Freesat box with EPG to rival Sky

quad_red

Hi folks,

Are there any Freesat boxes out there with an EPG in the same ballpark as the Sky EPG?

ie. responsive and not filled with different versions of the same channels etc.

Something that could be set up to be simple, smooth and easy to navigate?

We're moving into a new house at the weekend. Our tv has a saorview tuner built in so I've no problem using that for the irish channels. What I want is a high quality Freesat DVR that I can plug into the existing sky dish that will be better than the horrible UPC EPG we are leaving.

All advice received gratefully.

Cheers,
Quad

stanley1

have one of these, great little box.

http://www.satbuyer.co.uk/manhattan-plaza-hdr-s-freesat+hd-320gb-digital-box-p146.html

brinks_18476

Have one of these. Best out there imo. Only box with G2 EPG to best of my knowledge. Expensive but will pay for itself in jig time if you have dropped Sky

http://www.satbuyer.co.uk/freesat+hd-freetime-c71.html

mike65

Best to bear in mind <free time> is not available in RoI and never will be, so don't buy it for that feature.

Woodie40

mike65 wrote: »

Best to bear in mind <free time> is not available in RoI and never will be, so don't buy it for that feature.

The ITV player works, none of the others do.

brinks_18476

mike65 wrote: »

Best to bear in mind <free time> is not available in RoI and never will be, so don't buy it for that feature.

It's worth it for the flashy EPG imo. Not sure what freetime refers to. If it is catch up.services
I have access to all catch up services using VPN . I think likes of ITV and channel 4 players are available from Ireland. I think.

That said a bit of forward planning for recording and series linking etc means that catch up services not really needed in my house

BionicRasher

brinks_18476 wrote: »

Have one of these. Best out there imo. Only box with G2 EPG to best of my knowledge. Expensive but will pay for itself in jig time if you have dropped Sky

http://www.satbuyer.co.uk/freesat+hd-freetime-c71.html

can you get BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand5 etc on this box?

EDIT* Ignore - typing is slow today and I see the answer above

TipperaryMan12

Never heard of one of those ? what are they ? you mean like a free channels box ?

The Cush

TipperaryMan12 wrote: »

Never heard of one of those ? what are they ? you mean like a free channels box ?

Are you referring to Freesat receivers or the the on demand players?

http://www.freesat.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesat
http://www.channelwiki.org/wiki/List_of_channels_on_Freesat_(UK)

brinks_18476

tui0hcg wrote: »

can you get BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand5 etc on this box?

EDIT* Ignore - typing is slow today and I see the answer above

Rumours of Netflix to be added also in future