Freeview vs Freesat

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Freeview vs Freesat
One reason why people tend to move from one TV platform to another is the deals which are designed to entice you to joining them & at a reduced price. For instance Heavens TV often will discount its monthly registration by upto 40% off for one year. similarly Virgin media and BT offer similar bonuses to draw in in dissatisfied customers of rival Television broadcasters.

Often bombarded with this deal and that deal it is hard to distinguish which is going to be the best bargain for you and the family. Some deals look great in the short term, but when the discounted period comes to an end, many customers now being faced with an increase in price choose to leave the provider and opt for another company with their introductory deals.

Taking this in to consideration as an aerial & satellite engineer, I'd like to offer some advice on this subject. With well over 90% of the television programs being watched in the UK from a free to air platform such as Freeview or Freesat, I'd suggest installing one of these systems permanently. But which one? Well lets have a look at the benefits of Freeview. This for me is certainly the best system, and also most kind to your pocket. With Freeview you will receive free channels such as BBC, ITV, Funnel 4, and % plus their periphery channels. For this to work you will need a good Digital approved TV Aerial Installation using quality RG6 coax cable. With one good aerial you can usually split the signal with a inactive splitter installed at the head end of the aerial cable up tp 4 ways without the need of an amplifier. The cables then feed into different rooms in your home where you require TV fee. The beauty of this method is that all you need to do then is plug the aerial cable into a digital TV. Since all new TV's have placed in them a digital tuner there is no need to go to the expense of buying a digital receiver. It is actually plug and play.

Freesat however is a free to air satellite based system which requires a satellite dish installation and a satellite receiver for Freesat for every TV, since only the very newest TV's have both a Freeview & a Freesat Tuner built in. I would recommend this method if you lived in an area that has a poor Freeview Terrestrial reception or one that comes off a relay transmitter. Both systems provide 90% of the TV viewed in this country and are a great fall back when deciding between the paid TV providers.