Switching From Sky To Freesat For A Week Challenge

[@sethbessinger2025]

Hey, David! I’m from the USA, and was wondering what TV is like there in the UK. Here in the US, we get our local networks and mainly old shows on our TV antenna. Here we can’t get our local networks on satellite without paying for DirecTV or Dish Network. Do you actually pay a fee every month to watch free broadcast?

[@DavidMarfe]

Hello I know all about direct TV formally living in America during the Bush, Clinton and Bush years in the UK there are two major satellite providers Sky and Freesat Sky is what Freesat use to be it was a Free satellite service back then it was analog but couple of years the payed services launched. Freesat was a service launched in 2008 that uses the same alignment as Sky TV but without encryption so all the channels are open to receive for free but in the UK you need a tv licence to watch TV but you need both to watch sky so there is no such thing as free TV in the UK also the problem with Freesat is they keep turning off apps on the boxes so you keep needing to upgrade to the next box. I much prefer paying sky and getting my services guaranteed by them.

[@DB_Videos275]

Plus here in the uk we have to pay for a tv license to watch or record anything live 😏

[@nikiferrari2091]

We don’t really get local networks anymore in the UK as the regional networks were all combined into one network (ITV) back in the early 2000’s except for variations for the various nations in the UK (ie: STV for Scotland, S4C in Wales etc) The only exceptions are the regional news programs of which are broadcast at various times of the day. Regarding your question, all Free to air channels are available via Antenna or Satellite free of charge via Freeview or Freesat. Then you have your Pay TV from Sky (now owned by Viacom) on satellite and Virgin Media on Cable of which mainly consists of American TV shows and networks like discovery, paramount. Either way, in the UK you are required to buy a TV licence to legally watch TV at a cost of about £159 per year of which is used to fund the state broadcaster, the BBC

[@sebaszwarc]

Thanks your politicians for having everything behind paywall. Also American networks are dumb because instead of doing national channels the so called "local" channels are independent companies that affiliate with major 5

[@sebaszwarc]

@@DavidMarfe At least you have some cooperation between networks. In Poland 99% channels on Hotbird 13E is scrambled

[@sebaszwarc]

Image quality is very good. Is there any way to remotely access freesat box and watch content in the app or web browser?

[@sebaszwarc]

Also problem with payTV services like Sky is you cannot tune in their boxes to other channels available on the same satellite or add 19.2E to get e.g Sky Germany channels

[@kendomac7100]

Hi did you just connect the freesat box to the sky sat dish?

[@DavidMarfe]

Yes on the old lnb type or hybrid the wideband wont work on standard freeboxes only 4K

[@jackcrawford3921]

The only difference regarding free to air channels is that Freesat (unlike Freeview, Sky and Virgin) doesn’t have Channel 4 HD

[@DavidMarfe]

It use to and it does again they kissed and made up its on there check it out

[@fictionfactory7164]

C4 HD disappeared but you could still manually tune it in and will be able to do so again if there are any bust ups in the future.

[@Eva_H]

What Freesat box are you actually using David? What’s your opinion on the Freesat 4K box? Are you looking to leave Skyland home? Or are you just doing this for shits and giggles to see if you can survive logistically because reasons? Again I’m just curious.

[@DavidMarfe]

I’m using a old Samsung S7800 I got them throughout the house in 2011 I bought 6 of them to give me HD channels throughout the house and garage as well I haven’t bothered by 4K Freesat box as when I bought my Samsung box I was promised BBC iPlayer and itv player coming soon and 4od and 5 demand but only itv player launched and then 2016 iPlayer left and itv player a couple years later. So I didn’t see the point of buying into the Freesat G2 hardware version because I didn’t even have theses services for 10 years which is what I expect to receive minimum. and Freesat said one box is all your ever need no subscription needed my 2008 Sky box still has on demand I know I’m paying for a card but Freesat boxes aren’t cheap. So unless I am given one to test I won’t spend anymore of my hard owned cash on another box sorry if I went on a rant

[@Eva_H]

@@DavidMarfe Don’t apologise for the rant I like this? I asked the question you answered it. I’ve seen a lot of people who are very the hardware is shit and unreliable, just look at the Amazon customer reviews, like damn. They even gave the Aura box by Humax for Freeview the big huge this is absolutely shit and that’s running Android TV/Google TV.

[@Connie_TinuityError]

@@DavidMarfe Huh? Why do you need SIX boxes just to receive HD channels? that makes no sense

[@goonbreathfpv]

Omg this video is insane

[@showbizsimon]

It's terrible!

[@Jakehallslewis88]

I prefer freeview over anything as it's free to view tv prefer aerial than sky dish

[@DavidMarfe]

Freeview has its limits though

[@Jakehallslewis88]

@@DavidMarfe what's the limits

[@pullmeifinger]

I have the recordable 4k freesat box. It performs just like sky q , assuming you have the wide band lnb.

[@drumnut]

I have just cancelled Sky Q but still have the existing dish and LNB. I am assuming from your post that I will need to swap that existing LNB in order to be able to use it with a FreeSat box? Thx.

[@pullmeifinger]

@@drumnut if you had sky q your good to go with what you have 😊

[@drumnut]

@@pullmeifinger Cheers mate! Freesat box now on order!

[@notthatntg]

My dad be like: Switching from Freeview to Freesat for a week without getting mad and switching back to Freeview (he always insists on using the worse tech when he gets to choose)

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

also does freesat still exist in 2023?

[@DavidMarfe]

Yes

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

does freesat have EWTN?

[@sebaszwarc]

EWTN should be in Poland on terrestial but only on some experimental muxes. EWTN Europe is on Astra 19.2E

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

@@sebaszwarc I'm in the UK. Should I move to Poland?

[@sebaszwarc]

@@bluebellbeatnik4945 poor choice if only for ewtn:-) you have better selection of content in UK anyway. if you need EWTN I assume you're catholic like me. for satellite television you don't need dedicated freesat box. every tv should have tuner installed - just use Astra 19.2E position. Or buy a box that have satellite and terrestial input based on Linux you can have both sources in one EPG.

[@cshotla1]

Please like and follow before I’ve shown you anything… then can’t talk and doesn’t know what to say… poor video my man

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

Ffs think about what you are gonna say first

[@DavidMarfe]

If you did there nothing would ever be said

[@christopher9727]

John 3.16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

[@ronthornhill5093]

Is it on Freesat?

[@brianprimett5620]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jimsmith1998]

It's not 50 fps