Goodbye Sky

[Covenant]

No.

Err-that was succinct. So I would need to replace the Sky dish?

[Stratmangler]

Err-that was succinct. So I would need to replace the Sky dish?

I've further clarified above

[Covenant]

I have a Humax Freesat twin-tuner. Great piece of kit. Doddle to set-up and use. Used to have SKY but the VFM it gave was very poor. Endless repeats and not a lot of substance.

Do you have Netflicks or similar John?

[Covenant]

I've further clarified above

Cheers Chris.

[prestonchipfryer]

Do you have Netflicks or similar John?

No, haven't got anything along those lines at the moment. Might be worth the free one-month trial though.

[Mark Grant]

If I got a freesat box would the Sky dish connect to it and would I need to get it re-aligned?
The humax Foxsat-HDR/1TB seems to get good reviews.

As Chris says you wont need to re-align just connect it up.
If the dish has been there for years it might benefit from a slight bit of realigning to get nearer 100% signal and quality, it will work though.

The Humax HDR are good and reliable.
A bit slow sometimes when navigating the EPG but if you have a sky box you will be used to that

check humax direct for 'graded' that can save a bit
http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat...ctory&type=sat

also there is Raydons firmware for the humax HDR that allows a few 'tweaky bits'
http://myhumax.org/blog/?page_id=166

[northwest]

Right, I need some help here. I have just wasted half an hour on the BT website trying to determine what I can and can't get - and I don't have a clue!
I have no cable, I am some distance from any cable, and my broadband only goes to 8mb according to BT's own site. What's the sketch? Do I get broadband and add TV or do I just forget the whole idea and buy a Humax box?

[StanleyB]

Try Virgin Media. I am with them and they offer Broadband and phone. Speed is better than I got from BT and I can access a lot more websites without being blocked by my ISP .

[guyhayton]

I have Netflix (since it was launched in Jan12) and I am pleased with it.

Admittedly, the kids get more out of it than I.
Its good for boxset type stuff, and they are constantly adding stuff the library.

Technology wise its great and as you can try it out for a month for free then you can see whether it suits.

[Covenant]

As Chris says you wont need to re-align just connect it up.
If the dish has been there for years it might benefit from a slight bit of realigning to get nearer 100% signal and quality, it will work though.

The Humax HDR are good and reliable.
A bit slow sometimes when navigating the EPG but if you have a sky box you will be used to that

check humax direct for 'graded' that can save a bit
http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat...ctory&type=sat

also there is Raydons firmware for the humax HDR that allows a few 'tweaky bits'
http://myhumax.org/blog/?page_id=166

Thanks Mark, useful information. Humax is looking favourite ATM.