I need to get away from sky, too expensive! I would like information on the possibility of installing a bigger dish and how to recieve foregin/european channels without paying each month!

thanks for readinghope you can help!
cheers
marc

You can't, not legally anyway AFAIK.

Looks like you're either stuck with Sky or buy a Freeview box... £160 in Dixons last time I looked, or I think they sell 'em slightly cheaper in Tesco's on Infirmary Road or Archer Road at Abbeydale.

The cheapest freeview boxers are now about £30,you will pay more if you want top up tv.

Do you want Freeview or not? If so, Argos sell Freeview boxes for about £30. You'll probably need an aerial and booster too, so you're looking at an outlay of between £100 to £200.

If you want to watch foreign TV, then you can have a satellite dish fitted, and receive FTA (Free To Air) channels from all over the world, depending on your budget.

I think sky offer something called freesat which has more channels than freeview, and is free to viewers who already have a sky digibox and dish.

Originally posted by Patchy
I think sky offer something called freesat which has more channels than freeview, and is free to viewers who already have a sky digibox and dish.

Yep. You also need the viewing card to get the ITV channels , C4 and C5.

You could wait for the new ITV and BBC 'Freesat' to start

Originally posted by alchresearch
Yep. You also need the viewing card to get the ITV channels , C4 and C5.

I thought ITV, 4 and 6 are now FTA?

They are but need the card in the slot for some reason.