Can freesatHD and sky be run from the same dish?

Posted by: Alan Paterson on 13 August 2008

We currently have standard sky running into a crt tv. I am thinking about a lcd tv soon and would like to get HD through freesatHD but would like to keep the standard sky as well (sky HD is too expensive). Can they be run from the same dish and would the costs be high if the dish needed altered?

Posted on: 13 August 2008 by Allan Probin

You can run both independently from the same dish provided the LNB has multiple outputs. If you have a single output LNB you can swap it for a dual or quad LNB without having to replace the entire dish. The old LNB simply unclips and you clip in the new one. New LNB should cost about £25-£30 if you fit it yourself.

See this previous thread on the forum for further details: free hd tv

Posted on: 20 August 2008 by Alan Paterson

The dish is very high up so would leave it to a pro to do it for me. Any ideas of cost?

Posted on: 20 August 2008 by Alan Paterson

Munch

Is your e-mail address spelt correctly (mumch in stead of munch) before i e-mail you?