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Best 'basic' option for swapping out a sky box for free to air channels?

  • 25-10-2019 7:57am
    #1
    Jesper
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    I've recently swapped my parents Sky (BB&TV&Phone) to Eir as they provided fiber (2mb to 150mb). The old house has 2 TV rooms with satellites going to each one. The agent put the 'new' Eir channels into wrong room.
    I need to send back the sky Q box in the other room. There is 2 cables (screw in receivers from the aerial) going to this TV.

    What Free to Air box is best to plug in there to get the English and Irish channels? For my elderly parents something easy to use and simple ideally using only one remote would be best.


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  • #2
    The Ritz
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, RicherSounds.ie Moderator Posts: 2,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Ritz


    Mod Comment

    Moved here from Home Entertainment forum, perhaps someone can guide the OP.


    Cheers,

    Ritz


  • #3
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    There’ll be plenty of opinions here as to what the best free to air box is OP - for something easy to use with one remote a DTT / satellite combo box may be the best option.

    Just as a preliminary to whatever box you go for - you’ll need to swap the Sky Q LNB on the satellite dish for a normal one before any free to air box will work properly.


  • #4
    The Cush
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    Jesper wrote: »
    What Free to Air box is best to plug in there to get the English and Irish channels? For my elderly parents something easy to use and simple ideally using only one remote would be best.

    This is a good basic box, all channels in a single list for €90 - https://powercity.ie/product/WPS818C

    The Irish channels will require an aerial and the satellite channels will most likely require a change of LNB on the satellite dish arm if the existing LNB is only the 2 output wideband type. Some had the 6 output hybrid type fitted when SkyQ was installed which works with both SkyQ and standard satellite receivers, but this was only on request.

    There are also TV versions of the above box from Walker and Toshiba, e.g. https://powercity.ie/product/32W1863


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