Use old Sky box as a freesat?

macman

goldboy wrote: »

Sorry! Didn't mean to SHOUT!, £10 per month seems a better deal than current £50! Also saves £250 for a decent box?

I don't really follow your maths. Humax Foxsat HDR is available for under £200.You'll pay £120 a year, every year, for Sky+. So the Hummy will pay for itself in less than 20 months.
http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/product.asp?ProdRef=10076&cat=Factory

And then of course you can sell the Sky+ box on eBay to offset the Hummy cost.

goldboy

Its a matter of income v outgoings!, but I follow yr drift. what do sky+ boxes get on ebay?

lucylucky

goldboy wrote: »

Its a matter of income v outgoings!, but I follow yr drift. what do sky+ boxes get on ebay?

If you look on ebay some are going for the £20 mark

Inactive

goldboy wrote: »

Its a matter of income v outgoings!, but I follow yr drift. what do sky+ boxes get on ebay?

It depends on the make / model, look underneath the Sky Receiver for the information.

hippey

lucylucky wrote: »

If you look on ebay some are going for the £20 mark

More like £40, I sold one a few months ago and got almost £50 the bought a Foxsat HD Box for £219 from John Lewis and use that. They come with a two year warranty so at the very minimum I can get it fixed within two years saving quite a bit over basic Sky+ costs.