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Sky vs Freeview

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Girvan Loyal 1690, Jan 18, 2012.

  1. Girvan Loyal 1690

    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    nah it's a tenner extra for HD
     
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    Have you got HD channels Trev?
     
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    ManDingo 20"/20" MDMA Guru

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    **** knows i get good deals with my sky and get almost all channels free for a year, my brother has 2 pals that work for sky and my neighbour works for sky so for the past 2 and a half years I've been getting basically all the channels bar sport for free.

    Aye thats the component cable, your ****ed then i think, gonna need to buy a cable (think Lidl had a deal for 2 for 6 quid no that long ago)
     
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    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    I have an HD box but dont have Sky HD but surely the picture should still be as good as ****ing freeview?
     
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    Do yous no still get free HD channels? such as the freeview HD channels?
     
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    Correct<ok>

    In principal at least, the image will suffer because of it being transferred to your box through the scart, wheras the Freeview receiver is integral to it, so no drop in quality.

    You can also watch sky on your xbox...just download it and enter your account details and away you go...no multiroom charge either<ok>
     
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  7. brb

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    Surely the freeview signal could be better quality than the sky, dependent on the dish v aerial reception quality. If your line of sight to your dish is obstructed by some bloody great big building or trees, then the signal is going to break up, unless you can realign your dish within certain boundaries. Whereas the aerial could be in a completely different direction dependent on your transmitter, even better if your property is practically on the doorstep of a transmitter. I assume this is freeview we are talking about and not freesat?
     
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    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    Hmmmm. how do you change channel etc?
     
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    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    aye freeview. built into the TV
     
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    You have to ring up Microsoft and sit on hold for 20 minutes...when they answer and can hardly speak English, you then have to explain the time, channel and programme information so that they can administer the change.
     
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    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    tell me <grr>
     
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    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    <laugh>.
     
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    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    I would imgamine it would be via the game controller. Ya thick ****.
     
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    With the controller you stoooopid ****<laugh>
     
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    I had this sort of problem at Christmas when I bought a new telly but just bought one of those HDMI cables and it was sorted
     
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    Great minds<ok><laugh>
     
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  17. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    Shoulda told him he had to get the motion sensor thingy and he had to jump up and down in front of it to change channel, adjust volume, etc.
     
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  18. Girvan Loyal 1690

    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    that's all I wanted to know. sounds laborious
     
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  19. ManDingo 20"/20"

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    Or you just had to aim your dick at the tele and telepathically think the channel number as your cock acts as the transmitter.
     
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    .<laugh> <laugh>
     
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