Sky or Virgin media???

macman

You could start by dropping the Sky Protect, which is a complete waste of £81pa.

neonraindrops85

macman wrote: »

You could start by dropping the Sky Protect, which is a complete waste of £81pa.

Could do but going with Virgin, then I would be paying £6.94 more a month if I continue with Virgin

omen666

I just signed up to the same service with the money back and everything together we will be saving approx £500 this year ( inc terminating BT phone and Broadband) getting a free HD box and free HD channels and also ESPN which is normally a tenner a month. Far better

neonraindrops85

omen666 wrote: »

I just signed up to the same service with the money back and everything together we will be saving approx £500 this year ( inc terminating BT phone and Broadband) getting a free HD box and free HD channels and also ESPN which is normally a tenner a month. Far better

I think I worked out I'm gonna be spending more on Virgin a year than Sky, I'm trying to save money, lol

macman

Why not just use your existing Sky dish (assuming you already have a twin feed fro the LNB) for Freesat HD, a Humax Foxsat HDR will give you HD and full PVR facilties (same as Sky+). That will pay for itself in 5 to 6 months.
Then get your broadband through a decent LLU provider rather than Sky.

neonraindrops85

macman wrote: »

Why not just use your existing Sky dish (assuming you already have a twin feed fro the LNB) for Freesat HD, a Humax Foxsat HDR will give you HD and full PVR facilties (same as Sky+). That will pay for itself in 5 to 6 months.
Then get your broadband through a decent LLU provider rather than Sky.

How do I know if I have a twin feed? What is LNB? Also what does LLU mean?

I think I will test Virgin out within the 28 day money guarantee period....

macman

The LNB (Low Noise Block) is the arm that sits facing the dish and on which the satellite signal is focused. Count the number of outputs available on that feeding the digibox. If you already have Sky+ then you will already have 2 or more. If you only have a single feed available on the LNB then it can be changed quite easily for a Quad LNB.
Local Loop Unbundled.

neonraindrops85

macman wrote: »

The LNB (Low Noise Block) is the arm that sits facing the dish and on which the satellite signal is focused. Count the number of outputs available on that feeding the digibox. If you already have Sky+ then you will already have 2 or more. If you only have a single feed available on the LNB then it can be changed quite easily for a Quad LNB.
Local Loop Unbundled.

I don't have Sky+ so I guess I just have the one feed? What does a Quad LNB do?

I don't know whether to go ahead with Virgin or not....

spike7451

A quad LNB is effectivly four LNB's in one.You need one LNB feed per normal Sky box or two for Sky+.Whenever you change channels on the Sky box,the box/LNB 'retunes' itself to the new channel being watched.In order to record one Sky channel & watch a second,one LNB must stay tuned to the one being recorded & the second one allows you to channel hop.

macman

neonraindrops85 wrote: »

I don't have Sky+ so I guess I just have the one feed? What does a Quad LNB do?

I don't know whether to go ahead with Virgin or not....

Why guess? Just go and look at the LNB and note how many sockets it has and how many cables are presently fed from it.