[access-uk] Re: freesat
- From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:44:02 +0100
No difference.
It's the same kit but with no subscription to sky packages.
If you don't have a dish and box then you pay 150 for the kit and installation.
If you already have the equipment then you pay £20 for the freesat viewing card.
If you have free sat you can subscribe to sky packages at any time you wish but
you don't have to.
The only difference between freeview and sky freesat is that with freesat you
get more channels (most of them pretty awful looking) and coverage of about 97%
of the country compared to about 73% coverage for freeview.
A bit confusing as bbc and ITV are jointly launching a freesat service shortly
too with claimed similar coverage but as yet no details of cost of channels.
As far as I can see the only advantage of the bbc/itv offering over traditional
freeview if you live in a freeview coverage area is that the freesat is HD
capable, so if you have an HD TV you can get HD programming. The Beeb do say
that all their freesat boxes will be AD capable which would of course be
excellent if it really happens, and that there will also be freesat onboard
digital tv recorders in the set top box range. You'd hope that if the boxes
are AD enabled and can record that they should be able to record the AD too but
we shall see.
Adrian Higginbotham
Project manager: Learning services
Becta
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994.
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jackie Cairns
Sent: 24 April 2008 15:32
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: freesat
Hi Phil, John et al
Could someone please tell me, privately if you've already covered this over the
last few days, what Freesat is? I gather after browsing quickly through recent
threads that it is an alternative Sky offering covering the Freeview channels?
But why I am slightly confuzzled is because a friend of ours paid £20 to
receive the Freeview channels from Sky as a one off payment by inserting a card
into the DigiBox. And he receives AD on the channels he watches. So what then
is the difference between this £20 payment for a card to get Freeview channels
through Sky, and the Freesat being discussed here?
Thanks for any clarification.
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: "phil stephenson" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:42 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: freesat
> Hi John,
>
> Ok so things may have changed and we've not actually got Sky up and
> running
> at mo even though we're still paying our £7 per month...we moved 2 months
> ago and as I said we've not got round to getting new Sky dish installed
> and
> probably aren't going to...however I am pretty sure that when we started
> off
> on Freesat we were receiving AD on channel 974 as I did watch some BBC1
> programmes with AD. As I say things may have changed since when we
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil
>
>
> ---
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> John Gallagher
> Sent: 24 April 2008 10:56
> To: access-uk-freelists.org
> Subject: [access-uk] freesat
>
> Hi Phil interesting about the ad on freesat we will check it out. can you
> receive ad on 974?
>
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