confused

emmemm

I receive eight terrestial channels but ch4 and utv are poor quality.
Have decided to go a satellite route.Reading the posts on this board,some of which are a bit techy,I am confused and unsure whether to go sky or FTA.
Sky looks good cos of the free stuff but about e600 still required for 1st year.Plus I enjoy footy and a good movie.
FTA seems to be offering more lately .
I really want to know if I would benefit by spending that e600+ on a decent dish/lnb and receiver.
Any replies greatly appreciated.
MM

lazygit

i have both... i get more use out of sky... i watch a lot of TV and use sky+ loads

eddhorse

Are C4 and UTV free to air at the moment>?

watty

C4 has no public FTA plans

UTV maybe from November, Feb 06 at latest.

Get MINIMUM 21 Euro per month from Sky (Variety & Knowledge are best value), and install, box, dish, LNB is free and you own it from day one. Cancel after a year and still get all the free channels (about 40 decent ones + 70 radio)

watty

I have two Sky boxes, one is on renewed sub, one is FTA and also PC FTA sat (4 satellites via one 3 lnb dish & 4-way switch) and Palcom DSL4 FTA motorised sat (about 20 satellites).

Use 3 dishes & quad LNB on one dish that has 3 LNBs

emmemm

Thanks for that.Ithink I'll try the cheap route.Sure to be something on one of the 40.:)

kaizersoze

emmemm wrote:

Thanks for that.Ithink I'll try the cheap route.Sure to be something on one of the 40.:)

Don't be too sure about that;)

Heinz

watty wrote:

C4 has no public FTA plans

UTV maybe from November, Feb 06 at latest.

Get MINIMUM 21 Euro per month from Sky (Variety & Knowledge are best value), and install, box, dish, LNB is free and you own it from day one. Cancel after a year and still get all the free channels (about 40 decent ones + 70 radio)

And that way you'll know the box's PIN too - and can use some of the 'features' after you unsubscribe.