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Saorview/Freesat combo box?

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  • #2
    Ronnie Raygun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭Ronnie Raygun


    The tvtrade link includes a "list of channels" tab. Just check that.

    None of those combos are Freesat boxes: Freesat is a brandname licenced for specific receivers that include a 7 day epg & interactive services (red button).


  • #3
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    It's a Saorview / FTA satellite combo (not Freesat)
    It will receive Saorview (and NI DTT channels if you are in range of NI / Welsh transmitters) and any fta satellite channels it can receive, but no Freesat epg.


  • #4
    board.eddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭board.eddy


    Channel list


  • #5
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    Ah, thanks - not great.

    Another question, then: is there any way to run a Saorview box and a Freesat box on the same TV? If so, how does it work - do you switch from one to another the way you do between a DVD box and the Freesat box?


  • #6
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    In exactly the same way, your tv just sees it as another source


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  • #7
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,394 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Can you get a Saorview and Freesat box?


  • #8
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    Ah, that's brilliant, answered my question perfectly, excollier.


  • #9
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    nig1 wrote: »
    Can you get a Saorview and Freesat box?
    No


  • #10
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    Qualitymark wrote: »
    Ah, thanks - not great.

    Another question, then: is there any way to run a Saorview box and a Freesat box on the same TV?

    Freesat doesn't get you any extra channels, if that's what you're thinking.


  • #11
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    It just gets (mostly) useful channels in a much more useable / informative way.


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  • #12
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    nig1 wrote: »
    Can you get a Saorview and Freesat box?
    yes
    but at present the only box that does well is about €300

    far more expensive than a Freesat box and Saorview box each with their separate EPG's.

    5 EPG's out there depending on your hardware and location
    without a firmware hack the best you can get is pressing a series of commands on a few devices to toggle mode to see the other epg (unless you are lucky enough to get UK and Ire on aerial - other channels end up at 800)

    Freeview ( UK TV - geographical limits )
    Saorview ( Irish TV )
    Saorsat ( different satellite - different lnb )
    Freesat ( BBC / ITV proprietary hardware specific )
    SKY ( proprietary hardware specific inc. 'freesat from sky')


  • #13
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    Freesat doesn't get you any extra channels, if that's what you're thinking.

    I have Freesat and it has a lot more channels than are on that list - everything from Film 4 to E4 and BBC1,2,3,4,HD, to ITV, to Al-Jazeera, CNN, a dozen other news channels, etc, etc.


  • #14
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    Anything you get on Freesat, you can get with a FTA receiver, along with channels not on the Freesat epg (most Freesat receivers have to go into non-Freesat mode to access these).

    The channel lists you looked at are probably incomplete or out of date.


  • #15
    Digital Satellite TV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 233 ✭✭Digital Satellite TV


    Qualitymark wrote: »
    Ah, thanks - not great.
    QUOTE]

    better list here http://www.tvtrade.ie/combined-satellite-and-dtt-receiver-box-channel-listings.html

    the previos link was to 'sample' list of channel graphic. More complete list below this graphic on that page. There are other channels available too but that's just roughly what you would get on any combo receiver


  • #16
    WHIP IT!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,886 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Apologies for hijacking this thread but didn't want to start a new one... Newbie question coming up!

    I currently have pre-wired UPC that was there when I moved into my hosue. No aerial, satellite etc... does this mean, if I get rid of my UPC, can I use one of these boxes or do I need an aerial? Thanks alot...

    http://www.tvtrade.ie/combi-receiver.html


  • #17
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    A combi receiver uses a feed from a satellite dish for (usually, but not limited to) UK channels & a terrestrial aerial for Irish channels. Some parts of the country also have terrestrial reception of UK channels.


  • #18
    WHIP IT!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,886 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    A combi receiver uses a feed from a satellite dish for (usually, but not limited to) UK channels & a terrestrial aerial for Irish channels. Some parts of the country also have terrestrial reception of UK channels.

    I'm sorry, you'll have to dumb that down a bit for me :o

    Are you saying if I get rid of my UPC, I can plug one of these boxes into the UPC 'cable' and it will work?


  • #19
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    It won't work with the UPC cable.


  • #20
    WHIP IT!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,886 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    It won't work with the UPC cable.

    Thanks Peter...

    Can you recommend a reputable company to install all of the above (cable, combi box - possibly in multiple rooms - etc)? Dublin area...


  • #21
    STB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭STB


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Thanks Peter...

    Can you recommend a reputable company to install all of the above (cable, combi box - possibly in multiple rooms - etc)? Dublin area...

    You should also consider the Ferguson Ariva 250. Same idea, more features and the one remote control can also control other devices as well (your TV, amp etc)

    http://satellite.ie/acatalog/Ariva-250-combo.html

    They do installs as well. (Tony the owner posts here constantly).

    Big thread on these boxes in the terrestrial forum.


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