Reply to: Moving to Freeview

[VectraMan]

My area moves to freeview in the next few weeks.

Check what you're going to get, because not all Freeview is equal. My area did the switchover in September, but we only get half the multiplexes, or Freeview Lite as I think I saw it called. It's basically the five analogue channels, plus BBC3+4, ITV2, E4 and More4. Oh and Gay Rabbit. It does have the main four in HD though, which is something.

I pay something like £32 per month for Sky HD, which will include F1, and about 36 other HD channels last time I counted. And that's without any of the sports and movies extras. And for that I got a free box, and £100 worth of M&S vouchers, so compared to £200 odd for a Humax box to get four channels, it seemed a pretty good deal.

[scooby]

I can second this. There is also a hacked version of the firmware you can run which gives you added functionality. The model you want is the Humax HDR Fox T2. when I moved to this from my Sky HD box it felt like I was moving 10 years into the future with regards to responsiveness and design of the UI.

Assume you dont watch / want Sky sports channels for the F1 or football then? Or can you get this on a Humax?

[eek]

Are topfield still going? They freeview (non hd) box was far more flexible.

[TheFaQQer]

Humax every time. And buy it from Humax Direct online. The best delivery and customer service I have received online, bar none.

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[TestMangler]

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[davetza]

Humax every time. And buy it from Humax Direct online. The best delivery and customer service I have received online, bar none.

I can second this. There is also a hacked version of the firmware you can run which gives you added functionality. The model you want is the Humax HDR Fox T2. when I moved to this from my Sky HD box it felt like I was moving 10 years into the future with regards to responsiveness and design of the UI.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

What use is Sky these days anyway?

Movies - download them whenever you want for a "small price"
Sports - stream live on some "non-free software" if you get me

Who has time for TV these days anyway?

[cojak]

Humax every time. And buy it from Humax Direct online. The best delivery and customer service I have received online, bar none.

[Arturo Bassick]

You want a freeview+ HD box. I have a Samsung with built in Blu Ray player. Check your box has 2 tuners so you can watch one and record another (or record 2 and watch Blu Ray). If you record a lot then obviously a bigger disk is preferable.


**Assumes you already have a HD TV.

[Freamon]

it's about £115 per month

Did you get it from here?

[xoggoth]

Bleedin eck. £90pm for gym membership, 50k for eco sheds, now 20+ for a Freeview. You lot are made of money. Got mine for 13 quid at Aldi.

[scooterscot]

Been with Virgin for a number of year and frankly they become more and more expensive each year. Got a couple of set boxes, movies etc and coupled with broadband & phone it's about £115 per month which frankly I think is a joke especially as I watch feck all.

My area moves to freeview in the next few weeks. Has anyone got any recommendations on pause & record style boxes for Freeview that Virgin and Sky provide?

£1400 a year for watching feck all

Don't have a TV (well actually I have two but are in the BTL's), don't use a TV at home anymore these days. Too busy invoicing.

[vetran]

Who needs Branson / Murdoch.

20 - £80 Freeview

£80 - £500 freeview HD box.

10 mins to install.
May need a new aerial though.
about 30 channels worth watching > 300 plus available.


£80 - £200 freesat HD box.
Including dish, min couple of hours to install dish and run cables.

about 50 channels worth watching > 1000 available but I get bored with the God channel etc but the wedding channel is fun.

Note try threatening to leave and see what deals you get (may get same as new users for a year).

[eek]

I pay £58 rising to £61 for a phone, broadband and all the non Sky premium packages. I think a second set top box is a £5. Bin the movies and the sports and see what that saves you.

Looking at their site it seems that I'm paying £29 for the TV I don't really watch. That will be going and being replaced with Sky so that I can watch F1 next year.

[Paddy]