New aerials or freesat

A question about : New aerials or freesat

Just moved house having subscribed to talk talk in the old house. Never had any problems but the aerial in new house needs upgrading as channel 3,4 and 5 are all dodgy or missing due to signal quality. Couple of rooms requiring TV so guessing that's a few aerials needed and wiring into rooms as previous occupants had sky.

However it does have the satellite dish with existing wiring already coming into the rooms so will freesat be the better choice.

Never really given this a thought. I have already contacted talktalk to transfer phone number and upgrade broadband to fibre optic so possibly stuck within contract. Would the aerials be worthwhile or is freesat the better option??

Best answers:

• Extra cost and hassle of the freesat stb's in bedrooms, 2nd viewing locations would put me off.
  You can install or fix the current aerial, cable to Sky dish, install powered or passive distribution point and then use the pre-installed Sky cables to the rooms so no need to recable.
  In the main viewing room a freesat PVR (humax freetime) may well be a good addition though.
• As Kurtis_Blue points out buying extra set top boxes for Freesat is a cost that would need to be weighed against the cost of a new aerial on the roof although you should only need a single aerial and that can feed several rooms from a splitter, your local TV aerial man can advise on this.
  Some channels on Freeview are not available on Freesat and vice versa so also check this first before making your decision.
• If your other tvs are already Freeview and you don't require recording/pause/rewind, you could get away with portable aerials in bedrooms. We use one upstairs, but do have a cheap refurb Freeview PVR (paid Ј50 years ago),as the portable is an analogue set.
  Also, if you are going to rely on the Sky dish, is it a modern one with twin feed ?