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This looks OK to me. On Thursday 22 May 2008, stinga wrote: > On 21/05/08 22:35:23, Grant Sewell wrote: > > On Wed, 21 May 2008 20:12:51 +0100stinga 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 tothe > > house being a listed building) and a Sky "digibox" that weno-longer use. > > I can't find anything on the Freesat or Freesatfromskyregarding > > positioning the dish. Our dish's current position ispointing at the > > "normal" Skydigital satellite - is this the right oneto get Freesat or > > would it need repositioning? Cheers.Grant. > > THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FREESAT AND FREESATFROMSKY. Except the EPG. > > If you had sky, you have a dish and box and a card, just turn it on and it > will work! You don't need to buy anything. If you or someone else had sky > and have a dish and a box then turn it on, it will receive most things but > the EPG will by crippled. > > freesatfromsky and freesat use the same transmission frequencys but they > use there own EPG. freesat is an EPG and nothing else. > > We have the "RadioTimes" and "TV Times" magazines(EPG), does your legacy(or > should that be classic) tv pickup "BBC 1" from the Radiotimes and a > seperate "BBC 1" from "TV Times" or is there only one transmission of "BBC > 1" and the RadioTimes and the "TV Times" point you to the channel? > > BTW: > Does this email look ok, or is it a jumbled mess? > I seem to be seeing some of them as jumbled mess. > > -- > 'ooroo > > stinga...(:)-) > --------------------------------------------------- > Email: stinga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx o > You need only two tools. o ///// > A hammer and duct tape. If it /@ `\ /) ~ > doesn't move and it should, > (O) X< ~ Fish!! > use the hammer. If it moves and `\___/' \) ~ > shouldn't, use the tape. \\\ > --------------------------------------------------- -- 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