setanta have delivered the goods again ..

[Kev]

they still have to pay as its only like an add on to freeview not part of the actual free package, i think its only virgin media that give setanta for free

its basically all because they dont put setanta 2 on freeview so i cant see how they justify charging the same price as they charge me for example to get ss1,2 the news channel and the golf one

I'm not sure I really understand as I don't have freeview. I have a digital box in the lounge but it hasn't even been turned on in over a year.

So some people have signed up a contract with someone other than Setanta and Setanta is included as part of the package, is that what you mean? So they arn't subscribing to Setanta directly but kind of through a third party?

What I mean is, if you were a subscriber to Setanta directly you could watch this on tv and not have to get broadband as well?

standard freeview customers subscribe to setanta same as you would on sky, but they get a card i think that plugs into the freeview box, or you phone up and they unlock the channel something like that, all freeview boxes have the setanta channel on but its locked until you start paying for a subscription, even then its only setanta sports 1, you dont get the other channels that sky users get

also apparently on freeview they stop broadcasting at 5am for some reason so this leads to them cutting off in the middle of fights i would guess,

virgin media gives you setanta for free when u subscribe to them but i think they dont show you certain live events, like theyll show you the build up then say this is your last chance to phone up and subsricbe or something along those lines

Seems a bit weird that you don't get every channel when you are subscribing to them already, I'm suprised more people don't complain about that.

The broadband feed is excellent if you have use your pc as an entertainment center. I've got a nice widescreen 24" which is ideal for my bedroom and watch everying on my pc, never go in my lounge at all.

But if your main setup is in the lounge and you just have a laptop or work computer then broadband would suck a bit.

One great thing about it though is the fact that you can take it with you when if you leave the house, .i.e just log in to your account anywhere in the UK, that' pretty handy.

[hitmanhatton]

I'm not sure I really understand as I don't have freeview. I have a digital box in the lounge but it hasn't even been turned on in over a year.

So some people have signed up a contract with someone other than Setanta and Setanta is included as part of the package, is that what you mean? So they arn't subscribing to Setanta directly but kind of through a third party?

What I mean is, if you were a subscriber to Setanta directly you could watch this on tv and not have to get broadband as well?

standard freeview customers subscribe to setanta same as you would on sky, but they get a card i think that plugs into the freeview box, or you phone up and they unlock the channel something like that, all freeview boxes have the setanta channel on but its locked until you start paying for a subscription, even then its only setanta sports 1, you dont get the other channels that sky users get

also apparently on freeview they stop broadcasting at 5am for some reason so this leads to them cutting off in the middle of fights i would guess,

virgin media gives you setanta for free when u subscribe to them but i think they dont show you certain live events, like theyll show you the build up then say this is your last chance to phone up and subsricbe or something along those lines

Seems a bit weird that you don't get every channel when you are subscribing to them already, I'm suprised more people don't complain about that.

The broadband feed is excellent if you have use your pc as an entertainment center. I've got a nice widescreen 24" which is ideal for my bedroom and watch everying on my pc, never go in my lounge at all.

But if your main setup is in the lounge and you just have a laptop or work computer then broadband would suck a bit.

One great thing about it though is the fact that you can take it with you when if you leave the house, .i.e just log in to your account anywhere in the UK, that' pretty handy.

its good if you have the equipment you need, i myself have a flat screen tv for my pc to run through rather than a monitor however its upstairs and wireless, and from watch streams in the past before i had sky iv learnt not to put my faith in a wireless connection they let you down at the worst of times, and iv ended up in the past having to disconnect it all and set it up downstairs wasnt fun at 3am,

as far as freeview is concerned i think people do complain and are just ignored but untill recently nothing worth subscrbiing for was on ss2 so people werent too bothered, Bunce is getting a bit of a shelling on eastside forums though about it

[smashup]

Yeah it's a bit shit really as i'm paying more or less the same as i was through Sky for Setanta but now that i switched to Freeview only get Setanta Sports 1.
No news channels, Setanta 2 nothing.
having said that i am saving shitloads per year compared to having Sky which we hardly used at all apart from Premiership footy.
Suppose it balances out well and to be honest i can't be f*cked sitting up till 5am (by which time i'm usually so smashed i can barely see the screen anyway) to watch a fight anymore unless it's a Big Hatton fight etc.
I remember some Big fights (Lewis v Tyson - Tyson v Holyfield etc) where they drag it out till nearly sunrise..."Hi Dial-a-crate...Bring us more Smirnoff n Mixers and another crate of Stella NOW" plus that with some "Stay Awake Shnizzle" and you end up Caining around £200 each just to sit up,stay in and not remember a fight.!!!
Better off watching the repeat with a clear head and 2 normal eyes