Dave and Home going FTA

Gerry Wicklow

According to this they are due to launch in August

Kurn

FTA is getting very attractive lately, apart from sports it's getting harder to justify a TV subscription!

Hoagy

Kurn wrote: »

FTA is getting very attractive lately, apart from sports it's getting harder to justify a TV subscription!

It is, yes.

I only noticed yesterday that Talking Pictures TV has been on Freesat/FTA since June.

homer911

Hoagy wrote: »

It is, yes.

I only noticed yesterday that Talking Pictures TV has been on Freesat/FTA since June.

A lot longer than that!

Tigerandahalf

You could see a lot more of these moving to freesat. I doubt Sky and others will want to pay for these fillers going forward. They will probably concentrate on core sports.

Netflix seems to have taken over the movies scene from Sky Cinema.

The Discovery showdown with Sky was a precursor for things to come.

If one was to get a freesat box what is the best way to integrate the saorview channels into one platform/remote?

ShaneOC

Great to see Dave being added to FreeSat. It certainly is a very good alternative to the pay packages on offer.

The only thing lacking now is the availability of HD channels other that the handful that are there now. This is very much evident in the entertainment section. 5 new HD channels would make a huge difference (e.g. Dave HD, E4 HD, More4 HD, ITV2 HD, ITV4 HD).

Johnboy1951

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

According to this they are due to launch in August

Excellent news!

Thanks for the link.

ShaneOC

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

If one was to get a freesat box what is the best way to integrate the saorview channels into one platform/remote?

It is not possible to integrate the Saorview channels into the FreeSat platform.

However combo boxes are available (basic and the more advanced linux combo boxes).

Programmable remote controls are available. One4All of Logitech Harmony may help simplify the saorview / freesat setup.

kooga

time to get another freesat box

JoeA3

ShaneOC wrote: »

Great to see Dave being added to FreeSat. It certainly is a very good alternative to the pay packages on offer.

The only thing lacking now is the availability of HD channels other that the handful that are there now. This is very much evident in the entertainment section. 5 new HD channels would make a huge difference (e.g. Dave HD, E4 HD, More4 HD, ITV2 HD, ITV4 HD).

Yeah agreed. It would be great if the ones you've listed there were HD.
I recently cancelled Sky myself and my TV actually has a built in twin Satellite tuner, so without any box at all I have Saorview and Freesat all on the TV. One thing I notice is that the SD channels seem better quality somehow this way than they were on Sky. E.g. Tv3, Itv2, etc were unwatchable on Sky but they look ok-ish on my current set up.

_Kaiser_

Good news about Dave.. it's probably the only one I'd (sorta) have missed since moving to Freesat

decor58

Tigerandahalf wrote:

If one was to get a freesat box what is the best way to integrate the saorview channels into one platform/remote?

Like has been said regarding Saorview and Freesat on one platform but the humax remote can be programmed to operate most tv's.

Harry Palmr

but I bet they put it on at the poxy low-rate SD like Drama, Yesterday and other one that I never look at.

dublinman1990

Brilliant. Dave will be the first place to see the Top Gear repeats for me.

Gerry Wicklow

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Brilliant. Dave will be the first place to see the Top Gear repeats for me.

You'd better get to like Top Gear, Mock the Week and QI as you'll be seeing a LOT of them.

dublinman1990

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

You'd better get to like Top Gear, Mock the Week and QI as you'll be seeing a LOT of them.

Yeah the repeats are nice but seeing new shows will be good too.

I had planned to see the Hoff's new sitcom on UKTV Play beforehand. I suppose the Dave channel will replace that need for now.

enfant terrible

Is GOLD likely to follow eventually or would Sky like to keep that behind a paywall?

Movie Maestro

enfant terrible wrote: »

Is GOLD likely to follow eventually or would Sky like to keep that behind a paywall?

Fingers crossed we'll see it go FTA soon

Maz2016

Movie Maestro wrote: »

Fingers crossed we'll see it go FTA soon

Gold would be a fantastic addition to the FTA platform

Seen it mentioned on the DS satellite forum that ITV Encore has gone Free To Air a few times in the last few days and then blocked again! Hopefully the encryption will be lifted permanently!

lawred2

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

According to this they are due to launch in August

that is great

Maz2016

zorro2566 wrote: »

Seen it mentioned on the DS satellite forum that ITV Encore has gone Free To Air a few times in the last few days and then blocked again! Hopefully the encryption will be lifted permanently!

