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06/05/2008, 10:36 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 875 More channels FTA this morning With the imminent arrival of Freesat,   I can report that More4 4Music E4 have all now shed their Sky encryption shackles and are free to air. A quick rescan on 10729 MHz  22000 kbps 5/6 FEC   V Pol should find them. I must say it IS rather fun watching these channels draining away from Sky's control. We should remember that - for all its faults - it was the BBC who first bravely pioneered the route to free to air digital satellite on national British channels.   Five years on and we're seeing some real progress.    Report

06/05/2008, 11:07 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 616 Re: More channels FTA this morning Hi Martin We only have Freeview with an outside aerial on our house here, although I have a sky box with a viewing card I do not have a satellite dish (well only a portable caravan one). Now I am a complete novice when it comes to sky, freesat, HD! so my question is if you were putting in a brand new system what would you buy? I ask this because we will be converting a barn to live in this year and I would like to know what is the best system for the future, HDtv with inbuilt freesat?? we are not into sky, but maybe we should! Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated Jackie At least with a spell-checker I can appear somewhat educated!    Report

06/05/2008, 11:24 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,285 Re: More channels FTA this morning   Well spotted Martin.  Ends months of frustration over More 4 which seems to have loads of stuff on which I want to watch.  More programme clashes now, I guess. Healthcare Issues Site    Report

06/05/2008, 11:31 Cat Joined on 21/01/2005 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 2,787 Re: More channels FTA this morning Yippee!!!   Thanks for telling us Martin Cathy Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...    Report

06/05/2008, 11:32 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 875 Re: More channels FTA this morning and the +1's went FTA about an hour after the main feeds,   so maybe you won't have any clashes Coops!    Report

06/05/2008, 11:34 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 875 Re: More channels FTA this morning I don't think yuo can GET a TV with inbuilt Freesat (yet!). If you've got the Sky box you may as well stick with that for the moment (assuming we can get it working properly!) as the launch of Freesat doesn't ultimately make any difference to the way a Sky box already functions.   But we'll talk about it when you're over,  when you'll discover I'm such an old fuddy duddy that I stil prefer cathode ray tubes!    Report

06/05/2008, 11:40 Bob T Joined on 05/10/2006 Dordogne Posts 909 Re: More channels FTA this morning What freesat will give you that sky doesn't is Hi Def TV for free. Bob T 24 http://bikesindordogne.blogspot.com/    Report

06/05/2008, 11:51 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 616 Re: More channels FTA this morning See I said I was a newby to these techy things! I must have seen 'built in freeview' then   Jackie At least with a spell-checker I can appear somewhat educated!    Report

06/05/2008, 11:51 Jay Joined on 26/09/2007 Posts 54 Re: More channels FTA this morning http://www.freesat.co.uk/help.php gives you all the info you need.    Report

06/05/2008, 12:21 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 875 Re: More channels FTA this morning Perhaps again worth stressing that you DON'T NEED a new "Freesat" receiver to benefit from these channels that are going free to air. Your EXISTING FTA box (if you have one) will pick up all these newly liberated channels if you do a rescan.   What existing non Sky FTA boxes will NOT do is to give you interactivity or the full weekly EPG. So NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to watch ch 4/More 4/E4 etc    Report

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