What is the difference and which is better?
Freeview is terrestrial so is picked up via an aerial. Freesat is satelite, so you need a dish. There are more channels on Freesat than freeview, but they are NOT the same channels. on freeview you get stuff like dave and ther UKTV stations, among others. On freesat you get the Zone brand of channels, some more news ones, and more shopping. Freesat has HD already, so you can watch BBCHD and ITV HD (but you need a HD box to get this, they do normal ones too).
the main advantage of freesat is coverage, as terrestrial is affected by geography not everywhere will get it (not that this will stop the gov’t turning off analogue!) so freesat is only not availble to people who cant put a satelite up pointing to the sky in the right direction (maybe because of a large buildingor mountain). if you check out their respective sites you can see a full list of channels.
it should also be noted, for ease of use, that freeviews channels are numbered 1,2,3 etc, whereas freesat is numbered 101,102,103. (we bought freesat for my granmother due to geography, but as she is partially sighted we checked the channel numbers, but they lied to us)
another thing to note is the potential availability of iplayer, they will soon be putting it onto HD boxes and then later next yr all boxes should get it.
the other major difference is of course the price, it costs around £80 to get a satelite dish installed, plus £50 for a basic box, whereas freeview boxes start at about £15.
Here you go….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeview_(UK)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesat
I think the basics are that freeview works via the existing tv aerial, needs a freeview box and has about 50-60 channels, freesat needs a satelite dish (think you can reuse your sky one if you have one), needs a freesat box and this has about 200 channels. Both are pretty much free but the start-up costs differ, i.e. buying the box, installing the dish.
References :
Freeview is terrestrial so is picked up via an aerial. Freesat is satelite, so you need a dish. There are more channels on Freesat than freeview, but they are NOT the same channels. on freeview you get stuff like dave and ther UKTV stations, among others. On freesat you get the Zone brand of channels, some more news ones, and more shopping. Freesat has HD already, so you can watch BBCHD and ITV HD (but you need a HD box to get this, they do normal ones too).
the main advantage of freesat is coverage, as terrestrial is affected by geography not everywhere will get it (not that this will stop the gov’t turning off analogue!) so freesat is only not availble to people who cant put a satelite up pointing to the sky in the right direction (maybe because of a large buildingor mountain). if you check out their respective sites you can see a full list of channels.
it should also be noted, for ease of use, that freeviews channels are numbered 1,2,3 etc, whereas freesat is numbered 101,102,103. (we bought freesat for my granmother due to geography, but as she is partially sighted we checked the channel numbers, but they lied to us)
another thing to note is the potential availability of iplayer, they will soon be putting it onto HD boxes and then later next yr all boxes should get it.
the other major difference is of course the price, it costs around £80 to get a satelite dish installed, plus £50 for a basic box, whereas freeview boxes start at about £15.
References :
http://www.freeview.co.uk
http://www.freesat.co.uk/
http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?page=help.Categories&category_id=38
The main difference between the two is that Freeview is terrestrial digital TV, whereas Freesat is satellite digital TV. Essentially the main difference is the way in which the two services are received.
Freeview can be accessed through your existing aerial and requires that you either purchase a Freeview decoder box or a TV with built in Freeview capabilities, which can then be plugged into your aerial and instantly receives the service.
References :
http://www.bigboxstore.com