New Free Sat TV service for the UK
Posted by: Derek Wright on 06 May 2008
See
FREESAT
FREESAT
Posted on: 06 May 2008 by Bob McC
Can it be received by any freeview sat box. (I don't mean SKY)
Posted on: 06 May 2008 by Ewan Aye
Seems great on the surface, but my children will want Disney & Nickelodeon. There seems to be no hard info as to which channels are to be provided.
Posted on: 06 May 2008 by Bob McC
same as terrestrial freeview I presume.
Posted on: 06 May 2008 by Tony Lockhart
I think that it's the same as terrestrial for now, with some HD next year.
Tony
Tony
Posted on: 06 May 2008 by Frank Abela
Bob,
I believe you need a FreeSat set top box and a satellite dish to receive FreeSat. A FreeView tuner will not decode FreeSat.
There seems very little info on which channels will be available and which will be HD. However, the little I've heard has been that it will feature quite a few HD channels, such as BBC-HD. But this is hearsay so pinch of salt time...
I believe you need a FreeSat set top box and a satellite dish to receive FreeSat. A FreeView tuner will not decode FreeSat.
There seems very little info on which channels will be available and which will be HD. However, the little I've heard has been that it will feature quite a few HD channels, such as BBC-HD. But this is hearsay so pinch of salt time...
Posted on: 06 May 2008 by Tony Lockhart
Posted on: 06 May 2008 by Bob McC
To clarify
I meant a free to air sat box. I have one in France it is pointed in the general direction of the sky satellite, I used to have a SKY box, but now it receives free to air programmes. BBCs etc. Will it pick up the new sat or is it in a different part of the sky from the Sky satellite?
I meant a free to air sat box. I have one in France it is pointed in the general direction of the sky satellite, I used to have a SKY box, but now it receives free to air programmes. BBCs etc. Will it pick up the new sat or is it in a different part of the sky from the Sky satellite?
Posted on: 06 May 2008 by Diccus62
The Satellite of Love 
Posted on: 06 May 2008 by Bob McC
Munch
Astra 2D
Astra 2D
Posted on: 07 May 2008 by Bob McC
I think I found the answer to my question here.
http://www.astra2d.com/ It is the Astra 2d website.
http://www.astra2d.com/ It is the Astra 2d website.
Posted on: 07 May 2008 by Don Atkinson
Panasonic are releasing new plasmas in June/July with buit-in Freesat tuners.
Presumably you will then only need a one-off satelite dish - if you don't already have one.
cheers
Don
Presumably you will then only need a one-off satelite dish - if you don't already have one.
cheers
Don
Posted on: 07 May 2008 by u5227470736789439
Given the rolling switch to Digital Terrestrial Television, this development begs the question of whether there is any need for the replacement Terrestrial service once the UHF analogue transmitters are turned off.
Perhaps if the Televsion UHF frequencies were freed up, then mainstream analogue VHF Radio broadcasts could be left alone, and DAB abandoned, given the current state of crisis of DAB, and the Digital Radio future be left with Satellite broadcasting, which seems to have been better as a Digital Radio source than the terrestrial version.
Another choice broadening type of radio, if without much quality is Internet Radio, which will continue to grow I am sure.
George
Perhaps if the Televsion UHF frequencies were freed up, then mainstream analogue VHF Radio broadcasts could be left alone, and DAB abandoned, given the current state of crisis of DAB, and the Digital Radio future be left with Satellite broadcasting, which seems to have been better as a Digital Radio source than the terrestrial version.
Another choice broadening type of radio, if without much quality is Internet Radio, which will continue to grow I am sure.
George