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Recommend free view tv?
INDY BIRD - 27/12/11 at 11:56 AM

Hi all

Want to get free view of some sort for my children's playroom, I have sky but don't want to pay out much more money etc for multi room,

Any advice welcome and as locostbuilders as poss,

Thanks and hope you all had a great Xmas


jase380 - 27/12/11 at 12:29 PM

Got freesat boxes in our conservatory and kids bedroom, easy to set up if you have sky already, just connect them up to one of the fee ports on your sky dish lnb and away you go


INDY BIRD - 27/12/11 at 12:31 PM

Hi can you watch separate channels with this though?

Main reason is I don't get a look in to the tv these days?

Thanks


jase380 - 27/12/11 at 12:39 PM

Yep, just like having another sky box without the monthly bill. Have a look at your sky dish, pull the plastic cover off the lnb and you will see how many spare sockets you have, if like mine you have sky+ the lnb has 2 spare sockets, you just run some coax from one of them to your freesat box and away you go.


Mr C - 27/12/11 at 12:39 PM

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Originally posted by INDY BIRD
Hi can you watch separate channels with this though?

Main reason is I don't get a look in to the tv these days?

Thanks


To watch separate channels you need independent feeds from the dish, so as mentioned, connect direct to the LNB on the dish. You may have to change the LNB to a quad or octo, dependng on the number of TV's etc.


Ninehigh - 27/12/11 at 12:40 PM

Yeah with different boxes you can watch different channels


INDY BIRD - 27/12/11 at 12:48 PM

Any recommendations on a box to get then?

Thanks
Sean


ChrisW - 27/12/11 at 12:54 PM

Humax kit is pretty good for Freesat.

Chris


daniel mason - 27/12/11 at 01:11 PM

you can get tv's with built in freesat sean. wire directly from dish to tv.


jase380 - 27/12/11 at 03:58 PM

I got a cheap bush one from argos to try first, thats still in the conservatory. Got a humax one that cost a fair bit more for the kids room, has a lot more features than the bush one but for 30 quid i still think the bush one was a bargain.