Sky dish

worlds goodest teecher

Is there any benefit having a Sky dish on a house if not subscribing to Sky?

muffler

Is it the standard dish? You should be able to receive the FTA channels without a sub.

Atlantic Dawn

Yes you can get the following channels free...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_at_28%C2%B0E

worlds goodest teecher

It's a second hand house that I bought, has a dish. There is a cable to the sitting with two inserts for putting into sky box. I've been using Netflix before this. I am about 15m from NI border so should get Freeview. Have a smart tv. Do I need an old Sky box to get the fta channels?

Cherry Blossom

A freesat box costs about €80 or if you have a TV that has a satellite tuner built in you don't need the box. Most LG TVs have a tuner built in. I'm also close to the border and have freesat.

LenWoods

worlds goodest teecher wrote: »

Is there any benefit having a Sky dish on a house if not subscribing to Sky?

If you log on to Ebay uk and purchase a sky DRX595 multiroom box aswell as a "white card" which is a sky subscription card from someone in the uk which is no longer subscribed to sky,
This will provide you you with loads of good channels for free,

As said by others though; alot of modern smartTv now have a sattelite tumer built in to receive freeview channels aswell as terrestrial channels, so before purchasing a freeview or sky box; check the television for an F-Type connector

I've got four sky DRX595 multiroom boxes fitted in my home all with uk sky cards fitted; for the purpose of freeview,
My main subscription is with VirginMedia,
Amazon subscription is also quite cheap with many benefits for purchasing items aswell as some fairly good shows including the GrandTour if you have Amazon on your smartTv
I've got a home improvement thread here where I've done a whole house network and television installation without any cables on view; also added HDMI modulator to share one blu-ray player throughout the house aswell as a CCTV system which has the main storage safe in the attic, might be of interest, I bought all of the pre moulded cables from Amazon and the Belden cable from ebay uk.
Link: https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/80864-living-room-project/

Elvis Hammond

worlds goodest teecher wrote: »

It's a second hand house that I bought, has a dish. There is a cable to the sitting with two inserts for putting into sky box. I've been using Netflix before this. I am about 15m from NI border so should get Freeview. Have a smart tv. Do I need an old Sky box to get the fta channels?

Freeview is the UK terrestrial service, nothing to do with satellite dishes. UK free-to-air satellite is available all over Ireland.

dubrov

With an aerial, you should get all the free UK (freeview) and Irish (Saorview) channels.

A satellite dish will give you all the UK channels only unless you subscribe to sky (Irish channels are encrypted in satellite).

Satellite dishes are widely used further south in Ireland to get the free UK channels as the freeview signal is too weak

dxhound2005

It depends on which transmitter(s) the aerial can receive, remembering that none of them intend to include any part of the Republic in their service areas.

From memory there are three high power Full Freeview transmitters in the North, Divis, Brougher and Limavady. Others like Camlough and Strabane are lower power and carry a reduced number of channels. That is called Freeview Light.

https://www.smartaerials.co.uk/blog/what-is-freeview-lite-light

Some east coast areas can receive transmitters from GB.

RandomViewer

worlds goodest teecher wrote: »

It's a second hand house that I bought, has a dish. There is a cable to the sitting with two inserts for putting into sky box. I've been using Netflix before this. I am about 15m from NI border so should get Freeview. Have a smart tv. Do I need an old Sky box to get the fta channels?

Tv should have its own receiver, plug in cable and see what comes up

LenWoods

dxhound2005 wrote: »

It depends on which transmitter(s) the aerial can receive, remembering that none of them intend to include any part of the Republic in their service areas.

From memory there are three high power Full Freeview transmitters in the North, Divis, Brougher and Limavady. Others like Camlough and Strabane are lower power and carry a reduced number of channels. That is called Freeview Light.

https://www.smartaerials.co.uk/blog/what-is-freeview-lite-light

Some east coast areas can receive transmitters from GB.

I think Irish television is broadcast in mpeg4 where uk is mpeg3 aswell, I remember when purchasing a digital tv tuner for my focus which is great for social distance lunch breaks in work;
Had to be mpeg4 compatible to receive irish tv stations, not sure if that makes any difference to receiving both irish and uk stations

swoofer

That looks like breakfast!! Very nice though, like the tray, where can I get one for a mondeo??

LenWoods

swoofer wrote: »

That looks like breakfast!! Very nice though, like the tray, where can I get one for a mondeo??

