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Best Combo UK (FTA) & Irish (Saorview) Receiver

  • 23-03-2021 12:46pm
    #1
    mydiscworld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 814 ✭✭✭


    I'm looking to cancel my Sky subscription when the year is up and switch to a Soarview/FTA combo box.

    A few questions:

    1) I believe I can use the existing Sky dish to act as my Free to Air (FTA) receiver and buy a UHF aerial for Saorview, and then feed them into the one cambo box?

    2) I'm not sure what the difference is between a combo box and a combi receiver?

    3) I believe you currently can get a box that is both
    PVR ready (record, rewind, pause live TV) if you connect an external hard drive, and
    7 day EPG (but this works on Irish channels only so cannot record UK channels)?

    4) Do any of the combo boxes allow series link?

    Many thanks

    Edit: changed Freeview to FTA


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  • #2
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    mydiscworld wrote: »
    I'm looking to cancel my Sky subscription when the year is up and switch to a Soarview/Freeview combo box.

    A few questions:

    1) I believe I can use the existing Sky dish to act as my Freeview receiver and buy a UHF aerial for Saorview, and then feed them into the one cambo box?

    2) I'm not sure what the difference is between a combo box and a combi receiver?

    3) I believe you currently can get a box that is both
    PVR ready (record, rewind, pause live TV) if you connect an external hard drive, and
    7 day EPG (but this works on Irish channels only so cannot record UK channels)?

    4) Do any of the combo boxes allow series link?

    Many thanks

    Freeview is the UK equivalent of Saorview ...... terrestrial broadcast service.
    FTA or Free to Air Satellite receiver can receive all the FTA satellite channels.
    Freesat is a proprietary firmware which manages the majority of the FTA channels on specified receivers. There are no combo/combi Freesat receivers.

    Suggest you do a bit of reading of existing threads about the subject.
    This is one receiver box being discussed

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058153302

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057971250


  • #3
    mydiscworld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 814 ✭✭✭mydiscworld


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Freeview is the UK equivalent of Saorview ...... terrestrial broadcast service.
    FTA or Free to Air Satellite receiver can receive all the FTA satellite channels.
    Freesat is a proprietary firmware which manages the majority of the FTA channels on specified receivers. There are no combo/combi Freesat receivers.

    Suggest you do a bit of reading of existing threads about the subject.
    This is one receiver box being discussed

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058153302

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057971250

    Thanks, I'll update my query to FTA instead of Freeview


  • #4
    Daawaa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭Daawaa


    I have recently decided to do the same as OP here.

    I must say, I'm surprised that there are currently no SmartTV apps (from what I could see on my SamsungTV) that offer to stream FTA/SaorView channels via BB to a simple TV GUI.

    Perhaps there is a good reason that this isn't available currently?


  • #5
    Vic_08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭Vic_08


    Daawaa wrote: »
    I have recently decided to do the same as OP here.

    I must say, I'm surprised that there are currently no SmartTV apps (from what I could see on my SamsungTV) that offer to stream FTA/SaorView channels via BB to a simple TV GUI.

    Perhaps there is a good reason that this isn't available currently?

    3rd party streaming is copyright infringement, go to the official sites/apps for the broadcasters, (BBC iPlayer, All4, ITV Hub, etc) most of which are geo-blocked for ROI (All4 isn't).


  • #6
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Daawaa wrote: »
    I have recently decided to do the same as OP here.

    I must say, I'm surprised that there are currently no SmartTV apps (from what I could see on my SamsungTV) that offer to stream FTA/SaorView channels via BB to a simple TV GUI.

    Perhaps there is a good reason that this isn't available currently?
    Vic_08 wrote: »
    3rd party streaming is copyright infringement, go to the official sites/apps for the broadcasters, (BBC iPlayer, All4, ITV Hub, etc) most of which are geo-blocked for ROI (All4 isn't).

    But that does not apply to Saorview in Ireland.
    More likely would be a small market?


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  • #7
    Daawaa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭Daawaa


    Vic_08 wrote: »
    3rd party streaming is copyright infringement, go to the official sites/apps for the broadcasters, (BBC iPlayer, All4, ITV Hub, etc) most of which are geo-blocked for ROI (All4 isn't).

    Do different rules apply then for the provision of streaming to radio broadcasting - in apps like TuneIn which is a free internet radio app https://tunein.com/. Or similarly like https://ieradio.org/

    I have the RTE player app on my smart TV - but unfortunately doesn't have the live streaming capability that the RTE website provides - https://www.rte.ie/player/onnow

    Just seems a pity there is not an easy app solution here - that could still maintain GEO blocking for the tv licence paying terrestrial clients


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