. Should I get sky, freesat or wait for saorview?
What do I need for freesat or saorview?
Any help is appreciated.

You can buy a saorview enabled tv that has a saorview reciever in it.

Or you can buy a saorview receiver that plugs into your existing tv, Saorview allows you to receive the digital signals from Rte - RTE 1/2 TV3 , TG4 RTE News 24.

Or you can get a freesat box which plugs into the existing dish this will receive free to satellite channels, there are hundreds. if the box doesnt suppoer saorview you will have no rte options on the tv, but you can still receive analogue rte while its available.


best of luck

Tipsy McSwagger

Think I'll get the freesat box.

Cantona's Collars

If you have a fairly new tv,check the terrestrial forum to see if it's saorview compatible,then get the freesat box and you have all the free tv you need.:)

Badgermonkey

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Think I'll get the freesat box.

It's not a question of Saorview or Freesat.

You'll actually need both and both are subscription free once you've purchased the necessary hardware.

Saorview for Irish channels & Freesat for BBc/ITV/Ch4 etc.

Saorview will come via an analogue aerial, Freesat through satellite dish.

If you're going for Freesat, get a Freesat HD box as that will provide BBCHD, ITVHD and Ch4HD.

Alternatively, a subscription to Sky will give you Irish & British channels in one package, though you'll be funding Murdoch .

Tipsy McSwagger

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002XSKSHM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Is this a decent box and would an indoor aerial work like this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001ACV7E0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Badgermonkey

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002XSKSHM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Is this a decent box and would an indoor aerial work like this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001ACV7E0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Sagem box is good, had one myself.

Not so sure about the aerial though, think you'd want to be very close to a transmitter for it to work, you'd be best asking about it on the terrestrial forum.

12 element

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Sagem box is good, had one myself.

Not so sure about the aerial though, think you'd want to be very close to a transmitter for it to work, you'd be best asking about it on the terrestrial forum.

Your right that aerial isn't the best, depending on your location OP it might work but an outdoor aerial is always the best option if you can fit one.

Tipsy McSwagger

Ok cheers guys

Tipsy McSwagger

There is a cable in the apartment hooked into the tv and there is around 20 channels working bbc1,bbc2,utv,sky 1, at the races, cartoon network etc.
There is a chorus box stored in a drawer aswell so this must be a chorus cable?
If i buy a freesat hd box will this cable work with it or do i have to find the satellite dish cable?

12 element

What you are receiving is UPC analogue this cable will not work with the satellite receiver unless the satellite signal is being combined with the UPC signal which I think is very unlikely where is the dish attached? Is it communal?

Tipsy McSwagger

Dish is at the back of ground floor apartment, dish is not communal. There is a grey wire going from the dish into the air vent but I can't find it inside the apartment.