Yeah that was breakfast �� 6am flask of milk
It's a universal fit, with the 2010 focus I had to put the steering wheel upside down to get the table level not sure if you will need to do that in the mondeo but it shouldn't matter when your parked it works really well and fits under the seat when not in use link https://www.amazon.co.uk/Steering-Wheel-Portable-Laptop-Multi/dp/B07H5L776B/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=car+table&qid=1593355380&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzNkJKV0ZSVko4SVpBJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDYxNTI0M005TjZDV01JOTFFMiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMjA3MjQxMVRCVVpDUU9LRlBDMSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
I have a list of guides here:
https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/68214-full-list-lennys-guides/

Sorry back on topic now.

worlds goodest teecher

RandomViewer wrote: »

Tv should have its own receiver, plug in cable and see what comes up

There are two cables to input, probably wouldn't go into my tv

worlds goodest teecher

swoofer wrote: »

That looks like breakfast!! Very nice though, like the tray, where can I get one for a mondeo??

Wonder if they are frosties or cron flakes. I'm getting hungry now.

LenWoods

worlds goodest teecher wrote: »

Wonder if they are frosties or cron flakes. I'm getting hungry now.

Crunchy Nut cornflakes

winston_1

LenWoods wrote: »

If you log on to Ebay uk and purchase a sky DRX595 multiroom box aswell as a "white card" which is a sky subscription card from someone in the uk which is no longer subscribed to sky,
This will provide you you with loads of good channels for free,

As said by others though; alot of modern smartTv now have a sattelite tumer built in to receive freeview channels aswell as terrestrial channels, so before purchasing a freeview or sky box; check the television for an F-Type connector

I've got four sky DRX595 multiroom boxes fitted in my home all with uk sky cards fitted; for the purpose of freeview,
My main subscription is with VirginMedia,
Amazon subscription is also quite cheap with many benefits for purchasing items aswell as some fairly good shows including the GrandTour if you have Amazon on your smartTv
I've got a home improvement thread here where I've done a whole house network and television installation without any cables on view; also added HDMI modulator to share one blu-ray player throughout the house aswell as a CCTV system which has the main storage safe in the attic, might be of interest, I bought all of the pre moulded cables from Amazon and the Belden cable from ebay uk.
Link: https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/80864-living-room-project/

You don't need the cards.

ooter

@LenWoods will that sky multiroom box and card get any extra channels that you wouldnt get on a fta receiver?

dulpit

winston_1 wrote: »

You don't need the cards.

If the boxes were Irish, then they will default to RTE 1 on 101, etc. So you'll still have to add ITV/Channel 5 via other channels. UK card will default to BBC 1 on 101/etc. (I think)

LenWoods

ooter wrote: »

@LenWoods will that sky multiroom box and card get any extra channels that you wouldnt get on a fta receiver?

Not sure to be honest; the list is here:
  Sony Entertainment,  Sony Entertainment+1
 Sony Movie Channel, Sony Movie Channel+1
 Insight TV,  4 Music 
 Motors TV, Yesterday +1

SKY HD BOX EXTRA CHANNELS: 
 BBC One HD, BBC Two HD
 BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD
 BBC News HD, CBeebies HD
 ITV HD, Channel 4 HD

