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Old 14-01-2009, 4:49 PM   #1
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Freeview Or Freesat

Been looking at both of these, Cant decide to be honest. Freeview does look better due to better channells.
So do i go for freesat box (Already have dish and cable) or Freeview (Need to upgrade aerial)
The channells on Freesat just look like 1.2.3.4.5 and the other itv + bbc channells.
But with freeview ya get sky3, Dave, Sky sports news etc

ANY IDEA'S
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Old 14-01-2009, 5:20 PM   #2
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Re: Freeview Or Freesat

I had the same dillema, and ended up getting both!
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Old 14-01-2009, 5:23 PM   #3
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Re: Freeview Or Freesat

Surely the first question to ask yourself is whether the additional channels on either platform are going to be of interest to you? Freesat does have some channels that Freeview does not (with the capability of more in the future). Another question to ask is whether you would want to receive HD broadcasts sooner rather than later.

There are of course some channels missing on Freesat, and again it's down to you as to whether you would miss those channels.
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Old 14-01-2009, 5:24 PM   #4
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Re: Freeview Or Freesat

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I had the same dillema, and ended up getting both!
That's a good compromise, one which I might take shortly.
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Old 14-01-2009, 5:25 PM   #5
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Re: Freeview Or Freesat

I have just seen this in the freeview section,like i said on there get both if you don't want to miss out on something.
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