quote:Originally posted by Daniel J*:
Is it this one?
UK Aldi link
For anyone else wondering:
Freesat (the Freeview one, not the Sky thingy) gives you all the Freeview stations plus some high-def samples (you need an HD-Ready or Full-HD TV obviously). It's for people who have a poor signal or no coverage from the terrestrial TV transmitters. You need a satellite dish but once that's installed then there are no futher charges. I think a previous satellite dish from, say, Sky, can be used for Freesat. They point to the same place.
Freesat receivers come in two styles SD (standard defintion) and HD (high definition). You can also get a hard drive version so that it acts like a PVR (a digital video recorder). Humax make the most well-known and a well-respected version.
Freesat website
As I have said earlier, this would be my recommendation to you.
Although it is not just for people in poor signal areas. I will be moving over from Freeview to Freesat shortly.
I think there is a lot of filler channels on all of the providers. Freesat for me gives a nice balance of all the channels I need and some HD channels too (I hear that in the future both Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be HD).
I like the fact that there are no further charges and you don't get Sky reps trying to sell you more services all the time (they seem to with my friends and colleagues).
Humax (as said above) do a great dual tuner HD PVR, which means you can record 2 channels at once, whilst watching a recording. It does all the SKY+ tricks too like programme links.
Panasonic and Sony are also bringing out PVR/Recorders too.
I would seriously look at exactly what channels you really need, this will help guide you into the service you need. I find that I tend to mainly watch BBC 1,2,3,4 - ITV (less so) - CHannel 4, +1, E4, E4+1, More 4, More 4+1, Film 4, Dave. and that is about it. So for me Freesat is going to be the choice.