Clem_Dye
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A good friend of mine who is a complete technophobe asked me for some advice yesterday. He's currently paying an arm and leg (probably with a kidney thrown in for good measure too) for a complete SkyQ setup that now that his kids have left home, is no longer being used, so he wants to get rid of it. He lives in an area where Freeview reception is very poor, so it's DSAT or nothing.
My immediate thoughts were to go for an Arris 4K Freesat PVR. Simple plug and play using his existing dish setup, and this would allow him to record up to 4 streams at once, and so on. There's a snag though. He also has an LG TV with Freesat capability, which is not currently being used, so he wants that in the mix, so that if the PVR dies he and his wife have still got something to watch. (He's also in an area with pathetically poor broadband, so streaming as a backup is a no-go.) As I understand things, me still using my old trusty Humax Freesat PVR, that in order for this to work the wideband LNB on his dish that the SkyQ setup uses would need to be swapped for a hybrid type, giving a universal-type connection for the LG TV whilst also feeding the Arris box.
Is my understanding correct? Would a hybrid LNB still allow for four simultaneous streams to be recorded whilst the LG TV's Freesat tuner was in use? He'll need to get a local installer to sort this, as his dish is on his chimney, but I need to spell out for him, chapter and verse, exactly what he needs to arrange.
Any clarifications or guidance would be much appreciated.
My immediate thoughts were to go for an Arris 4K Freesat PVR. Simple plug and play using his existing dish setup, and this would allow him to record up to 4 streams at once, and so on. There's a snag though. He also has an LG TV with Freesat capability, which is not currently being used, so he wants that in the mix, so that if the PVR dies he and his wife have still got something to watch. (He's also in an area with pathetically poor broadband, so streaming as a backup is a no-go.) As I understand things, me still using my old trusty Humax Freesat PVR, that in order for this to work the wideband LNB on his dish that the SkyQ setup uses would need to be swapped for a hybrid type, giving a universal-type connection for the LG TV whilst also feeding the Arris box.
Is my understanding correct? Would a hybrid LNB still allow for four simultaneous streams to be recorded whilst the LG TV's Freesat tuner was in use? He'll need to get a local installer to sort this, as his dish is on his chimney, but I need to spell out for him, chapter and verse, exactly what he needs to arrange.
Any clarifications or guidance would be much appreciated.
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