Sat4Free/Freesat in Ireland

Zaphod · 29-10-2008 08:38PM

breaux · 29-10-2008 09:09PM

There is a cardboard stand in tesco Galway today with empty boxes of SD and HD Goodman stb's. No prices on the board. Asked one of the assistants there how much they were and he said he didn't have a clue. Asked if you could buy the stb on it's own (no free installation) and he said no. Strange....!!!

barneyeile · 29-10-2008 10:18PM

breaux wrote: »

There is a cardboard stand in tesco Galway today with empty boxes of SD and HD Goodman stb's. No prices on the board. Asked one of the assistants there how much they were and he said he didn't have a clue. Asked if you could buy the stb on it's own (no free installation) and he said no. Strange....!!!

Curiouser and curiouser!

channelsurfer · 29-10-2008 10:27PM

"discontinued" dosent sound good! maybe tesco have had cold feet and are not gonna stock any more of em. the website is probably removing all reference to freesat from it and is taking a long time to reword it.

Zaphod · 30-10-2008 12:02AM

It looks to be a site rewrite/rebrand. Strangely they have now have a marketing slogan similar to Freesat UK.

Current rewrite "Brilliant TV for everyone"

Old site (google cache) "Entertainment like never before"

Freesat UK - "freesat brilliant TV for everyone"

The_Conductor · 30-10-2008 08:20AM

Zaphod wrote: »

It looks to be a site rewrite/rebrand. Strangely they have now have a marketing slogan similar to Freesat UK.

Where are you getting this from- I still can't get past the holding page for their Page1?

Edit: I just tried index.html as a test and pulled them up too........ cheers......

redout · 30-10-2008 01:06PM

This re-write is still awfully similar dont you think ?

Kotek Besar · 30-10-2008 01:10PM

redout wrote: »

This re-write is still awfully similar dont you think ?

Yes, http://www.sat4free.ie/index.php?page=home looks very "freesaty".

Tony · 30-10-2008 01:15PM

Perhaps they just had to remove terms which Freesat UK were not happy with.

copacetic · 30-10-2008 01:18PM

doesn't look like a rewrite at all, possibly it is still down over a disagreement with freesat after all.

Kotek Besar · 30-10-2008 01:25PM

I think the Sat4Free logo is very cheap looking, and the red, green and blue colours don't help.

Who are the Sat4Free crowd anyway? Did someone say they're actually part of the Alba group, making small adjustments to their Freesat boxes?

daphilp · 30-10-2008 03:16PM

Checked a number of outlets in Cork, and they will NOT sell box on it's own. You have to pay for instalation whether you need it or not.
Powercity seem to be the only ones selling "just" the box.
Dave

astra2d · 30-10-2008 04:40PM

Have to agree, looks very Freesat to me. They might as well just launch Freesat in ROI and be done with. It's exactly the same, just another logo.
Welcome to Freesat Ireland!:P

The_Conductor · 30-10-2008 04:45PM

astra2d wrote: »

Have to agree, looks very Freesat to me. They might as well just launch Freesat in ROI and be done with. It's exactly the same, just another logo.
Welcome to Freesat Ireland!:P

Its a pity they wouldn't whack a DVT decoder in the box and make it a one stop solution

Tony · 30-10-2008 04:47PM

astra2d wrote: »

Welcome to Freesat Ireland!:P

Think you mean Republic of Ireland

fshome · 30-10-2008 09:34PM

Powercity are currently selling an all-in Free Satellite dish, tuner, satellite finder, cables, brackets etc. All for €99. I bought one last weekend. About 3 hours DIY installation, and picks up Eurobird and Astra 2A etc. easily enough.

dublinbusdude · 30-10-2008 10:02PM

Will RTE be on Sat4Free soon

And this the current address for Sat4Free http://www.sat4free.ie/index.php?page=whatissat4free

byte · 30-10-2008 10:02PM

fshome wrote: »

Powercity are currently selling an all-in Free Satellite dish, tuner, satellite finder, cables, brackets etc. All for €99. I bought one last weekend. About 3 hours DIY installation, and picks up Eurobird and Astra 2A etc. easily enough.

Is that specifically a Sat4Free receiver you got, or basic FTA? I'm assuming the latter.

fshome · 30-10-2008 10:13PM

Basic FTA

dublinbusdude · 30-10-2008 10:34PM

Well is RTE on Sat4Free or not???

copacetic · 30-10-2008 10:37PM

dublinbusdude wrote: »

Well is RTE on Sat4Free or not???

No. None of the Irish channels are. They seem to be deliberately not saying that on all their promo stuff.

barneyeile · 30-10-2008 10:37PM

dublinbusdude wrote: »

Well is RTE on Sat4Free or not???

No Irish Channel is on SAT4FREE. UK FTA only.

dublinbusdude · 30-10-2008 10:39PM

Why not RTE and TV3 moan that not a lot of us (Irish) dont watch their channels

barneyeile · 30-10-2008 10:43PM

dublinbusdude wrote: »

Why not RTE and TV3 moan that not a lot of us (Irish) dont watch their channels

It is a UK Service rebadged in Ireland as SAT4FREE. If RTE or TV3 were to be carried on the service it would cost them a fortune for TV rights as they would be broadcasting to the UK as well as Ireland. The British TV channels would also not put up with it either.

redout · 30-10-2008 10:49PM

Just noticed that sat4free have removed the direct link to the freesat page for channel listings. That is fair enough I suppose but how are people now suppose to know what channel it is that they will receive ?

Dman001 · 30-10-2008 11:46PM

Sat4Free boxes are available in Tesco. They are Bush branded boxes. €299 for the SD version and €399 for the HD one.

jackbauer · 31-10-2008 11:16AM

gotta love the price difference:rolleyes:
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001151&langId=-1&searchTerms=freesat&Submit=GO+%3E
must be all the extra services we get here.

The_Conductor · 31-10-2008 11:21AM

jackbauer wrote: »

gotta love the price difference:rolleyes:
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001151&langId=-1&searchTerms=freesat&Submit=GO+%3E
must be all the extra services we get here.

Yes, actually. The vast bulk of the difference is the installation charge. Argos don't install them. If you want to buy the box on its own, nip down to Powercity. There is as good as no difference between the Sterling and EURO prices.

jackbauer · 31-10-2008 11:49AM

I stand corrected:D nice to be wrong about it though!

Kotek Besar · 31-10-2008 12:31PM

smccarrick wrote: »

Yes, actually. The vast bulk of the difference is the installation charge. Argos don't install them. If you want to buy the box on its own, nip down to Powercity. There is as good as no difference between the Sterling and EURO prices.

I beg to differ, smccarrick..

Argos sell the installation for £80, and the Bush SD Freesat boxes for £50. So that's a total of £130, = €165 (according to xe.com).

So what they get in the UK for €165, we have to pay €299.

Sat4Free/Freesat in Ireland

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