"Steve Walker" wrote in message
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:15:16 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

You don't actually need Freesat - just a FTA HD satellite receiver.

What's the difference?

Freesat will give you the freesat EPG.

Which is probably worth while. Without the Freesat EPG I'm pretty
sure all you have is "Now & Next" for the channel you are watching
and possibly a bit of info about the current programme. You can't
browse what is on over the next seven days over all the channels in
the EPG.

Yebbut look at the prices -

Good old screwfix have a complete package for £70 delivered (item 98603) -
basic and cheap, with a Labgear HDSR300 receiver, but reportedly works
fine www.radioandtelly.co.uk/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1271458427

To purchase a branded Freesat HD, dish and fittings will be near to £200.

Humax Freesat HDR are quite good, also, a bit of homebrew gives you ftp
access for copying files.