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

  • From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:53:55 -0000

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 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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