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Freesat / Saorview

  • 30-06-2012 9:43pm
    #1
    Klingon Hamlet
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    My mum's planning to cancel her Sky...how good are freesat / saorview? And what kind of prices you looking at?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    paultf
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    Klingon Hamlet wrote: »
    My mum's planning to cancel her Sky...how good are freesat / saorview? And what kind of prices you looking at?

    I switched over to freesat and saorview recently.

    There are a number of options. Check www.tvtrade.ie and www.amazon.co.uk

    I have a Echostar HDS-600 which cost £169. Sets up quickly using the exisiting Sky dish. 500GB storage. All the UK channels. Picture & sound very good.

    Humax though would be the more popular freesat box.

    I have a Triax box for Saorview - costs around €85. Can record to a USB stick or external hard drive. (From what I have read on boards, your best bet is to go for a Saorview approved box to guarantee future compatability.)


  • #3
    minder2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭minder2009


    paultf wrote: »
    Klingon Hamlet wrote: »
    My mum's planning to cancel her Sky...how good are freesat / saorview? And what kind of prices you looking at?

    I switched over to freesat and saorview recently.I

    There are a number of options. Check www.tvtrade.ie and www.amazon.co.uk

    I have a Echostar HDS-600 which cost £169. Sets up quickly using the exisiting Sky dish. 500GB storage. All the UK channels. Picture & sound very good.

    Humax though would be the more popular freesat box.

    I have a Triax box for Saorview - costs around €85. Can record to a USB stick or external hard drive. (From what I have read on boards, your best bet is to go for a Saorview approved box to guarantee future compatability.)
    Hi I am interested in the triax box you talk of that you can record on. Do you find it reliable ? I have a triax 114 it's functionality is great , it has been set up in such a way that it is causing problems. I think it us the set up rather than the actual box. Which exact model have you for 85 e ? Thanks

    Minder


  • #4
    paultf
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    minder2009 wrote: »
    Hi I am interested in the triax box you talk of that you can record on. Do you find it reliable ?

    Which exact model have you for 85 e ?

    I have a Triax TR112 which retails at €85 (this only gives the Irish channels). I gave a loan of this to my Dad. I haven't done any recordings on this box yet.

    I have a TSC114 also which I recorded a couple of programmes from. The USB stick I have is too small (did a test record and it worked). So I used a Tosiba 1.5TB external hard drive and this worked well. This hard drive has an external power supply - some people say that can make a difference.

    I saw in some of your other posts you have tried recordings on the TSC114 and then switched to other channels. My recordings I have been very basic. I have a freesat box which I use for recording UK channels - don't really record many Irish programmes.


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