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Originally Posted by David F
do you have to point that to the same satellite? of are adjustments needed?
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No adjustments are needed Zing - Freesat and Sky both rely on the same satellites so a Sky dish is already pointing the right way for Freesat. The only complication might be if the position of the dish was disturbed while fixing the new LNB to it. However if the existing dish has been there a while and has survived the weather for any significant length of time, it would be unlikely to shift position, provided it's treated with respect.
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Originally Posted by Matth
At the moment, Five has gone to the other freesat, but Fiver and Five US are still stuck with the Sky freesat only.
Looking for other worthwhile channels:
Sky have a couple of film channels that the other freesat do not
The other freesat has Zone Horror, Sky appear not to.
Before deciding on BBC/ITV Freesat or Sky Freesat, or even Sky multiroom - extra subs, but you get your full channel packs on all multiroom boxes, have a glance at the channel lists for anything you really want.
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I've always regarded the argument from channel quantity to be a bit of a red herring when comparing Freesat with FSFS (Freesatfromsky).
The discrepancies are mainly due to Sky demanding time to ensure Freesat's interactive streams don't screw up Sky's, seeing as the two services share the same picture broadcasts but rely on different interactive content. Freesat relies on Sky for a crucial part of the satellite uplink process so Sky is certainly entitled to make sure its own services are not at risk, however I'm personally dubious that they need quite so much time as they claim to check out each channel that applies to join the Freesat EPG before 'allowing' it.
Freesat launched with about 80 channels but there are now well over 100 and by early next year there will be virtually no difference between the free-to-air line up on a Freesat or FSFS box. The remaining differences will be where broadcast rights issues, or an existing encryption deal between a broadcaster and Sky, means a channel cannot go free-to-air and join the Freesat EPG. This is currently the situation with Fiver and FiveUS. Channel 5 is notorious in the industry for being a bit slow off the mark, but they have just managed to get their main channel onto Freesat so it's expected that the other two will be there eventually.
Incidentally, Zone Horror does show up on the FSFS EPG - I have a FSFS box here at home. Not that there's ever anything on that channel I want to watch ...