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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mew" data-source="post: 310887" data-attributes="member: 29012">Hi ukezI will try and give a few answers:1) I don't have a Freesat box but looking on various forums the Humax Foxsat HD seems quite popular. It seems that it is better quality and the configuration is more flexible than some of the other boxes. In order to get ITV-HD, interactive services and the Freesat EPG you so need a box that says it does Freesat. A normal free to air box will only give you a now and next EPG and no ITV-HD (due to the way it is currently broadcast as a data stream). You will not get 1080p as broadcasts are either 720p or 1080i.2) Depending where you are in the UK you will need at least a BSkyB mindish size dish. As you were talking about the Crystal Palace transmitter I assume you are nearish to London so the 43cm size dish should be sufficient. I bought one from and fitted it on my old house in Essex and it worked fine. I bought a 60cm one for my new house (which is a zone 2 dish) as the general advice was the bigger the dish the easier it will receive the signal and will be less affected by adverse weather. Unfortunately (probably due to the large trees where I now live) I currently cannot get a signal (well the meter says a signal is there but the box doesn't!). I need to get a professional to look at this but I haven't got around to it yet.3) I use a pair of Hauppauge WinTV HVR-4000s which are hybrid cards (you can only one of the tuners on a card at a time). They do analogue (although software encoded), DVB-T, DVB-S and DVB-S2 and when I last used satellite a year ago they received BBC-HD fine (I think BBC-HD is currently DVB-S rather than DVB-S2). They have always worked with TV Server and MediaPortal but they are an expensive option if you don't need the DVB-T or analogue part. A search on these forums will get you opions of other DVB-S2 cards. For HD you need to be looking at a DVB-S2 card.4) The comments I have seen about the Panasonic TVs with integrated Freesat have seemed quite favourable, but again I would advise you do some searches to get a range of opinions.Mew</blockquote>

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