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I was wondering if anybody could recommend a box or dish for the channels where there is just a once off payment. At the moment have only the 4 stations RTE etc and would prefer not to pay a monthly bill from NTL or Sky. Is there an alternative?
 
You could get a free to air satellite system, there are various suppliers around the country, satellite.ie for example.
Assuming you don't expect anything by Christmas, you might be better off waiting until after next March, when BBC and ITV will be launching their own [broken link removed] system.
 
You used to be able to buy the equipment from Sky (instead of getting it for free on their new customer offer) and then just avail of the free to air satellite channels. If you can't, then you would still be able to buy a third party satellite dish and box to pick up free to air channels.
 
I use freesat via my sky dish. It costs nothing. You get all the BBC's and film 4. You dont need much else after that. If you want channel 4 and channel 5 then buy a freesat card from sky for £20 and pretend you have a northern address.

You need a dish, decoder box and installation. Might be worth going with sky for the first year if installation is free.
 

Does this mean that the old "free Sky mini-dish" with installation is no longer yours to keep if you drop your subscription after the first year?
 
oopsbuddy said:
Does this mean that the old "free Sky mini-dish" with installation is no longer yours to keep if you drop your subscription after the first year?
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I'm pretty sure that it is. Some people drop the SKY subscription after a year and just use the gear as a FTA system.
 
ClubMan said:
I'm pretty sure that it is. Some people drop the SKY subscription after a year and just use the gear as a FTA system.
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Unless you can do it yourself (fit dish ...tune in box ...etc..etc...) this usally works out the cheapest way to do it.... plus you get sky for a year.....
 
Yes, Sky equipment is yours from Day 1.

If, during the minimum contract period, you don't pay, they don't come and remove the gear, but instead start sending demands for payment, and include cost of equipment (as you broke terms of the free equipment offer).
 
Can you watch RTE/TV3/TG4 using Sky dish+receiver without any Sky subscription ?
 
Yes - if you have a separate aerial to receive the RTE/TV3/TG4 terrestrial broadcasts - but not via FTA satellite!
 
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