On 06/06/2021 03:06 pm, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Got a new TV which has a built in satellite tuner. Good news in that it
will reduce STB clutter. Although I mainly used FreeView - FTA satellite
just for playing with, as I have a 1 metre dish and rotator.

TV gives me the choice of FreeSat or 'other'. 'Other' allows as many sats
as I want and controls the dish. But unlike the old STB, a very limited
EPG.

So tried FreeSat. Which complains about postcode. Googling says this comes
from Eutelsat 28E, but the progs from Astra 28E

The 'other' list on the new TV gives all the Astras, and several Eutelsat,
but no Eutelsat 28. Set the dish motor to Astra 28, and that shows 100/100%

About the one thing I did quite often use satellite for was to watch
regional opt outs from BBC and ITV Scotland.

Does the satellite tuner in the TV enable recording off-air (maybe onto
a tethered hard drive or data stick)?

I ask because it's hard to envisage TV watching these days without some
facility for time-shifting (if not archiving).

I admit that I don't know much about Freesat, but I assume - perhaps
wrongly - that boxes with hard drives (analogous to Sky+) are available.

Without that, one would be reliant on some sort of internet-based
catch-up service for the channels not available via the terrestrial
catch-up services.