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12/05/2008, 19:52 mogs Joined on 17/06/2007 Border of Lot/Dordogne Posts 84 Re: More channels FTA this morning That's great news, unfortunately we had an accident last week with our 2nd sky box, it got water damaged and isn't working.   I've been trying to bid for one on ebay for a week now but keep getting pipped at the post! If anyone knows anyone who has a box they no longer need or want, please let me know.    Report

12/05/2008, 20:47 Gyn_Paul Joined on 23/08/2004 La Creuse - God's own Dept. Posts 1,209 Re: More channels FTA this morning We lose our sat signal whenever a great big storm system hoves into view (<4 times a year), but since we almost always lose the electricity at the same time, it quickly becomes academic, and I certainly wouldn't bother upgrading the dish size. I agree with Martin (surprise, surprise). I have a quad LNB at one end of the barn, the first feed goes to a receiver just the other side of the wall (about 4 m) whereas the fourth one goes to the far end of the living room (about 42 m). There is - for all practical purposes - no difference in the performance of either satbox. That's using single runs of the more expensive of the two sat cables offered by Brico Depot. Which is another way of saying bog-standard + 1. p "Don't think of them as problems, think of them as opportunities." "OK, I think I've hit an insurmountable opportunity!"    Report

14/05/2008, 16:42 Mike1958 Joined on 23/08/2004 Bagneres de Luchon Posts 148 Re: More channels FTA this morning I have rescanned using my digibox and have picked up E4, E4+1, More 4 and More 4+1 but no Channel 4. Does this channel sometimes show as something else?    Report

14/05/2008, 16:48 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 1,020 Re: More channels FTA this morning I haven't checked today but ch 4 FTA version goes under the charming title of 8350. If it's a non sky box then just save the channels and choose 8350 when you want to watch ch 4;  if it's a Sky box with no valid card of any sort then do a scan on 10729 MHz and save the channel labelled 8350. No need for this if you have a FTV card for a Sky box as you can go on using ch 104    Report

14/05/2008, 18:43 Baz Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 1,015 Re: More channels FTA this morning  Martinwatkins wrote: I don't think you 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.   Panasonic have announced the launch of their new TV's with the Freesat HD and Freeview Incorporated from June. Great news, less boxes to clutter up stands. I suspect other manufacturers will flood the UK market in the next few months. http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/729692/index.html#anker_729692 http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/711712/index.html#anker_711715 Baz    Report

14/05/2008, 19:00 Anton Redman Joined on 23/08/2004 Gironde Posts 2,151 Re: More channels FTA this morning Its called auto vulcanising. Normally in the plumbing section as a tape for stopping leaks. Always feel I should use it to stick points on my ears.    Report

14/05/2008, 19:11 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 7,277 Re: More channels FTA this morning  Baz wrote: Panasonic have announced the launch of their new TV's with the Freesat HD and Freeview Incorporated from June. Great news, less boxes to clutter up stands. I suspect other manufacturers will flood the UK market in the next few months. http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/729692/index.html#anker_729692 http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/711712/index.html#anker_711715 Would these Panasonic TVs receive freesat in their French version? (They're sold as TNT-ready in France) http://www.panasonic.fr/html/fr_FR/731252/index.html Clair, a Real Virtual French Person    Report

14/05/2008, 20:39 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 1,020 Re: More channels FTA this morning That link you give Clair suggests that the French one is just a terrestrial digital reveiver (the DVB-T,  not DVB-S).    France will have some HD on TNT multiplex R5 (on UHF) which at present is not operational. I'm guessing for the rest of this,   but the UK is moving in the opposite direction to France when it comes to free to air TV.   Whilst Freesat is loosening Sky's grip on satellite TV,  Canalsat/+ have seized the opportunity to provide the only hexagon-wide digital distribution of the main channels via satellite,   but carefully bundled up in their own box and access card  (TNT par sat). (*)  I imagine the last thing they want to do at the moment is to commercialise an integrated TV-version of this..... Which is a great pity as when analogue switch off occurs it will in theory only be possible to pick up the French main channels within the confines of France (you can't (easily) buy a TNT par sat box outside the hexagone).   Whereas the AB3 analogue SECAM main channels spill all over Europe at the moment,  but only until 2011. Might not suit those oh-so-precious rights holders,   but it means that France's voice becomes ever weaker in the European TV market place,  whilst the Germans (sensibly) have said no to encryption on their main channels,  and the Italians etc also remain FTA. (*) I should add there's also the BIS version on AB3 but you pay €4.99 pm for channels that are essentially already paid for by the licence fee or advertising.    Report

14/05/2008, 23:13 spg Joined on 23/08/2004 Southern Morbihan 56 Posts 1,147 Re: More channels FTA this morning  Martinwatkins wrote: ... ch 4 FTA version goes under the charming title of 8350. If it's a non sky box then just save the channels and choose 8350 when you want to watch ch 4;  Thank you Martin; you have made my OH very happy. He had spent ages trying to find FTA CH4 without success, but then earlier today I casually said to him that he needed to look for 8350 as per your earlier post - and he found CH4 immediately - he was delighted. So many thanks. Sue Computing - it's another world    Report

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