Freesat, Saorview do I need a box

Millem

Apologies if this is a really stupid question. We have given Virgin 30 days notice. We are looking at getting Freesat and Saorview. We have no aerial or dish.
My question is do we just need dish and aerial anf tune channels into tv? Or do we need a box?
Any recommendations of companies who cover south dublin would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

dodzy

Millem wrote: »

Apologies if this is a really stupid question. We have given Virgin 30 days notice. We are looking at getting Freesat and Saorview. We have no aerial or dish.
My question is do we just need dish and aerial anf tune channels into tv? Or do we need a box?
Any recommendations of companies who cover south dublin would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Well firstly, does your TV have an internal sat tuner ? If not, then you need a box. You say freesat but do you mean FTA ? If the latter, then a simple combo box, antenna and dish will get you sorted. You can pay anything depending on the type of box you want; that is really dictated by your budget.

You could do a lot worse than this at £79.

https://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/formuler_f1

Millem

dodzy wrote: »

Well firstly, does your TV have an internal sat tuner ? If not, then you need a box. You say freesat but do you mean FTA ? If the latter, then a simple combo box, antenna and dish will get you sorted. You can pay anything depending on the type of box you want; that is really dictated by your budget.

You could do a lot worse than this at £79.

https://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/formuler_f1

I have no idea if tv has internal tuner!! Its a 40inch Samsung smart tv.

What is the difference beteeen Freesat and free to air?

I need someone to put up dish and aerial

dodzy

Millem wrote: »

I have no idea if tv has internal tuner!! Its a 40inch Samsung smart tv.

What is the difference beteeen Freesat and free to air?

I need someone to put up dish and aerial

Freesat is slick, with hassle free plug and play boxes. Auto-update of channels, etc. That said, a decent enigma based box will perform perfectly with FTA/saorview. Just takes a little time to setup. If your TV has integrated satellite tuner, you will have a F connector at the back of the TV, most likely names SATELLITE on the input. Becoming more common in newer TVs but I'd guess yours does not have it. Post the model number and we will know for sure.

RE: satellite dish/antenna installation, where are you based ?

Gerry Wicklow

FreeSat is branded software that automatically arranges channels in a logical order and provides a 7 day EPG. Free to air (FTA) is the same satellite channels but without any sorting and usually only a now/next EPG.

EDIT: Snap Dodzy

Millem

dodzy wrote: »

Freesat is slick, with hassle free plug and play boxes. Auto-update of channels, etc. That said, a decent enigma based box will perform perfectly with FTA/saorview. Just takes a little time to setup. If your TV has integrated satellite tuner, you will have a F connector at the back of the TV, most likely names SATELLITE on the input. Becoming more common in newer TVs but I'd guess yours does not have it. Post the model number and we will know for sure.

RE: satellite dish/antenna installation, where are you based ?

We are in south dublin

Also interested in this, based in Dublin north city. My tv is a LG 49UH661V, which appears to be Saorview approved. I would like to get Freesat and Saorview. If I buy a Freesat box, do I need to get a dish/aerial installed?

dodzy

downtheroad wrote: »

Also interested in this, based in Dublin north city. My tv is a LG 49UH661V, which appears to be Saorview approved. I would like to get Freesat and Saorview. If I buy a Freesat box, do I need to get a dish/aerial installed?

I think that's an integrated satellite tuner so you will get by without any extra box. You will need antenna & dish along with relevant cabling as an absolute minimum.

Millem

The tv in my living room is a Samsung ue40h5500ak.
The tv in my bedroom is a jvc smart tv lt-24C660

dodzy

Millem wrote: »

The tv in my living room is a Samsung ue40h5500ak.
The tv in my bedroom is a jvc smart tv lt-24C660

Neither are SAT capable. You'll need 2 combo boxes.

Gerry Wicklow

downtheroad wrote: »

Also interested in this, based in Dublin north city. My tv is a LG 49UH661V, which appears to be Saorview approved. I would like to get Freesat and Saorview. If I buy a Freesat box, do I need to get a dish/aerial installed?

Some LG sets are Freesat compatible if you choose country=UK during initial setup.

snor

also interested in this. Can you record with sairvuew/free to air? Thank you. Would also be v interested in recommendations in s dublin.

snor

also interested in this. Can you record with sairvuew/free to air? Thank you. Would also be v interested in recommendations in s dublin.

Millem

is there any combo box better than others? Getting quotes €229-€299 but using all different boxes