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Thinking of getting rid of Sky but want to get Freeview channels through the box (as opposed to just the free-to-air channels). Is it a Solus card that I need to get? Sorry, I is being fick about this :)

I think they are now called Freesat cards. You can order one from http://www.freesatfromsky.com/
There is a charge of £20 per card.
NOTE: The freesat card *only* gives you Channel 4 and Five in addition to the free-to-air channels, such as BBC and ITV which you can get without a card. There are extra channels on Freeview (terrestrial digital TV) like UKTV History, ABC1, The Hits, TMF etc. but these are NOT free on Freesat. You will need a Sky subscription for those. Yes, it sucks, particularly for people like me who live in an area with no Freeview coverage. The only other options are to move house or wait until maybe 2012 when the analogue signal is turned off and everything is converted to Freeview.
NOTE 2: If you currently subscribe to sky and decide to cancel, your existing viewing card will work as a Freesat card. You don`t need to buy another card.

Compared to Freeview, freesat really is awful. The amount of crap is unbelievable...

And you will get a barrage of phone calls from sky for about a month trying to tempt you back. I missed it for about two weeks, plus film four starting this weekend on freeview to give us freebie guys a few films here and there can not be bad. ;)

A WISE MAN ONCE SAID

This item was edited on Thursday, 20th July 2006, 21:39

Cheers for your answers guys.

Forgot I started this thread and have only just checked back!

Well, if my old card will work as a freesat card I won`t need to worry. :D