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Can I use a Freeview HD receiver and a Sky + box?
Wonder if anyone can help?I've noticed that Tesco currently have a deal for a Freeview HD box for £30. Im currently with Sky but only have the SD Sky + box and am not willing to pay sky £10+ pm for the HD services. Having seen the deal for the box in Tesco was wondering is there any reason why I cannot connect the Freeview…
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Sky refusing refund. Advice needed.
Hi. This is a copy of an email I sent to sky and the reply. Any advice would be great. Denise. Email I sent: I wonder if you could help me. In 2009 I upgraded to Sky HD. I already had one sky multiroom. I discarded the old sky box and put the box that was replaced by the HD box in the bedroom. As I'm a busy working Mum all…
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Sky box dying and they don't care.
We currently have the following with Sky (and have been with them for over 3yrs) -4mix TV + all movies -one HD box (as other box died) but not HD subs - two further multirooms both with normal Sky+ boxes -line rental and unlimited calls -BB connect as not in right area for the BB they keep advertising so they get a fair…
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Rowridge reception issue
I have tried researching this, but cannot find any non technical result. I have a portable digital in the bedroom, and it is attached to a Philex SLxA Amplified Digital Set-top Aerial. This is pointed to the Rowridge transmitter, and I am maybe 10 miles away by crow. Good reception until recently on the main 4 channels.…
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Tesco 10% tv offer
Tesco is advertising 10% off all TV's over £500 pounds and a £50 gift card. It's only when you read the small print that you realize they mean "we have already taken 10% off the price". Am I the only one to think that this is misleading advertising?
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TV License - Cheaper to pay monthly, 6 months, or 1 big lump sum (for a year)?
just.. assessing my options (cheapest obv) and wanting to save money everywhere possibly i could.
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Advice on bundles please
Hi, we are looking to change from Talktalk to a bundle of tv, phone and internet. Currently get phone and b/band with TT and just have freeview via an old sky box-no subscription. We wouldn't want movies or anything necessarily but a sports channel and channels for my elderly mum who likes classical period dramas, morse,…
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sky box office/hd
ordering the haye fight, i have an HD box but dont subscribe to their service, can i still order it to view in HD??
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A Victory against Sky!
Hello All, Took out sky nearly three months ago now. Noticed the last bill was more expensive than expected, so gave Sky a ring. Turns out the prices we were quoted when we signed up were incorrect. We were quoted 61.28 for 3 months then 9 months at £68. Turns out it should have been nearer 68 for 3 months and 75 for 9…
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Connecting a second cable box
My sister has offered us her now redundant virgin cable box (they cancelled their contract). We already have Virgin cable (a Cisco Vbox HD) to our living room, and I wondered how easy (and indeed legal) it might be to put a splitter on the wire and hook up her box in a second room. Any advice would be appreciated. Also…
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Sky Movies - 2 Months Free Offer
A warning really. I received a letter offering me 2 months sky movies for free around the 22nd June. I accepted the offer of 2 months free sky movies on 24th June through the special web link it instructed me to go to sky.com/2mfmovies The website confirmed that I had 2 months free sky movies. I received a letter a few…
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skysports without sky subscription?
hi does anyone know of a way we can get skysports without having to subscribe to sky? Obviously know we will have to pay extra for it lol! We don't get virgin in our area. Either that our some way around our problem? We had sky installed on thursday because we really need a new freeview+ box and DH wanted skysports because…
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Virgin REFUSE to take my money!?!
Last week I queried an existing customer offer with complaints. The offer was if you took TV XL it was installed for free. On the website this was only applicable to the V HD box (HD Ready and not activated). My query was why the V+ and Tivo box came with both installation and activation charges and not just the activation…
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Virgin retention offers?
Hi, are Virgin still doing retention offers? My mum has been with them for 3 or 4 years on the VIP pack but it is now costing over £100 per month :mad: It used to be good value but she doesn't really watch movies or sport and only really needs evening and weekend calls. She also wants 2 boxes still. What do you think is…
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Can I put my HD box phone line through my wifi router ???
Reason......my GF has changed the whole living room around and I want to order the Box Office Haye fight for tomorrow night(02/07/11) Cannot get the wire to the BT exchange box for the signal to be sent down the line for the fight. Although i can if I put the phone line from the HD box to the WiFi router for the comp, and…
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Sky took payment. Problem is I don't have Sky
I authorised a debit card payment last November to Sky so that my step-daughter could set up their TV service. This was done on the proviso that it was a one off payment and my card details would be removed from their system. This was confirmed by the salesman. Since then her direct debit has defaulted and Sky have now…
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Moving house- options?
Hi, We're just about to move house and are currently have sky+ with phone and broadband. Firstly, out of the Sky dish, Sky+ receiver, and Netgear wireless router, are they all ours to keep, or are any of them still owned by Sky? I think (and hope!) they're all ours to keep...? Secondly, as Freesat and Sky use the same…
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Need two aerial plugs for Digi box?
Hi all I was lucky enough to win a really nice HD freesat box recently (it's this one) and can't wait to get started with it as our current box is rubbish! However, I've come up against a problem and am wondering how much to invest in getting it fixed. When I tried to set up the box, the instructions told me that you…
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Sky Sports and Broadband
Hi everyone, hoping that some of you can help me out here a bit. Apologies for the length of this and for being naiive, but it will be the first time we are looking to purchase broadband that runs through phone line, and possibly sky sports. We have always had cable broadband in the past, so it is all a bit new to us.…
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Freeview/Aerial Problem
I have just connected TV in bedroom to loft aerial to get better Freeview reception, but as a result have lost channels athough reception better on channels that are received. We have the same aerial connected to the TV in the living room and are getting 60ish TV channels but in the bedroom only 19. We have tried manual…
