Roof Dish aerial going to waste

[LODGER]

My secret admirer lives in a block that has a SKY dish communal aerial.....but she has no wish to watch sky tv, so presently she uses an old FTA box to get non hd BBC tv and regions, Wales etc etc..... .is it possible to get a Freesat receiver to work on the sky dish?...and if so, .would she just get same stuff in hd, BBC Itv etc etc, or what if any new stuff would be available?.......:-reindeer?

 

[Channel Hopper]

Stick with your existing box for the time being

 

[Robbo]

The only extra an official Freesat receiver would give her is the Freesat EPG, and of course it's plug and play.

Both FTA receivers and Freesat receivers can receive HD programmes if they are HD capable.

 

[Analoguesat]

Yes it is - just swap the boxes over

You will have exactly the same HD channels available.

No new stuff except a proper epg - and possibly the pvr function if you buy a FReesat+ box.

 

[LODGER]

The only extra an official Freesat receiver would give her is the Freesat EPG, and of course it's plug and play.

Both FTA receivers and Freesat receivers can receive HD programmes if they are HD capable.

Thanks fellas for clearing that up, i did wonder what 'freesat' was....its fta under aother name:-reindeer ,,,,,,,,,,,so, no need for a new box..........just a new telly, it seems the fta is hd capable, but the tv is not.....................HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.