[access-uk] Re: Cable, Freeview or Freesat

Well you do ahve the RNIB talking freeview box that reads all EPG info etc. and 
it completely speech-enabled apart from interactive services and you can't 
record programs.

That costs around 99 GBP from RNIB online shop

info here

http://www.rnib.org.uk/shop/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=tv0401


On 25 Mar 2011, at 12:32, Carol Pearson wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> We've been Cable customers for ages but are considering moving either to 
> Freeview or Freesat and would be grateful if you could help us to look at 
> these alternatives as we don't know a great deal.  The cost is obviously 
> going to be one benefit, since we're only going to have one initial layout, 
> presumably?  Primarily, though, for various reasons we're tired of being tied 
> to Cable and just a few, rather unknowledgeable engineers who visit.
> 
> This has all recently come to a head as, with various movings around, our 
> workable setup has gone wrong once again and no current Cable engineer seems 
> to be able to put it right and we have no knowledgeable friends who can 
> either.  I should explain that our setup to date has been that our TV has 
> retained the terestial channels for our use primarily so that we could 
> continue to use our analog video, with Cobolt's handset.  In addition, Cable 
> was tuned to another channel so we didn't miss anything there we wanted, plus 
> audio description, of course.  This gave us real flexibility.  Now, however, 
> nobody has the knowledge to retune the TV and it's considered it could be a 
> TV fault anyway.
> 
> If we're going to purchase a new TV then we may as well think possibly 
> Freeview enabled.
> 
> OK, here are a few questions to get us started:
> 
> 1.    Are the channels on Freeview the same as those one would get on Freesat?
> 
> 2.    Has anyone yet found a good and reliable way to record programmes in 
> our absence as a totally blind person with either of these two alternatives?
> 
> 3.    How good is the freeview coverage across the country these days?
> 
> 4.    How high does the dish need to be seated (generally) for good reception 
> using Freesat?  (We only have a bungalow, so no second floor ...)
> 
> Any help on the above would be much appreciated.  Thanks.
> 
> --
> Carol P
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