Whittie
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Wanting to sort HD out at my house for the football in the summer, only need BBC / ITV. I don't want sky, and their subscription costs atm.
What is the cheapest way to get HD channels on my tv then?
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bubble
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Wanting to sort HD out at my house for the football in the summer, only need BBC / ITV. I don't want sky, and their subscription costs atm.
What is the cheapest way to get HD channels on my tv then?
freesat?
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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freetsat HD
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freeview HD
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Whittie
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Do you need a dish for it at all?
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AlunJ
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dish for freesat hd, aerial for freeview hd (thats if freeview hd is available in your area?) with sky, you don't need to pay the £10 hd subscription for bbc hd, itv hd, and channel 4 hd, they're all free, so you'd pay £18 a month if you wanted to do it that way... I guess over a year it would cost about the same as getting a freesat setup and you only get bbc and itv hd on that
[Edited on 05-05-2010 by AlunJ]
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stubs
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For freesat yes
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Rob_Quads
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
so you'd pay £18 a month if you wanted to do it that way... I guess over a year it would cost about the same as getting a freesat setup and you only get bbc and itv hd on that
[Edited on 05-05-2010 by AlunJ]
You don't even need to pay the £18 a month either. If you can DIY install the box and disk then you will get BBC/ITV HD for free i.e. no monthly expense. I think there may be a small £20 fee for a freesat card for the box.
I connected up a 2nd HD box to my Sky disk and it has no subscriptions on it but it gets all the freeview channels, luckly using an old Sky card worked fine.
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James
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As mentioned, Freeview HD if it's available in your area, check here:
http://www.freeview.co.uk/availability/main/indexhd/
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AlunJ
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Quads
You don't even need to pay the £18 a month either. If you can DIY install the box and disk then you will get BBC/ITV HD for free i.e. no monthly expense. I think there may be a small £20 fee for a freesat card for the box.
I connected up a 2nd HD box to my Sky disk and it has no subscriptions on it but it gets all the freeview channels, luckly using an old Sky card worked fine.
Oh yeah I didn't think of freesat from sky!
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jrsteeve
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Question, to upgrade a Sky+ to Sky HD is it just a different box or does anything need doing to the dish etc?
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adiohead
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just the box and card.
you'll have a dual lnb from the plus installation
[Edited on 05-05-2010 by adiohead]
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jrsteeve
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
just the box and card.
you'll have a dual lnb from the plus installation
[Edited on 05-05-2010 by adiohead]
Ta. Will Sky issue a new card so I can pick BBC HD etc or do they make you take out the package? Not massively fussed about the Sky HD channels but wouldn't mind BBC, ITV and CH4 ones.
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Rob_Quads
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You will not get a new card. You will just need to pair up your existing card with the HD box.
I did exactly that when I bought a Sky+HD box off ebay. Installed it myself, put in my old card, rang up to pair it to the new box...job done (although i did add a HD subs although you don't need to)
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jrsteeve
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Cheers, i'll get on this now!
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