Co-Op Stores Saorview & Satellite Install Deal €259: Cork, Clare Tipp & Limerick Only

Oracle

Co-Op Stores located in Counties Clare, Tipperary, Limerick and Cork, are offering a Saorview and FTA (Free to Air) Satellite installation package for €259.

The package includes:

• Ariva 150 Combi Box (receives Saorview and FTA satellite channels)
• Satellite Dish
• Outdoor Digital Aerial for Saorview
• Installation
• 12 Month Warranty

Considering the Ariva 150 box alone is about €100, this seems like good value. Probably only available within a certain radius of Co-Op Stores.

Tony

Its a great price but i'd check that the installer is carrying full public liability insurance before going ahead.

paddy147

There you go all the people that complain about Cork never getting deals on Boards.:pac::pac:

CGI_3

I'm pretty sure the ARIVA box isn't saorview approved...

Tony

It is'nt, in fairness to the co op I don't think they are claiming that it is.

CGI_3 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure the ARIVA box isn't saorview approved...

Daithi McNulty

Kerry peoples money not good enough?

lennyloulou

what kind of stations are on offer

Tony

lennyloulou wrote: »

what kind of stations are on offer

Saorview channels and Uk freesat channels

lennyloulou

ok thanks .. dont mean to wreck your head but does that include discovery/sky etcot the bbcs and channel 4

Tony

lennyloulou wrote: »

ok thanks .. dont mean to wreck your head but does that include discovery/sky etcot the bbcs and channel 4

You can see a list here http://www.freesat.co.uk/what-you-get/our-channels

mp3ireland2

Tony wrote: »

You can see a list here http://www.freesat.co.uk/what-you-get/our-channels

You'll get a few more than that like sky news...(bout the only decent one I can think of!) as that's the freesat list.... (which has a few less channels but better interface)

Not to turn people off what seems like a good deal but just to warn that if you get a freesat box you get a 7 day epg guide (free to air only has the program on now and the one on next) and the channels retune themselves when they change transponders, on fta you'll find that occasionally channels go blank and you have to retune.

I think freesat is worth the extra few quid (I had free to air boxes before my freesat and find it a lot simpler and the interface a lot better - but maybe I'm just lazy!) although I doubt there'd be anything comparable to this price for a freesat set up.

Not knocking the deal but it's just something everybody mightn't be aware of

The Pontiac

Looks like a very good deal.

But the package includes a dish. What if you have your own dish already, would they reduce the price, i wonder?

CGI_3

Tony wrote: »

It is'nt, in fairness to the co op I don't think they are claiming that it is.

True. They'll really only be missing the teletext I presume?

Capt'n Midnight

lennyloulou wrote: »

ok thanks .. dont mean to wreck your head but does that include discovery/sky etcot the bbcs and channel 4

If you want pay channels like discovery you have to pay for them :rolleyes:

The people who do the encryption schemes spend a lot of time and effort in making sure you can't get them for free.

Oracle

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

.... The people who do the encryption schemes spend a lot of time and effort in making sure you can't get them for free.

Yes indeed they do. Except of course they also, break the encryption systems of rival channels, when it suits them:

A News Corporation subsidiary company used a computer hacker to sabotage Sky TV's biggest rival, BBC Panorama has reported.

Been rumbling on for over a decade .... from The Guardian 2002:

A company controlled by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been accused of trying to destroy rivals, such as ITV Digital in Britain, by assisting hackers to crack the secret viewer-access codes used by rival pay TV operators and then distributing the information to counterfeiters across the world.

fgaff

although not saorview approved there is a big plus with this receiver...with the addition of a usb wifi dongle you can have youtube & other sites on your tv through the receiver! http://www.ferguson-digital.eu/en/hd-receivers/368-ferguson-ariva-150combo.html for the money that is a brilliant feature....

Capt'n Midnight

fgaff wrote: »

although not saorview approved there is a big plus with this receiver...with the addition of a usb wifi dongle you can have youtube & other sites on your tv through the receiver!

AFAIK it only works with some models , also it's a specific chipset you need - not all usb wifi dongles will work.


IF it's a Ferguson Ariva 150 and you have the usb dongle does this android app work as a remote control ?

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Ariva+Remote+ferguson&c=apps

fgaff

Yes looks like it does, the ariva 150 combo is listed there...even more of a reason that makes this an excellent purchase...