Satellite Receivers - What Are Your Options?
In Ireland today as I write this article there are, despite public opinion, only 3 types of Satellite TV. There is Free to air, Freesat and Subscription (Like Sky etc). I will deal with Sky first.
Sky TV is the most common form of Satellite TV in Ireland. To receive it you will need some form of an official Sky receiver and a card. Sky have the widest range of channels on their platform and by far the most in high definition at the moment. You can also add in sky movies and sky sports too. Unfortunately you have to pay for all this and a full sky package can cost up to 80 to 90 euro a month. Not to everyone's linking but as I say the quantity and quality of channels is hard to beat.
If you want to go down the Free Satellite TV route, then you have two options currently. You can either get a free to air receiver or a Freesat receiver. Both can receiver all the free UK TV Satellite channels but there are differences between them both in technicalities and pricing.
The Freesat satellite receivers are really the top end of the market. Again, they can receive all the free UK satellite channels but there are significant differences between it and free to air boxes. Freesat receivers are in general more expensive that their free to air counterparts but there is a good reason for this. The top end Freesat boxes can cost 300 to 400 euro but as before it is a one off payment and there are no bills after that. 400 euro sounds like a lot, so what do you get for the extra money.
Well, for a start the EPG is extraordinary. It is the only EPG on a satellite receiver that is comparable if not better in some regards to a sky box. It had a full 8 day EPG, not just now and next. Ahead of it's Sky counterpart, it has extra channels automatically tuned in(like ITV 2,3 & 4) which enables you to record them unlike on a sky box (found under other channels). Most of the freesat boxes have hard drives built in which pushes up the price. Freesat receivers automatically update themselves when frequencies change so there is no fiddling around with the settings for the user.
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Sky TV is the most common form of Satellite TV in Ireland. To receive it you will need some form of an official Sky receiver and a card. Sky have the widest range of channels on their platform and by far the most in high definition at the moment. You can also add in sky movies and sky sports too. Unfortunately you have to pay for all this and a full sky package can cost up to 80 to 90 euro a month. Not to everyone's linking but as I say the quantity and quality of channels is hard to beat.
If you want to go down the Free Satellite TV route, then you have two options currently. You can either get a free to air receiver or a Freesat receiver. Both can receiver all the free UK TV Satellite channels but there are differences between them both in technicalities and pricing.
The Freesat satellite receivers are really the top end of the market. Again, they can receive all the free UK satellite channels but there are significant differences between it and free to air boxes. Freesat receivers are in general more expensive that their free to air counterparts but there is a good reason for this. The top end Freesat boxes can cost 300 to 400 euro but as before it is a one off payment and there are no bills after that. 400 euro sounds like a lot, so what do you get for the extra money.
Well, for a start the EPG is extraordinary. It is the only EPG on a satellite receiver that is comparable if not better in some regards to a sky box. It had a full 8 day EPG, not just now and next. Ahead of it's Sky counterpart, it has extra channels automatically tuned in(like ITV 2,3 & 4) which enables you to record them unlike on a sky box (found under other channels). Most of the freesat boxes have hard drives built in which pushes up the price. Freesat receivers automatically update themselves when frequencies change so there is no fiddling around with the settings for the user.
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