NoahEvans
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- My Satellite Setup
- Sky Q
- My Location
- Plymouth, England
Hi,
I've spent the last few days doing lots of research as I'm looking to leave Sky Q and go down the Freesat route. Instead of buying a Freesat box, I'd like to use my existing NAS and Plex server with the DVR function to watch & record live TV.
I've found a couple of solutions, but preferably I'd like to try the below - and so if anyone with more experience & a greater understanding than me can confirm that this will work then I would be very grateful.
Telestar Digibit Twin - link
This is my preferred option as it seems the cheapest but doesn't sacrifice the experience. My understanding is that, after changing the Wideband LNB on my satellite to a hybrid (link) then I should be able to switch the existing two cables coming into the Sky Q box, into the Twin. It should also be shown up in Plex DVR automatically, from what I have seen online (including Plex's official community-sourced tuners list).
However, I would like to confirm how many streams/recordings I'd be able to do at once through this setup. I would need to be able to record a couple of shows at once & watch TV at the same time. This is something I can currently do with Sky Q of course, but I wanted to check if this would work the same via the Twin & Plex - and how many.
I'd also like to check if I'd have to do anything to my dish besides changing the LNB, as I've heard cases where the dish needs to be moved to properly pick up all channels.
Many thanks in advance for any advice you can provide - I'm really hoping that I can switch away from Sky soon as the price has risen quite a lot in recent times!
I've spent the last few days doing lots of research as I'm looking to leave Sky Q and go down the Freesat route. Instead of buying a Freesat box, I'd like to use my existing NAS and Plex server with the DVR function to watch & record live TV.
I've found a couple of solutions, but preferably I'd like to try the below - and so if anyone with more experience & a greater understanding than me can confirm that this will work then I would be very grateful.
Telestar Digibit Twin - link
This is my preferred option as it seems the cheapest but doesn't sacrifice the experience. My understanding is that, after changing the Wideband LNB on my satellite to a hybrid (link) then I should be able to switch the existing two cables coming into the Sky Q box, into the Twin. It should also be shown up in Plex DVR automatically, from what I have seen online (including Plex's official community-sourced tuners list).
However, I would like to confirm how many streams/recordings I'd be able to do at once through this setup. I would need to be able to record a couple of shows at once & watch TV at the same time. This is something I can currently do with Sky Q of course, but I wanted to check if this would work the same via the Twin & Plex - and how many.
I'd also like to check if I'd have to do anything to my dish besides changing the LNB, as I've heard cases where the dish needs to be moved to properly pick up all channels.
Many thanks in advance for any advice you can provide - I'm really hoping that I can switch away from Sky soon as the price has risen quite a lot in recent times!
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