channel lists for freesat & free sat from sky

[raindancerob]

free sat from sky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...UK_and_Ireland

freesat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesat

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seems like freesat have left out alot of channels from their service. i would of thought that you'd be able to manually tune these 'missing' channels ? however if not i cant see the point in freesat why would anyone pay for a service that offers less FTA channels on the same satellites as a service that is cheaper to buy out right (if you buy a Sky receiver & minidish yourself from eBay & Amazon) & is also FTA ? seems pointless to me.

[southernsatellite]

The Humax Foxsat box lets you scan for non Freesat channels, like Luxe HD

[robbo71]

On the Humax Foxsat receivers you can tune in other channels in FTA mode. See SAT-WORLDS thread.

Also they are supposed to be adding new channels frequently, there should be approx 200 on thereabouts eventually.

[raindancerob]

if you can add them yourself then that seems ok, otherwise it would seem pointless.

[robbo71]

The point of them is 'plug and play' free satellite TV for the masses, like a Sky box, without having to shell out a monthly fee and loads of channels in the EPG that you can't watch.

The problem is, each channel has to pay a subscription to appear in the EPG, so if it is not-cost effective to do so, they won't, but once Freesat takes off a bit more, more channels will gradually appear.

[raindancerob]

yeah but for the time being a Sky/FTA receiver is the better bet for more channels.