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Hi i thought I would share this with you as it helped me greatly when trying to sort out the telly,
1. There is 4 ways to recieve digital TV
Freeview
Freesat
SKy
Cable
Freeview is through your aerial and the channels are transmitted in sets of MUX ie 10 channels a MUX hence if you use an old aerial you may not get some Muxs
Freesat is the same as SKY and yes the obvious is that it is free one thing to remember is there is about 300 Free To Air channels from 28.2 (sat positions) so you will get the 30 regions of ITV and BBC which is great when the footy is on in England but not Scotland Also you get BBC and ITV HD for free as long as you have a HD reciever box. If you have Freesat + then like SKY you need 2 cables wired to the dish for each channel reciever. Remember there is 2 Free sat receivers one is Free To Air the other is Freesat the differance is with a FTA box you will not get C4,M4,E4 or C4HD because they are signed to SKY / Freesat with encryption but you will get Film 4
SKY offers their subscription channels on top of the Free To Air channels you can get for nowt (hence Freesat) Also you can use a SKY dish for Freesat or the reverse because both are pointed to the same spot ie 28.2 in the sky.
If you have SKY or Freesat then you will have one cable going from the reciever to the dish (onto the lnb) or if you have + then you need 2 cables wired to the dish with a quad LNB.
I have SKY+ SKY multiroom and a Panisonic HD freesat tv wired to my dish ie 4 cables to one dish with a quad LNB
Cable well thats easy its a fibre optic that can supply hundreds of channels plus broadband into your home
1. There is 4 ways to recieve digital TV
Freeview
Freesat
SKy
Cable
Freeview is through your aerial and the channels are transmitted in sets of MUX ie 10 channels a MUX hence if you use an old aerial you may not get some Muxs
Freesat is the same as SKY and yes the obvious is that it is free one thing to remember is there is about 300 Free To Air channels from 28.2 (sat positions) so you will get the 30 regions of ITV and BBC which is great when the footy is on in England but not Scotland Also you get BBC and ITV HD for free as long as you have a HD reciever box. If you have Freesat + then like SKY you need 2 cables wired to the dish for each channel reciever. Remember there is 2 Free sat receivers one is Free To Air the other is Freesat the differance is with a FTA box you will not get C4,M4,E4 or C4HD because they are signed to SKY / Freesat with encryption but you will get Film 4
SKY offers their subscription channels on top of the Free To Air channels you can get for nowt (hence Freesat) Also you can use a SKY dish for Freesat or the reverse because both are pointed to the same spot ie 28.2 in the sky.
If you have SKY or Freesat then you will have one cable going from the reciever to the dish (onto the lnb) or if you have + then you need 2 cables wired to the dish with a quad LNB.
I have SKY+ SKY multiroom and a Panisonic HD freesat tv wired to my dish ie 4 cables to one dish with a quad LNB
Cable well thats easy its a fibre optic that can supply hundreds of channels plus broadband into your home
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