Freesat

[pdust]

okay forgive my ignorance of technology cos i guess these are pretty daft questions...

Im thinking of getting freesat rather than freeview.... im confused with it saying HD on the boxes...does this mean if you dont have an HD tv it wont work? Also my tv doesnt have a HDMI socket so I assume if it will work i can connect it with a scart lead?

and also does it need to be plugged into a phone line? Im using an old satellite box at the minute that needs phone connection and keep having to unplug it when i want to use my phone.... thank you :)

[anotheoldgit]

I have a TV with built in FreeSat.

All I did was to get an engineer to take a branch off my Dish and connect the cable into my TV.

I also have an old sky box, connected to another TV, I disconnected my phone line, when I was no longer a Sky subscriber.

Don't see why you must have your phone line connected to the box.

[pdust]

thanks aog :) I was actually thinking of getting a tv with it installed but that means waiting a while longer. I haven't used the sky box in ages but when i started using it again a message came on screen telling me to plug it into the phone socket or it wouldn't work :(

[commoner]

Freeview......Stb or Built in TV....uses aerial.,,no High def channels.

Freeview HD....same as above but delivers HD picture on a small number of channels on an HD ready tv...also uses an aerial.

FreeSAT HD...same as Freeview HD but needs a satellite dish and an HD ready Tv...

As AOG says you might be able to use an existing dish.

[pdust]

thanks commoner...guess i will have to go with freeview then as i dont have an HD ready tv :(((((

[stoofur]

I am pretty sure you can connect a Freesat box to your TV with a SCART lead instead of a HDMI lead. Why not pop into Currys or somewhere to check?

[pdust]

thanks stoofur....I never even thought of going somewhere like that to ask, but I havent got an HD ready tv :(

[sunny-dave]

Don't fret young pixi - any freesat box (whether HD or not) will also have a scart connector and work with your existing tv - you may not get the HD channels through the scart, but there will always be an SD version available too.

[sunny-dave]

And these are the absolute best boxes direct from the manufacturer at bargain prices (theoretically they are 'graded' versions - but mine was absolutely brand new & perfect)

http://www.humaxdirec...?cat=factory&type=sat

[pdust]

lol at young... and thank you dave..... weird, i just got told the exact same thing (almost word for word lol) think i'll have a trip to town tomorrow :)

[pdust]

oh thanks for that dave, that answer wasnt there when i replied yesterday

[sunny-dave]

Thanks for the thanks pixie - enjoy your new freesat - which one did you eventually get ?

[pdust]

I just got a little cheap bush one from argos and insured it (something i dont normally do) for 3 years against just about everything except alien abduction for a tenner...

...i always knew i'd get kidnapped by aliens one day :)

[sunny-dave]

Little Green Men - nah - AoG won't let them into the country :)

[pdust]

lol....yeah ive noticed hes extremely intoler....erm fussy