On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:16:26 -0000, the_constructor wrote:

Is it worth getting a Freesat box and dumping Sky ?

Depends on your viewing habits, a Skybox without a card will still
show you all BBC and ITV offerings, most (if not all) channel 4
stuff. five is still Free To View however things change all the time
just recently so I might be out of date with what is Free To Air (no
card or sub) or FTV (card, no sub).

A sky box without being shown a card is a bit of PITA though, as it
will default to London channels on BBC1/ITV1 and might not allocate
anything for channel 4 in 104. As I said things change so might not
be 100% on the details.

If you have a Sky box and sub just let the sub lapse and the card
will work in "Freesat from Sky" mode and give you the right
regionalisation and allow five to work.

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Cheers
Dave.