Freesat
Unlike Freeview, which is built-in to all new TVs, only a few TVs have a built-in Freesat tuner. Freesat offers a similar service to Freeview but requires a satellite dish rather than an aerial. Freesat uses the same satellite dish and positioning as Sky meaning if you already have a Sky dish you are likely already able to receive Freesat.
Satellite is considered a more robust system than Freeview and is more immune to interference and atmospheric problems. It also offers more channels than Freeview.
The latest Sky Q dishes are not compatible with older Freesat equipment due to the use of a wideband LNB on the dish. To connect older equipment to an existing Sky Q dish we can replace the wideband LNB with a quad LNB to allow older equipment to receive Freesat.
The latest Freesat boxes are now compatible with older quad LNBs and newer wideband LNBs.
To find out more about Freesat, visit www.freesat.co.uk
