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Thinking of ditching Sky
We currently have a multi room subscription Sky+HD in the living room and normal Sky+ in the kitchen via a magic eye (the second Sky+ box is also in the living room and can be used with the main TV too).
We don't have Movies, Sports or any premium channels so our monthly sub is £43. When I looked at our Sky+ planner, it struck me that most of the recorded pro grammes were off FTA channels. This got me thinking about alternative solutions. I'd like to keep the same sort of set up, but just reduce my monthly payments by dropping the Sky channels. I can see several ways of doing this: 1) Keep both Sky+ boxes, get a FTA viewing card but pay Sky for the recording capability. I assume you can still do that, but I have no idea what the charges would be. 2) Keep one of the Sky+ boxes and replace the other with a different PVR. 3) Replace both Sky boxes. Does anyone have any advice on the best approach? Would other PVRs work like the Sky+ box with a magic eye? Thanks! |
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Replace both Sky boxes. My mother paid sky for years and I got her thinking why she paid so much (7 grand) to watch a few games of tennis. She cancelled it and then went out a Humax HDR and is always mentioning how she loves it. With the money saved, she could go to a major tournament and watch it live.
You really dont miss sky once its gone. You have to pay them £10/month to record so a PVR pays for itself after a couple of years and your saving a £20/month forever afterwards. |
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We currently have a multi room subscription Sky+HD in the living room and normal Sky+ in the kitchen via a magic eye (the second Sky+ box is also in the living room and can be used with the main TV too).
We don't have Movies, Sports or any premium channels so our monthly sub is £43. When I looked at our Sky+ planner, it struck me that most of the recorded pro grammes were off FTA channels. This got me thinking about alternative solutions. I'd like to keep the same sort of set up, but just reduce my monthly payments by dropping the Sky channels. I can see several ways of doing this: 1) Keep both Sky+ boxes, get a FTA viewing card but pay Sky for the recording capability. I assume you can still do that, but I have no idea what the charges would be. 2) Keep one of the Sky+ boxes and replace the other with a different PVR. 3) Replace both Sky boxes. Does anyone have any advice on the best approach? Would other PVRs work like the Sky+ box with a magic eye? Thanks! The initial cost will be high to replace both boxes with freesat enabled ones but your monthly bill will be zero so within 12 months you will have paid for your boxes. The big thing in your setup that you may not have considered is that it is not as easy to get the freesat boxes piped through to your kitchen as they do not use the very convenient magic eye system. You would have to look into an alternative way to distribute your box. One alternative if your tv has freeview built in is just to use this in the kitchen? You could (if convenient) run extra downleads to serve each box. I had sky myself and now have main TV running Humax HDR and two bedroom Tvs running freeview. I really don't miss SKY at all. Do give it some thought though. I guess you could recoup some early money by selling the SKY boxes. |
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The big thing in your setup that you may not have considered is that it is not as easy to get the freesat boxes piped through to your kitchen as they do not use the very convenient magic eye system. .
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You can use a freesat box with magic eyes but you do need to purchase additional bits.
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I am sure the poster would appreciate you posting what additional bits is required rather than pointing out my lack of full explanation.
Kit available here http://www.bluedelta.co.uk/buy-now.h...otecontrolkits or here http://www.satcure.com/accs/page3.htm I did not post details simply because it's not clear if the OP needs the capability. A cheaper alternative is to simply get a modulator to send the AV and buy a pair of powermids to handle the remote control (ditch the eye) |
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That's great thanks! Looks like I've got some research to do!
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Basically you need an external modulator to send the AV, a 9V power supply for the eyes and a gizmo at the receiving end to convert the remote control signals back to IR (this will work with pretty well any remote control)
Kit available here http://www.bluedelta.co.uk/buy-now.h...otecontrolkits or here http://www.satcure.com/accs/page3.htm I did not post details simply because it's not clear if the OP needs the capability. A cheaper alternative is to simply get a modulator to send the AV and buy a pair of powermids to handle the remote control (ditch the eye) |
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