Sue Brown(Elite Donator) posted this on Wednesday, 12th February 2014, 04:19
Alfie is spot on. My Dad has a Freesat HD+ system and loves it. He went for that because the Freeview signal was so unreliable in his area that he was frequently left with no channels to watch at all. He will never subscribe to anything, so Freesat was the only way for him to go.
It's a case of needs must. If your Freeview signal is good, stick with that.
RE: Anyone use Freesat+ HD?
RJS(undefined) posted this on Wednesday, 12th February 2014, 09:02
Quote: smurfette says... "It's a case of needs must. If your Freeview signal is good, stick with that." It's not (at least it wasn't) where I'm moving to. :/ I'd much rather go with Freeview if I could!
Quote: mbilko says... "Maybe its one of these u want ;)" Lol, I think I'll stay legit thanks. ;)
Andy c(Elite) posted this on Monday, 24th February 2014, 15:14
Just got my Mum a replacement Freesat box from Richer Sounds. It is a Humax and I think it was £99. Doesn't record but has the facility to connect an external drive and is far superior in response and picture quality compared to the old one.
RE: Anyone use Freesat+ HD?
RJS(undefined) posted this on Monday, 24th February 2014, 16:06
Is that HD? And does it record with an external drive?
It is HD and records to external drive and also upscales all the channels to a best "attempt" at HD, although some are so poor quality it is a losing battle. I suppose the minus is if you do want to record you can't watch another channel unless it is from a freeview receiver in the TV. Factor in the cost of an external drive and it is probably cheaper to get a one does all unit but for my Mum it was ideal. Menu is far better than the old one and uses a new interface called freetime. You can also connect via ethernet to get all the catch up TV stuff. I thought it was a reasonable price for what she wanted.
This item was edited on Tuesday, 25th February 2014, 14:20
