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Sky box or Freesat
chadwicksmith
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Ive had sky+hd in my room for 8 months now, recently we bought a new telly for the living room and i got the sky moved downstairs.
We called a local engineer, i told him to leave my wires in my room alone and he layed new wire from the box in the living room to the dish.
Now here is my problem, i dont have a aerial in my room so i cant use the freeview on my tv, so i was thinking about buying a freesat/hd box and use the sky wires that are in my room??
Should i do this or should i buy a second hand sky box and connect it to the wires to recieve the free stations?? has anybody done this? please share your experiences
and before somebody mentions it i do not want multiroom because it will mean a 12 month agreement..
thanks
We called a local engineer, i told him to leave my wires in my room alone and he layed new wire from the box in the living room to the dish.
Now here is my problem, i dont have a aerial in my room so i cant use the freeview on my tv, so i was thinking about buying a freesat/hd box and use the sky wires that are in my room??
Should i do this or should i buy a second hand sky box and connect it to the wires to recieve the free stations?? has anybody done this? please share your experiences
and before somebody mentions it i do not want multiroom because it will mean a 12 month agreement..
thanks
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An old Sky box will work just fine if you'll be happy with just the FreesatFromSky channels.
Mind you, basic Freesat SD boxes are reasonably cheap nowadays and you could get a PVR version if you wanted to record. That's something you couldn't do with an old Sky+ box, without paying Sky for the privilege.Dave. :wave:0 -
Phantom_Flan_Flinger wrote: »An old Sky box will work just fine if you'll be happy with just the FreesatFromSky channels.
Mind you, basic Freesat SD boxes are reasonably cheap nowadays and you could get a PVR version if you wanted to record. That's something you couldn't do with an old Sky+ box, without paying Sky for the privilege.
can i use a old sky box without a card for the free stations?0 -
Yes, you can.No free lunch, and no free laptop
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what box do you recommend i buy???0
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chadwicksmith wrote: »We called a local engineer, i told him to leave my wires in my room alone and he layed new wire from the box in the living room to the dish.
Just a thought, he left the wires in place but are they still connected to the dish?0 -
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chadwicksmith wrote: »what box do you recommend i buy???
Old Sky boxes are given away on freegle all the time, no need to pay for one.No free lunch, and no free laptop0
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