Advice re watching ESPN
Register
Results 1 to 4 of 4
  1. #1
    Newbie
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Posts
    2
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default Advice re watching ESPN

    I ditched SKY due to cost and instead bought a Samsung SMT S7800 freesat box and it provides a very decent picture. I wanted to get ESPN so I have ended up with a T215 topuptv box with ESPN card. The picture quality is however below par, despite having a decent aerial. Can anyone recommend a replacement freesat box, as good as the Samsung, but with a card reading facility for watching ESPN. It may well be that I cannot do that so any advice welcome.

    Thanks in advance.

  2. #2
    DK Veteran
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Posts
    2,995
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    271
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    369
    Thanked in
    278 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by buckielugger View Post
    I ditched SKY due to cost and instead bought a Samsung SMT S7800 freesat box and it provides a very decent picture. I wanted to get ESPN so I have ended up with a T215 topuptv box with ESPN card. The picture quality is however below par, despite having a decent aerial. Can anyone recommend a replacement freesat box, as good as the Samsung, but with a card reading facility for watching ESPN. It may well be that I cannot do that so any advice welcome.

    Thanks in advance.
    I dont think your subbed card will work on freesat, so dont think its worth recommending any box for this (for your present c@rd)

    you can use satellite boxes for freesat and many have a c@rd slot in which case the subbed version of your card but for satellite should work, and I would recommend a HD box for this, like a spider or blade or vu or dream or anything similar

    if your signal is via your aerial (which it is for topuptv) then I dont think any of this is relevant in the freesat section as freesat comes from a sly dish pointed at 28 east

  3. #3
    DK Veteran
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Warrington, Cheshire
    Posts
    676
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    61
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    48
    Thanked in
    38 Posts

    Default

    I thought TopupTV was FREEVIEW, not Freesat.

    As mentioned above to get Espn on satellite to you would need a white card with Espn enabled (paid for) & you could possibly use the above mentioned boxes also a TM5402HD to add to the list.

    But i also think you need to have some extra packages to get Espn aswell so it will soon rack up the price.

    I think you can get Espn on freeview though without buying any extra channels.

  4. #4
    Newbie
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Posts
    11
    Thanks Thanks Given 
    0
    Thanks Thanks Received 
    0
    Thanked in
    0 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by rigsby71 View Post
    I thought TopupTV was FREEVIEW, not Freesat.

    As mentioned above to get Espn on satellite to you would need a white card with Espn enabled (paid for) & you could possibly use the above mentioned boxes also a TM5402HD to add to the list.

    But i also think you need to have some extra packages to get Espn aswell so it will soon rack up the price.

    I think you can get Espn on freeview though without buying any extra channels.
    most televisions lcd---plasma---have a cam slot on the side . you can get a topuptv cam module that allows you to put your topuptv card into this allows you to watch the topuptv--- espn channel using the freeview tuner that is built into your tv . this may be a sharper picture ? depends really on the tv

 

 

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
This website uses cookies
We use cookies to store session information to facilitate remembering your login information, to allow you to save website preferences, to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.