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  • thecathouse
    Newbie
    • May 2013
    • 1
    #1

    What should I buy (money is a bit scarce)

    I do not own any of the tech yet (I am a self-confessed technophobe) but I am just switching to Sky from Virgin Media and as a result I will only have a Sky+ HD box. I was planning buying a Skybox F5 HD, hooking it to my skydish and then at least being able to get some service in my bedroom without the ?10.25 multi-room fee, the reason for changing supplier was all financial based due to losing my job. Will the F5 do what I want (FTA stuff), do I need any tech ability or is it just plug and play as the ebay suppliers claim. If I get one with Sky channel list on it does that mean I can view my free to view Sky channels on it? Any ideas, advice, guidance or help would be appreciated. I am dumb-founded at the minute and just need a push in the right direction. Many thanks
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    • yarg2k7
      Newbie
      • May 2013
      • 6
      #2
      I expect that it would come with all the channels preinstalled on the box. You can get the channel update from aj's channel update which will have all the latest freeview channels on there if you are missing any. Dont forget you will still need satelite cable from your dish if you have one of these boxes. For freeview it will be cheaper just to pick up a cheap freeview box as you will get a better epg than the box you are looking at as they only have now and next in the epg.

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        • samsid
          Member
          • Mar 2013
          • 60
          #3
          get an f3 cheaper and more reliable than an f5 , if you want a cheap easy to use box,f3 is the one.Limited epg, record only what you're watching,but this is same for f5.

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            • southpaw
              V.I.P. Member
              • Dec 2009
              • 2233
              #4
              If it's only free view stuff your after then i wouldn't go with any of these, epg is non existent, give it a couple weeks and you be picking these up on eBay for peanuts as they will all be free view only soon and without an epg they will be poor at that

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                • samsid
                  Member
                  • Mar 2013
                  • 60
                  #5
                  Originally posted by southpaw
                  If it's only free view stuff your after then i wouldn't go with any of these, epg is non existent, give it a couple weeks and you be picking these up on eBay for peanuts as they will all be free view only soon and without an epg they will be poor at that
                  The op was looking for cheap options, no harm in that is there? the way things are today. If your implication re c/s does become reality there will be equally as many top end boxes available cheap.

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                    • mahrkpat
                      DK Veteran
                      • Jun 2012
                      • 510
                      #6
                      The satellite receiver offers something that is different from a freeview receiver and that's add a motor then you get fta from the other satellites around Europe why restrict yourself to just 28.2e.

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                        • Hadron
                          V.I.P. Member
                          • Nov 2012
                          • 2102
                          #7
                          Originally posted by yarg2k7
                          I expect that it would come with all the channels preinstalled on the box. You can get the channel update from aj's channel update which will have all the latest freeview channels on there if you are missing any. Dont forget you will still need satelite cable from your dish if you have one of these boxes. For freeview it will be cheaper just to pick up a cheap freeview box as you will get a better epg than the box you are looking at as they only have now and next in the epg.

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                          The OP doesn't say if he has a terrestrial aerial or not. It seems that a lot of people these days don't bother, as they rely on their satellite dish.

                          Basides, can you pick up an HD Freeview receiver with external PVR function for under ?50?

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                            • digicon
                              V.I.P. Member
                              • Jul 2009
                              • 8261
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Hadron
                              The OP doesn't say if he has a terrestrial aerial or not. It seems that a lot of people these days don't bother, as they rely on their satellite dish.

                              Basides, can you pick up an HD Freeview receiver with external PVR function for under ?50?

                              Yes you can and its only ?34.99 TechniSat HDFV Freeview HD Receiver with USB Recording : Maplin Electronics

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                                • Hadron
                                  V.I.P. Member
                                  • Nov 2012
                                  • 2102
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by digicon
                                  Yes you can and its only ?34.99 TechniSat HDFV Freeview HD Receiver with USB Recording : Maplin Electronics
                                  Thanks for that. I don't know if it's available anywhere else, but it's not available online from Maplin, & no stores in my area have any in stock.

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                                    • digicon
                                      V.I.P. Member
                                      • Jul 2009
                                      • 8261
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Hadron
                                      Thanks for that. I don't know if it's available anywhere else, but it's not available online from Maplin, & no stores in my area have any in stock.

                                      Probably due to being a discontinued product the next cheapest i could find is ?73.00 but is over the ?50 budget but does include a 250gb hard drive Bush B10FSRH25 250GB Freesat HD Digital Freeview TV Recorder | eBay

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