ITV encore would be good too. Liked watching heartbeat, broadchurch and the likes

givecredit

The Dave and Home free to air switch happens this Thursday in preparation for their launch on freesat next week.

Booms

Scanning 12129 V 27500 2/3 now gives two FTA versions of both Drama and Really. Only difference is that the "new" versions are showing Irish ads. Presumably these are the new channels for Dave and Home, being discretely tested.

Maz2016

Booms wrote: »

Scanning 12129 V 27500 5/6 now gives two FTA versions of both Drama and Really. Only difference is that the "new" versions are showing Irish ads. Presumably these are the new channels for Dave and Home, being discretely tested.

Drama and Really brought out the Irish versions a couple of months ago. Nothing new there yet

batistuta9

clear now

Harry Palmr

anyone got the frequency

batistuta9

12129v

Harry Palmr

Found the full detail

12129.00
27500 2/3
V
DVB-S
QPSK

batistuta9

dave is 720x576 home is 544x576

Harry Palmr

Full SD for Top Gear repeats?! They are spoiling us

loyatemu

Dave also has "Taskmaster" which IMO is one of the funniest shows currently on TV.

dublinman1990

The South Park movie: Bigger, Better & Uncut is on Dave right now if you don't want to miss it.

Harry Palmr

I see Parks and Recreation is on, I used to watch that on BBC Four so it'll be great to catch it again.

joe_99

Great addition to FTA. It is getting much harder to justify paying money for Sky and Virgin basic TV packages

kooga

Has it come on the freesat epg yet? Two Humax boxes here and no sign as yet

Clearing on my non sub sky box

Atlantic Dawn

kooga wrote: »

Has it come on the freesat epg yet? Two Humax boxes here and no sign as yet

Clearing on my non sub sky box

Not there for me earlier this morning, also ran a manual search and not there. Probably have to wait until tomorrow mornings 3am update.

_Kaiser_

Both now live on 157/166 for me - Humax Freesat HDR-1100S

peking97

decor58 wrote: »

Like has been said regarding Saorview and Freesat on one platform but the humax remote can be programmed to operate most tv's.

Can you elaborate a bit more on this please?

jelutong

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Both now live on 157/166 for me - Humax Freesat HDR-1100S

Same here.

Mint Sauce

Has 'Yesterday' been added today as well. Dont recall seeing it before, plus its appears in the EPG in a default font. Home and Dave were in a default font earlier, but have since changed to their own this afternoon.

Johnboy1951

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Has 'Yesterday' been added today as well. Dont recall seeing it before, plus its appears in the EPG in a default font. Home and Dave were in a default font earlier, but have since changed to their own this afternoon.

Yesterday has been FTA for quite some time.

Mint Sauce

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Yesterday has been FTA for quite some time.

Dont recall seeing it in the Freesat EPG though before.

Atlantic Dawn

Working now for me too on Humax Foxsat although neither channel yet showing in Entertainment group of channels.

Johnboy1951

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Yesterday has been FTA for quite some time.

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Dont recall seeing it in the Freesat EPG though before.

No idea about Freesat EPG, only that it is on my FTA for some time.

batistuta9

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Yesterday has been FTA for quite some time.

was yesterday +1 ever fta? i thought it was but tried it recently & it's encrypted

Maz2016

batistuta9 wrote: »

was yesterday +1 ever fta? i thought it was but tried it recently & it's encrypted

Yesterday +1 was always encrypted

batistuta9

Maz2016 wrote: »

Yesterday +1 was always encrypted

i must've just added it by mistake then

steveon

batistuta9 wrote: »

i must've just added it by mistake then

yesterday+1 is an ftv channel can be viewed with a sky box using a free to view card. So is the sony channel and sony movie chanel and a few others.

batistuta9

i've a problem with these two channels now, the video is pausing/stuttering, it's not running smooth. audio's fine.
they played no problem the day they switched fta. anyone know what's causing this?

using tvheadend 4.1-2490 ~ LibreELEC Tvh-addon v8.1.444 & libreelec 8.0.1

decor58

peking97 wrote:

Can you elaborate a bit more on this please?

The humax freesat box remote is supplied with codes to programme the remote to operate most tv's, although you can't get Saorview through the receiver you can use the Humax remote to operate your saorview tv and the freesat box.