Analogue cable & Freeview....

[cramar]

Up until now I've only had standard terrestrial and analogue cable connected to my TIVO.

Having recently added a freeview box, is it possible to add this to TV too? - I don't want to mess around doing the guided setup if it's not going to work (I think not?)

Am I right in assuming that you can't have F/V and cable together - I'm happy to loose the standard channels as they're all duplicated on the other two sources.

And can connected both via scart, or the cable via RF if required.

I believe I can have sky and cable together, but not analogue?

Thanks

[ozsat]

You can only have normal analogue tv and any platform, or BSkyB and any platform.

Not cable and Sky.

[cramar]

Thanks I thought this was the case.....

Pity, but I guess I might have to get a basic Sky package and dump freeview....

[Fred Smith]

Why not get Freesat from Sky in that case and a DVD recorder for Freeview?

[Pete77]

Thanks I thought this was the case.....

Pity, but I guess I might have to get a basic Sky package and dump freeview...

If you take a 2 Mix package from Sky they are currently offering the first 3 months at half price (£7.50 instead of £15 for their cheapest package) which makes the first year including the free Digibox and installation £157.50.

But you can then get a further £50 Cashback if you order from Sky via the www.quidco.co.uk cashback website. The only snag being that they will deduct £10 from the £50 for your initial membership fee although Quido offer cashback on numerous other products like car and household insurance.

At the end of the 12 months you can then desubscribe without penalty but still subscribe back in for the odd month if something comes up on Sky that you absolutely must watch.

I wouldn't recommend www.freesatfromsky.co.uk because you have to pay £150 which is more than the above £157.50 - £50 Cashback and then if you ever want to subscribe a Freesat box 2 years down the road Sky will still then make you sign up for a 1 year minimum contract. So Sky Freesat is really a bit of a ripoff compared to a standard 12 month sub package and then desubscribing.