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Ed Case
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PostPosted: 16:48 - 25 Jan 2013    Post subject: Freeview or Freesat ? Reply with quote
Freeview or Freesat.......woodja think.........what are the plusses and minuses of both ?.
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PostPosted: 16:51 - 25 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Freeview if you have good signal.

Freesat if you do not.
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PostPosted: 16:54 - 25 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Satellite (i.e. Freesat) has more bandwidth, so the possibilities are greater.

For example, during the olympics, Freesat had 24 extra high definition channels specifically for the olympics. Freeview didn't get that because of bandwidth limitations.

I would say go for freesat, unless for some reason you can't get a dish on your house...
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PostPosted: 16:56 - 25 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
carvell wrote:
Satellite (i.e. Freesat) has more bandwidth, so the possibilities are greater.

For example, during the olympics, Freesat had 24 extra high definition channels specifically for the olympics. Freeview didn't get that because of bandwidth limitations.

I would say go for freesat, unless for some reason you can't get a dish on your house...


But freesat doesn't get Dave.
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carvell
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PostPosted: 17:01 - 25 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
You'll just have to make sure you watch the programmes on it the first time round then. Wink

To be honest, the best answer is 'both'.

I have a freesat PVR for recording and all day to day TV, and I use the freeview built into my TV if I want to watch Dave.
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The Artist
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PostPosted: 17:17 - 25 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
carvell wrote:
You'll just have to make sure you watch the programmes on it the first time round then. Wink

To be honest, the best answer is 'both'.

I have a freesat PVR for recording and all day to day TV, and I use the freeview built into my TV if I want to watch Dave.


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PostPosted: 17:34 - 25 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Freesat for me, have freeview built in to my T.V's but my aeriel is fucked, Freesat doesn't have -Dave-couldn't care less it's the same shit over and over, Yesterday-I occasionally watched this channel but don't miss enough to replace my aeriel, Quest-the only channel I really miss, still not enough to spend money.

On freesat the t.v guide is split into genres, there are more news channels, music channels, a couple more kids channels and a few extra movie channels, also the CBS channels are on it so if you're into CSI/NCIS and american jail/cop documenteries you'll have something to watch most nights, also if you can be arsed you can gain extra channels by getting frequencies off of sattelite forums and entering them into the box, ussually shit nude chat channels or shopping channels though.
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J.M.
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PostPosted: 18:25 - 25 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
We tried to get freesat working. Could never get the dish aligned properly and didn't want to pay someone to do it for us. We only managed to get this one channel of a Turkish man playing a guitar.
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PostPosted: 18:50 - 25 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=satellite+signal+finder&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=2670961639511366181&sa=X&ei=19MCUdWtHs6LhQfFk4D4Ag&ved=0CFgQ8wIwAQ

go for freesat and grab one of those to make life that little bit easier.
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