text: is there a box set for free view which conects to a sat dish? i have free view but the signal is very poor with less than half the channels coming through, i have a sat dish up but not connected to anything. is there a system i could connect this to for receiving free view? if the satellite dish is digital (little) then you can plug any old sky digital box into it.  don't pay the subscription, and you'll get access to all the free channels.  you can get them cheap on ebay/ car boot sales.  if it is an analogue (big) dish, it won't do anything.  might as well take it off.  also, you could try a powered tv signal booster on your current aerial.