have a sky dish no sky tv, need info about channels and sat boxes

fran_and99 · 06-06-2011 05:00PM #1

hi there
ok i have a sky dish but no sky tv, got rid of sky for the summer, i have bbc 1 and 2 and itv 1, 2 and 4 and channel five, what i am asking is, is there anyway can i can get free channels like rte 1 and 2 or any other channels on sky by tuning them in for free, or do i have to go out and buy a box, i was in tesco's in clarehall yesterday and seen a sat 4 free from Goodmans, what channels would i get from this or does this work in ireland or are they any good, or can you tell me what exactly i need to go out and buy, and this new thing called saorview, what exactly is it, do i have to go out and buy a sat box, sorry for all the questions, totally dumb when it comes to something like this.
Thanks

The Cush · 06-06-2011 05:10PM

http://www.saorview.ie/

The Irish terrestrial channels are only available via Sky sub on satellite. Aerial required if you don't have a Sky or UPC sub.

Sat4free is another name for Freesat, the Irish channels are not available thru it.

Depending on your location you may get the 4 Irish analogue channels with a rabbit-ears aerial and simply tune them in on your TV, otherwise an external aerial will be required.

Some reading for you regarding Saorview
http://www.rtenl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Saorview-DTT-October2010.pdf
http://www.rtenl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/RTÉNL-SAORVIEW-FAQs-May-2011-Rev-3-0.pdf
http://www.rtenl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/connecting_a_television_set_to_saorview.pdf

greendom · 06-06-2011 05:12PM

fran_and99 wrote: »

hi there
ok i have a sky dish but no sky tv, got rid of sky for the summer, i have bbc 1 and 2 and itv 1, 2 and 4 and channel five, what i am asking is, is there anyway can i can get free channels like rte 1 and 2 or any other channels on sky by tuning them in for free, or do i have to go out and buy a box, i was in tesco's in clarehall yesterday and seen a sat 4 free from Goodmans, what channels would i get from this or does this work in ireland or are they any good, or can you tell me what exactly i need to go out and buy, and this new thing called saorview, what exactly is it, do i have to go out and buy a sat box, sorry for all the questions, totally dumb when it comes to something like this.
Thanks

not much point in buying the freesat box - you won't be able to get any more channels than you currently have with the old sky box

have a sky dish no sky tv, need info about channels and sat boxes

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