 FULL CHANNEL LIST: 
BBC One, BBC Two HD
ITV 1, Channel 4  
Channel 5, Dave
BBC 1 HD, BBC Four HD 
ITV2, ITV3  
ITV4 , 5STAR
S4C, E4
More 4, 4Seven
4 Music, 5 USA
Really, Drama
Quest HD, Challenge 
CBS Reality, CBS Drama
CBS Action, Quest Red
5Spike, 5 Select
Yesterday, Sony Crime
Home, Paramount
PBS America, 4 our TV
BBC AIBA, Food Network
Together, BEN
ITV2 +1, Sony Crime 2
GNTV, Horse and County
Propeller, BLAZE
Property Show, my TV 
CLTV, Vox Africa
BET:BlackENTv, ABN TV
Travel Channel, Cruise Channel
ITV+1, Channel4+1
Channel5+1, ITV2+1
ITV3+1, ITV4+1
5STAR+1, E4+1
More4+1, 5USA+1
QUEST+1, Challange+1
CBS Reality+1, QUEST Red+1
5 Spike+1, Pick+1
Yesterday+1, Sony Crime+1
Food Netwrk+1, True Ent+1
tru TV+1, Travel Ch+1 
Film 4, Film4+1
Horror channel, Horror Channel +1  
True Christmas, Sony Movie Channel 
Sony Movie Channel +1, Movies4Men  
Movies4Men +1,Talking Pictures 
ROK, Box Upfront
The BOX , Box Hits
Kiss, Magic 
Kerrang, Chart Show TV 
The Vault, Scuzz  
Now 90s, Startz TV
Christmas HIts, Now 80s
Clubland TV, Total Country
Keep It Country, Free sports
Front Runner, Forces TV
Insight HD, FAME TV
YANGA!, AIT Int’l
Showcase, SkySpBox off
Sky News, Bloomberg Television  
BBC News HD, BBC Parliament 
CNBC, CNN 
NHK World HD, Euronens
CGTN News, NDTV 24x7 
RT HD, France Eng 
Al Jazeera Eng, CNC World 
TRT World HD, TVC News 
Channel 24, Arise News 
Psychic Today, God Channel  
Revelation, TBN UK  
Daystar, Inspiration 
Loveworld TV, Gospel Channel   
Word Network, EWTN Catholic 
Faith World TV, KICC  TV  
Believe TV, SonLife 
Faith UK, Hillsong
CBBC HD, CBeebies HD 
POP, Tiny Pop 
CITV, Tiny Pop +1 
Pop+1, Pop Max
Pop Max+1, CBBC
C Beebies, QVC 
JML Direct, TJC 
QVC Style, Ideal World 
Gems TV, High Street Tv1
Retail TV, High Street TV  
Best Direct, Primal Cure
Ideal Extra, High Street TV3
Hochanda, Jewellery Maker 
High Street TV3, TV Warehouse 
QVC Beauty, Pavers Shoes TV 
Thane, Juwelo UK
QVC Xmas, Create & Craft 
Shop Now, Price Crash
Sewing Quarter, Cruise1st.tv
PCNE Chinese, MTA Muslim TV  
Jus Punjabi, PTV Prime  
MATV National, Abu Dhabi TV 
TV5 Monde, HUM Masala
TV Record HD, GEO News  
PDTV Global, New Vision TV
Venus TV, Islam Channel 
GEO TV, ABP News 
Noor TV, Peace TV  
CHS TV, GEO Kahani   
Aaj Tak, IQRA TV  
92 News, Islam TV
Brit Asia TV, QRA BANGLA  
Ahlebait TV, ATN Bangla UK  
Maani Channel, Sikh Channel  
Peace TV Urdu, Ahlulbayt TV 
Samaa, Takbeer TV  
Sangat, Aastha  
NTV, Sky News Arabia  
TV 99, Akaal Channel 
HUM Europe, British Muslim  
Safeer TV, TV One 
Dunya News, Islam Channel Urdu  
Channel 44, Eman Channel
KTV, Aplus TV
ION TV, ARY Family
Kanshi TV, VTV
A1TV, Iran Int’l
NTAI, HUM News
BBC Two Eng, Channel 5
S4C, &TV 
Muslim Ummah, Al Arabiya
TV Record, Quest
Gay Network, Chat Box  
Bloomberg, BBC News
CNN, RT
AlJazeera Eng, TRT World
Psychic Today, Sky intro
Playboy TV Chat, Television X
Babenation, Exrated 40+
Lucky Star, Studio 66 
babes and brazzers, Xpanded TV2
Climax, Studio 66 2 
Studio 66 3, Chat box
Sky Intro, BBC 1 Scotland HD 
BBC1 Wales HD, BBC1 Northern Ireland HD 
BBC1 London, BBC One NESC
BBC1 Yorkshire, BBC1 YK & Li 
BBC1 West Midlands, BBC1 East Midlands 
BBC1 East E, BBC1 East W 
BBC1 South East, BBC1 South 
BBC1 Oxford, BBC1 West 
BBC1 South West, BBC1 Cl 
BBC2 Scotland, BBC2 Wales
BBC2 Northern Ireland
ITV 974 Channel 4 
Channel 4, Channel 4 +1 
BBC1 Scotland, BBC1 Wales 
BBC1 Northern Ireland, BBC RB1 

Johnboy1951

That list must be very out of date ....... just to pick one channel listed ......

Motorsport.tv was a pan-European digital television channel dedicated to motorsport. It ceased broadcasting in late September 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorsport.tv

LenWoods

dulpit wrote: »

If the boxes were Irish, then they will default to RTE 1 on 101, etc. So you'll still have to add ITV/Channel 5 via other channels. UK card will default to BBC 1 on 101/etc. (I think)

Yep that's correct

worlds goodest teecher

Have a six month old smart tv. It has a "terrestrial tv" app. I am having broadband installed on Friday by a local company and they are providing an iptv box with my subscription with 50 preloaded channels, rte, BBC, etc so it looks like I don't need the dish.

LenWoods

worlds goodest teecher wrote: »

Have a six month old smart tv. It has a "terrestrial tv" app. I am having broadband installed on Friday by a local company and they are providing an iptv box with my subscription with 50 preloaded channels, rte, BBC, etc so it looks like I don't need the dish.

If the dish and its cable isn't in an unsightly location I'd suggest keeping it,

I've had eir before which is provided as IPTV the user interface wasn't the easiest to get used to, the box itself used to freeze or display like Lego blocks; then the price went up to almost €100 per month,

Overall it's your house and your thread on here too lol do what you want,
Just saying if it was me and it wasn't unsightly I'd keep it,
My dish is fitted to the side of my chimney on the top of an Apex roof; all cables come in to the attic,
I dont like seeing cables clipped down the wall or a dish half blocking a bathroom window like an eclipse.
In those cases I can understand wanting rid.