Saorview and Freeview together?

broache

Hi there,

Since UPC put up their monthly charge and seen as I don't even watch half of the channels, I was thinking of leaving them and just making do with saorview. Is it possible to get a device that allows you to watch not only the Irish free to air channels but also the English ones?

turbocab

broache wrote: »

Hi there,

Since UPC put up their monthly charge and seen as I don't even watch half of the channels, I was thinking of leaving them and just making do with saorview. Is it possible to get a device that allows you to watch not only the Irish free to air channels but also the English ones?

yeh a walker combo box ,does both

broache

turbocab wrote: »

yeh a walker combo box ,does both

Savage! Thanks a million for the reply!

Tony

Any combo box will do this not just the walker . Most popular in Ireland are Ferguson Ariva and Revez models .

Aerohead

Agree with Tony, I have a Ferguson Ariva 250 and the picture quality from it is brilliant, plus if you add a hard drive you can record shows and watch another channel.

Tony

Plus you get UTV Ni back which has gone from UPC

Thurston?

Aerohead wrote: »

... I have a Ferguson Ariva 250 and the picture quality from it is brilliant, plus if you add a hard drive you can record shows and watch another channel.

A very limited selection of other channels, if you only have a single satellite & single terrestrial tuner available. (Although most recent TVs should be able to help out with the terrestrial end, some satellite too.)

Patty O Furniture

Currys have the combi boxes, as thats all they do, when enquiring about a saorview box, i was told that by staff before christmas.

broache

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Currys have the combi boxes, as thats all they do, when enquiring about a saorview box, i was told that by staff before christmas.

Thanks for all of the replies. It probably sounds like a silly question but does the box pick up the English channels on its own or do you need a dish for these? Do you need to connect it to the aerial connection on the wall?

Tony

You need a dish for UK channels and small aerial for Saorview

broache

Thanks Tony!

cosanostra

Sorry to hijack the thread but wondering is there any combi boxes available for saorsat and freesat that have recording function

Tony

Saorsat is satellite so you use a satellite receiver and not a combi box for this

cosanostra wrote: »

Sorry to hijack the thread but wondering is there any combi boxes available for saorsat and freesat that have recording function

cosanostra

So would i need 2 sat receivers one for Saorsat and one for freesat or is there one that does the 2 with the ability to record

Tony

Any free to air satellite receiver with diseq switching can do this but to record two channels at once you need one with two tuners such as Vu+ duo or similar

cosanostra wrote: »

So would i need 2 sat receivers one for Saorsat and one for freesat or is there one that does the 2 with the ability to record