oldsmokey wrote: » Hi, we’re moving soon, we’re all tired of sky rates, repeats and ads...family like news, bbc, channel 4, documentaries, RTÉ, movies...what’s a good plan for us?..thinking Netflix and freesat together...but some poor freesat reviews.all thoughts appreciate d
decor58 wrote: » Been using fta tv for 15-20 years, so I don't know what I am missing with subscription tv but don't feel we are not missing out on too much, RTE, VM1, BBC and C4 covers most of our viewing with Netflix in the mix. I have had a variety of combo receivers over the years and then Saorview tv with Humax Freesat boxes, currently use a Walker smart tv with Saorview and satellite built in, (Netflix, YouTube, RTE player included) with a HDD for recordings, I also have a combo receiver in the loop for when recordings clash, one4all remote does the lot.
paddyref wrote: » What HDD are you using and how does it work please.
refusetolose wrote: » combi box FTA and saorview?
Hamsterchops wrote: » The dish is €50 approx Roof aerial €15 approx Combo box €40/€50 ISH. .
Hamsterchops wrote: » You buy a Sky dish in Power City or Currys, DID etc, this will give you the UK channels. You also buy a small roof aerial for the Irish (Saorview) channels RTE etc ...... Now you need a Combo box to sit under (or on top) of your TV, his box receives the signals from the dish and the roof aerial 'and combines the signals', hence 'Combo' or combination box The dish is €50 approx Roof aerial €15 approx Combo box €40/€50 ISH. And that's it, all you need now is a little DIY installation and you're off with a pretty good selection of HD TV stations + SD stations + a good selection of UK & Irish Radio stations too. No monthly payments, totally legal, and once installed it's free for ever more. Of course you don't have every station under the sun but still it's not bad.
oldsmokey wrote: » beautiful..last of the dumb questions...can a combi box be got that can record programmes?..that 'record' facility has kept us on sky for years?..if so, any particular model that you recommend?..i dont mind spending a few quid extra..thanks
daheff wrote: » any links for any of these please?
Originally Posted by Hamsterchops View Post The dish is €50 approx Roof aerial €15 approx Combo box €40/€50 ISH.
refusetolose wrote: » you can even make it look like sky if you get the right box the one gerry linked to above will do it also if you wanted you could try a cheap indoor aerial for saorview before going on the roof
Johnboy1951 wrote: » Interesting picture ....... why would encrypted channels be listed when the device is a FTA box? Can they not be deleted from the channel listing?
Gerry Wicklow wrote: » https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057971250
oldsmokey wrote: » Ah jaysus, I’m a bit of a Luddite., talk of epg, skins, FileZilla, means nada I’m afraid...pleeeasse...a simple recommendation for recordable combibox that won’t break my melt would be fab..thanks again...even a dealer in north cork east Kerry would be grand,,ta
greasepalm wrote: » Why go combi box as triple tuner can give you option to record on the H7s. Epg is like Tv times or Rte guide so you know where and when your favourite program is on. Skin is what can change the look of epg guide and can be left on default and changed at a latter date. Filezilla on pc is used to access your box for extras needing a lan connection. 2 sat feed are needed for both tuners and not from a previous install of sky q =different lnb on dish. Recordings can go into a fitted internally hdd maybe upto 4tb depending on how much you want to record. Plenty of support for Luddites if needed.
Hamsterchops wrote: » Record Yes. I have the Ferguson Ariva 250 Combo box with a 1TB Hard drive plugged into it for recording . . . Problem is, I've now got about six years of unneeded recordings, many of them pointless stuff recorded on a whim, from TOTP2 1989, to Wimbledon finals, to "Breaking Brexit News Headlines" from 2014 My point being > You can record away to your hearts content on one of these FTA boxes as long as the hard drive is mains powered. My system is strictly a dish-aerial combo based system, simple as they come. One off payment when buying the components, then it's free for ever more ...... and not reliant on the internet or internet speed, which I think is s great advantage. BBC ONE HD - RTE ONE HD - BBC NEWS HD - ITV1 HD - CHN 4 HD - CHN 5 HD - SKY NEWS - FRANCE 24 HD - CNN HD - BBC FOUR HD - RT HD ...... and the list goes on. FTA Movie channels, music channels, stacks of +1 channels, all BBC regions, all ITV regions too, so you're not locked into Ulster anymore! Many great advantages and no monthly charges, and if course it doesn't have all channels (it's free to Air) but it has a bloody good selection in its basic form. Enjoy.
oldsmokey wrote: » Oh Lordy, just read your post, great stuff there...so might your box or the box recommended by another poster , the zgemma, be the best bet? Thanks again
