Well, maybe we just have to do without recording until next year as the rest of the TV is still functioning.
Thanks. -- Carol P ---- Original Message ---- From: "Damon Rose" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:17 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cable, Freeview or Freesat
I'm still quite excited about the forthcoming YouView. The content you'll get for free looks amazing. It's just how good the accessibility will be. This week it's been announced that, Sky and The Guardian have signed up as content partners on top of the major terrestrial channels offering a 7 day video on demand service. We know there is to be some kind of access through an API whose specs have been published ... And that you should be able to get access to the box, download content and record functions using an iPhone app or a PC or website interface. But for content alone, watch out for YouView. And just hope your TV or set-top box doesn't die on you before the first quarter of next year when I think it'll finally be launched. ...Damon -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tristram Llewellyn Sent: 25 March 2011 15:08 To: 'access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cable, Freeview or Freesat Freeview and Freesat most definitely have different channels though some are the same too. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Sight and Sound Technology Technical Support www.sightandsound.co.uk Mail: Tristram: tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical: Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx General - info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: Support line: 0845 634 7979 Sight and Sound Technology Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, with company number 1408275. Sight and Sound Technology Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD VAT Number - GB 860 2121 66. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns Sent: 25 March 2011 14:54 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cable, Freeview or Freesat Hi Carol Me too, that's why I'm not buying yet. We've got a Sky Plus box, and only get the standard channels because we don't subscribe to any packages. I think there are differences in Freeview and FreeSat, but that's why it is confusing, because some say it's the same and some say the channel listings are different. Our current analogue TV is ok and we are in a similar situation to yourself in that regard. If the telly conks out, then I don't know what we'll go for either. Kind Regards, Jackie Cairns J&M Work-Ability jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.work-ability.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson Sent: 25 March 2011 12:55 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cable, Freeview or Freesat Yes, it's not being able to record at all from this box that makes it unattractive to me. -- Carol P ---- Original Message ---- From: "william lomas" <will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 12:50 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cable, Freeview or FreesatWell you do ahve the RNIB talking freeview box that reads all EPG infoetc. 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 eitherto 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 toanother 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 faultanyway. 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. 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