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Basic freeview system, best option?

  • 21-11-2009 7:01pm
    #1
    brundle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭


    Looking to fit a freeview satellite system. Ive a sky box lying around the house. Is it best to use this without a card to pick up bbc, sky news etc or will I get many extra chanels by using a free to air box as advertised on satellite.ie such as ferguson fk1000?
    Is there a freeview card I can get for my existing sky box for a once off payment?


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  • #2
    montgolfiere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭montgolfiere


    cheapest solution is to use your old sky box FTA and then get a FTV Card for the FTV Channels for a £20 'one off payment'. (only available to a UK address)
    The Skyman


  • #3
    brundle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭brundle


    Can they be got here at all. That sounds perfect if I could get one of those.


  • #4
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    brundle wrote: »
    Looking to fit a freeview satellite system. Ive a sky box lying around the house. Is it best to use this without a card to pick up bbc, sky news etc or will I get many extra chanels by using a free to air box as advertised on satellite.ie such as ferguson fk1000?
    Is there a freeview card I can get for my existing sky box for a once off payment?

    sky box on its own without any card will do the job fine,

    only 'extra channels ' you get with a uk ftv is fiveusa sky3 and another five channel (cant remember off top of my head)
    not worth getting IMO.


  • #5
    irish_bhoy09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭irish_bhoy09


    John mac wrote: »
    sky box on its own without any card will do the job fine,

    only 'extra channels ' you get with a uk ftv is fiveusa sky3 and another five channel (cant remember off top of my head)
    not worth getting IMO.
    the tv aeriel socket in my room is hooked up to the dish outside,so if i got a sky box i could get the fta channells?
    always taught id need a card,what channels would i get?

    thanks


  • #6
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    irish_bhoy09 wrote: »
    the tv aeriel socket in my room is hooked up to the dish outside,so if i got a sky box i could get the fta channells?
    always taught id need a card,what channels would i get?

    thanks

    yes should do


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