Comments on: The Great Digital TV Switchover: Freeview or Freesat? http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/the-great-digital-tv-switchover-freeview-or-freesat Helping you to get the most out of modern technology and communications since 2004. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:48:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Digital TV Switchover http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/the-great-digital-tv-switchover-freeview-or-freesat/comment-page-1#comment-5206 Digital TV Switchover Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:13:37 +0000 http://cow.neondragon.net/?p=3770#comment-5206 I think you sum it up very well when you say "if you’re considering Freesat from Sky, you might as well consider the full thing" - if you want to save money then Freeview is for you, if you're going to spend a fair bit (Freesat) then just spend that bit more and have all the trimmings! I think you sum it up very well when you say “if you’re considering Freesat from Sky, you might as well consider the full thing” – if you want to save money then Freeview is for you, if you’re going to spend a fair bit (Freesat) then just spend that bit more and have all the trimmings!

]]> By: Sky launching 3D television in the UK | Ken's Tech Tips http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/the-great-digital-tv-switchover-freeview-or-freesat/comment-page-1#comment-4977 Sky launching 3D television in the UK | Ken's Tech Tips Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:05:53 +0000 http://cow.neondragon.net/?p=3770#comment-4977 [...] Digital television (satellite) broadcaster BSkyB plans to provide the 3D service through its existing Sky HD playout and set top box system. The broadcaster trialed this out first last December and has filmed several sporting events in HD. [...] [...] Digital television (satellite) broadcaster BSkyB plans to provide the 3D service through its existing Sky HD playout and set top box system. The broadcaster trialed this out first last December and has filmed several sporting events in HD. [...]

]]> By: Tim http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/the-great-digital-tv-switchover-freeview-or-freesat/comment-page-1#comment-4511 Tim Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:20:02 +0000 http://cow.neondragon.net/?p=3770#comment-4511 Actually I have Freesat-from-Sky; cost me somewhere under £150 or so for dish+installation and it works very nicely. Your complaint about flicking through channels saying you need to subscribe is complete cobblers. Simply mark everything you can get without extra subscription as a favourite channel and use list-of-favourite-channels in the guide. PVR is more expensive, unfortunately, as DVB-S cards are few and far between; you're left with trying to cobble together a means of changing channel (IR transmitter or serial port if you're lucky) and use a Hauppage PVR350 card - basically for its MPEG decoder and not much else. By way of comparison, the most cost-effective off-the-shelf tuner+recording toy I know for Freeview is £100. There's also the small matter that, even though all the supermarkets in Perth sell Freeview tuners by the bucket-load, there is currently *no* freeview signal in Perth itself. Actually I have Freesat-from-Sky; cost me somewhere under £150 or so for dish+installation and it works very nicely.
Your complaint about flicking through channels saying you need to subscribe is complete cobblers. Simply mark everything you can get without extra subscription as a favourite channel and use list-of-favourite-channels in the guide. PVR is more expensive, unfortunately, as DVB-S cards are few and far between; you’re left with trying to cobble together a means of changing channel (IR transmitter or serial port if you’re lucky) and use a Hauppage PVR350 card – basically for its MPEG decoder and not much else.

By way of comparison, the most cost-effective off-the-shelf tuner+recording toy I know for Freeview is £100.

There’s also the small matter that, even though all the supermarkets in Perth sell Freeview tuners by the bucket-load, there is currently *no* freeview signal in Perth itself.

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