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Saorview & FTA HD Combo box?

  • 07-11-2011 10:54am
    #1
    Mikebyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭


    I'm looking to get a Saorview & FTA HD Combo box installed and was wondering if someone could recommend a product or point me in the right direction.

    Also, would I need 2 dishes installed and connected to the box?

    Any help would be great!


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  • #2
    Mr Moon
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,175 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Moon


    Mikebyrne wrote: »
    I'm looking to get a Saorview & FTA HD Combo box installed and was wondering if someone could recommend a product or point me in the right direction.

    Also, would I need 2 dishes installed and connected to the box?

    Any help would be great!

    The Ferguson Ariva HD Combo is what you're after.

    You need one dish pointing to 28.2 for the freeview channels, and you need an aeriel that will pick up the saorview channels, I have a small aerial on the roof of my house that picks them all up and RTE 2 is in HD also.


  • #3
    Mikebyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭Mikebyrne


    I think there's already a freeview dish up. Do you need a specialised dish to pickup HD?


  • #4
    loguer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭loguer


    The Ferguson does not have MHEG 5 text so no BBC Red Button or Digital Aertel.

    The Triax HD 537 combo does have BBC Red Button and Digital Aertel but has issues depending on what firmware is in use. I have one in use at my parent's home in Donegal and they have had no issues with it.

    The big drawback of either of these boxes is that while they do have 7 day Saorview EPG for the Irish channels there is just now and next for the UK channels since neither box has access to the Freesat EPG.

    If you are at all technical and happy to tinker then a HTPC would do the trick perfectly, Digital Text, Full 7 day EPG for all channels and ultimate flexibility in terms of distributing TV pictures around the house. Chuck in a blu-ray recorder into the mix and you're set. Not for the technically deficient though.


  • #5
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    Is there such thing as a Saorview/Freesat combo box (as opposed to FTA boxes which may need occasional rescans and dont offer full EPG functionality ?)


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


    Mike 1972 wrote: »
    Is there such thing as a Saorview/Freesat combo box (as opposed to FTA boxes which may need occasional rescans and dont offer full EPG functionality ?)

    Nope ..


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  • #7
    Mr Moon
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,175 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Moon


    loguer wrote: »
    The Ferguson does not have MHEG 5 text so no BBC Red Button or Digital Aertel.

    The Triax HD 537 combo does have BBC Red Button and Digital Aertel but has issues depending on what firmware is in use. I have one in use at my parent's home in Donegal and they have had no issues with it.

    The big drawback of either of these boxes is that while they do have 7 day Saorview EPG for the Irish channels there is just now and next for the UK channels since neither box has access to the Freesat EPG.

    If you are at all technical and happy to tinker then a HTPC would do the trick perfectly, Digital Text, Full 7 day EPG for all channels and ultimate flexibility in terms of distributing TV pictures around the house. Chuck in a blu-ray recorder into the mix and you're set. Not for the technically deficient though.

    You can tune all the red buttons in as standalone channels, so it's actually easier than waiting for the red button to load.
    Mikebyrne wrote: »
    I think there's already a freeview dish up. Do you need a specialised dish to pickup HD?


    No, your standard sky dish will take any signal, it's the box that lets you watch HD.


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