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Saorview & Freesat Combo Box

  • 11-03-2020 12:21AM
    #1
    Poulgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 822 ✭✭✭


    A very elderly relative of mine has a Humax Freesat box, which has been faultless for about 14 years, but has now packed up.

    Her tv (working perfectly) is one of the older variety, so she has a Saorview box as well.

    She does not want the hassle of 3 remotes (tv, Saorview & Freesat) and having to change inputs on the tv, to switch from Saorview to Freesat and vice versa.

    She specifically does not want the usual Free to Air combo box - she will finish up with a mess of satellite channels, in random order and requiring periodic re-tuning to recover "lost" channels.

    Is there a box out there which combines Saorview & Freesat?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,947 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Poulgorm wrote: »
    A very elderly relative of mine has a Humax Freesat box, which has been faultless for about 14 years, but has now packed up.

    Her tv (working perfectly) is one of the older variety, so she has a Saorview box as well.

    She does not want the hassle of 3 remotes (tv, Saorview & Freesat) and having to change inputs on the tv, to switch from Saorview to Freesat and vice versa.

    She specifically does not want the usual Free to Air combo box - she will finish up with a mess of satellite channels, in random order and requiring periodic re-tuning to recover "lost" channels.

    Is there a box out there which combines Saorview & Freesat?

    Thanks.

    There is no such box on the market.

    Get a good FTA combi or put up with the remote situation.

    Else get a new TV and use that for Saorview.


  • #3
    decor58
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭decor58


    Poulgorm wrote: »
    A very elderly relative of mine has a Humax Freesat box, which has been faultless for about 14 years, but has now packed up.

    Her tv (working perfectly) is one of the older variety, so she has a Saorview box as well.

    She does not want the hassle of 3 remotes (tv, Saorview & Freesat) and having to change inputs on the tv, to switch from Saorview to Freesat and vice versa.

    She specifically does not want the usual Free to Air combo box - she will finish up with a mess of satellite channels, in random order and requiring periodic re-tuning to recover "lost" channels.

    Is there a box out there which combines Saorview & Freesat?

    Thanks.[/quote

    Saorview and FTA not FREESAT, there are a number of tv's with sat tuner built in, Walker, Nordmende, one remote, all on the one list. The main sat channels, BBC, ITV, etc don't change frequency too often, so retunes for these channels would be minimal.


  • #4
    BowWow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,854 ✭✭✭BowWow


    OP, does she record programs, pause live tv?


  • #5
    Poulgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 822 ✭✭✭Poulgorm


    BowWow wrote: »
    OP, does she record programs, pause live tv?

    No, she has no interest in doing that type of thing.


  • #6
    BowWow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,854 ✭✭✭BowWow


    Poulgorm wrote: »
    No, she has no interest in doing that type of thing.

    If that's the case I'd look at buying a TV that has Freesat and Freesview on it. I have a Samsung Tv, I set it as UK, not Irish, and it has Freesat on it and it has Saorview in the 800.


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  • #7
    Poulgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 822 ✭✭✭Poulgorm


    BowWow wrote: »
    If that's the case I'd look at buying a TV that has Freesat and Freesview on it. I have a Samsung Tv, I set it as UK, not Irish, and it has Freesat on it and it has Saorview in the 800.

    Thank you, BowWow. That sounds like her best option.


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