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SKY HD BOX what should i expect

denise38
denise38 Posts: 422 Forumite
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Been with sky for ages just upgraded to Sky Hd and had box delivered to today for self install.
Question is what size of box should i have expected to get!!
I have never met a calorie yet I didn't like!!
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  • jb66
    jb66 Posts: 1,705 Forumite
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    A regular sized one?
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    A regular sized one


    normal sized but sort of rounded at the front.

    why self install, was it cheaper.

    Sky plus is brilliant, but HD - we couldnt see enough difference that warraned £10 extra a month.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • spike7451
    spike7451 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    Mmmmm....Did'nt know you could self install....Getting HD in at the end of the month & did'nt fancy paying Sky £30 when as a ex VM & Sky enginer I can do it myself better...
  • Chorlton1_2
    Chorlton1_2 Posts: 15 Forumite
    you can't self install
    it needs 2 cables & HD reciever on the dish
    me thinks Mr SKY has made a boo boo
    get on the dog & bone sharpish
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  • jem16
    jem16 Posts: 19,764 Forumite
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    Chorlton1 wrote: »
    you can't self install

    Apparently you now can if you are upgrading from Sky+ to Sky HD as cables are already in place.
    it needs 2 cables & HD reciever on the dish

    2 cables yes as per Sky+. What exactly is an HD receiver on end of dish????
  • jem16
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    denise38 wrote: »
    Question is what size of box should i have expected to get!!

    Are you referring to hard drive capacity or box dimensions?
  • Kurtis_Blue
    Kurtis_Blue Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    jem16 wrote: »
    Apparently you now can if you are upgrading from Sky+ to Sky HD as cables are already in place.



    2 cables yes as per Sky+. What exactly is an HD receiver on end of dish????

    No such thing, don't worry straight swap for Sky+
  • jem16
    jem16 Posts: 19,764 Forumite
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    Kurtis_Blue wrote: »
    No such thing, don't worry straight swap for Sky+

    I know there is no such thing - my question was what Chorlton thought it was.
  • denise38
    denise38 Posts: 422 Forumite
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    Sorry I was multi tasking trying to get out of house ll!!! Meant hard drive capacity. Yes it just a straight swap for Sky +. Never that lucky when I call retentions to cancel looking for better deal . + box was ages old and starting to play up went down HD route thinking perhaps I shouldn't have bothered. Box I got was 250 Gb. Read posts and realise they dumping old stock and that perhaps I should have waited to get newer version.
    I have never met a calorie yet I didn't like!!
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    Chorlton1 wrote: »
    you can't self install
    it needs 2 cables & HD reciever on the dish

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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