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On Wed, 21 May 2008 20:12:51 +0100 stinga wrote: > On 21/05/08 18:07:53, Ray Smith wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 07:06 +0100, stinga wrote:> On 20/05/08 > > 17:49:31, M.Blackmore wrote:> > > > On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 08:32 > > +0100, george wrote:> > > > > I've been reviewing my TV aerial > > requirements to get the best digital > > > reception and I noticed > > the blurb on free-sat TV. > > > > Does this freesat - which I'd > > never heard about - use Sky dishes, i.e.> > are satellite dishes > > "generic", thus saving us the cost of buying a> > dish? We've still > > got the old sky receiver as well, tho' never used it. > > > > > > Simple answer yes...> Just plug the receiver in and off you, you > > will only get 'now and next'. Want the EPG? Pay sky a one off £20 > > freesatfromsky card and you are go to go. I'm actually wondering -I > > know I can get the sky freesat channels but the new freesat > > servicefrom the BBC & ITV as announced on the news last week, can > > the sky dishbe used with this service if I were to get a freesat > > receiver ?Reason being that you can get the new boxes with support > > for HD builtin.The standard sky box and their version of freesat > > doesn't. Ray > > There is no difference bwtween sky and freesat except the EPG. > Sky and freesat use there own EPG's and they can't use the other. > > So yes, a working sky dish can use freesat, freesat will be more > expensive if you aleady have a dish and a sky box, and a sky box can > be had from nothing off freecycle We have a Sky-digital dish (installed on a pole in the garden due to the house being a listed building) and a Sky "digibox" that we no-longer use. I can't find anything on the Freesat or Freesatfromsky regarding positioning the dish. Our dish's current position is pointing at the "normal" Skydigital satellite - is this the right one to get Freesat or would it need repositioning? Cheers. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html