I have a new tv being delivered today that has freesat instead of freeview. I don’t have sky tv so will I still be able to get the free channels? The guy in John Lewis never asked if we had a satellite dish.
We used to have sky but cancelled it at least five years ago. I do still have the old sky box and the dish is still up. Would this enable me to get freesat?
We used to have sky but cancelled it at least five years ago. I do still have the old sky box and the dish is still up. Would this enable me to get freesat?
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sorted byWe have a Samsung with the same option, but never used it, as the 2 cables we have go into our Freesat recorder.
Satellite tuners are much more patchy and hardly anyone licences freesat anymore. If it does have a satellite tuner then it should work with the old style pre-SkyQ satellite dishes.
You don’t have to justify your comment. I never even read it. I read title and explained to op how easy it is to use freesat.
Equally, I still think there will be analogue connectivity hence why I asked which model it was.
Sorry, didn't mean to tag you in
Our box was sky+ so I can try that option.
are you able to recommend a freesat box please as we would like the facility to record etc
Humax is quite good box.
For what? Freesat or Freeview? They haven't made new Humax Freesat boxes for 2 1/2 years now, so they are going to be difficult to obtain new and won't get any major updates.
The only official Freesat boxes that record are Freesat's own, made by a company called Arris and usually called Freesat 4K. They have mixed reviews and some issues, but have been slowly improving over time.
(We still have an old Humax, but it's 5 years old and a bit clunky - but I need the alignment of the dish sorted and possibly an lnb and cable refresh before I replace it)