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Post by bertieb on Jul 6, 2008 16:56:15 GMT
Hi lads n lasses, just a quick sky question, my lad has just moved out and left his sky+ in his room I am going to cancel it for him but what I was wondering is when it is cancelled can I use the box to view the freeview channels or is there something I have to do to enable me to do this.
Cheers
RS
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Post by DodgyDino on Jul 6, 2008 17:12:31 GMT
Just pull the viewing card out and that should tell you, As far as im aware you can, Well you can with mine.
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Post by powchirper on Jul 6, 2008 17:50:43 GMT
Sky phoned me the other week regards the digi box and stuff try to get me to insure it, told them if it broke down i just cancel till they fix it, they then said that as i now owned the equipment it was up to me to insure against future breakdowns, I own it i said, well i'm selling it then, We came to agree on my first suggestion ;D
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Post by Miniman on Jul 6, 2008 18:03:34 GMT
They rang us and we said no I'm sorry but we don't want any insurance on our digibox....
they offered us insurance on our sattelite instead as a replacement!!! A wekk later after saying no we had a letter saying our insurance is ready for our digibox and Satleitte combined from a company in Coventry!??
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Post by DodgyDino on Jul 6, 2008 18:05:25 GMT
Sky phoned me the other week regards the digi box and stuff try to get me to insure it, told them if it broke down i just cancel till they fix it, they then said that as i now owned the equipment it was up to me to insure against future breakdowns, I own it i said, well i'm selling it then, We came to agree on my first suggestion ;D They phoned me with the same question, " Its only £99" they said, I gave them the same reply that i too would cancel, They didnt seem too impressed and soon sodded off. ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2008 19:02:41 GMT
Sorry to hijack the thread but does anyone know if I can fit (get fitted) a quad lnb to my dish and connect the 2 new inputs to a freesat box for ITV HD?
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Post by DodgyDino on Jul 6, 2008 19:18:19 GMT
There used to be someone on here who posted that was a sky boffin, I cant remember who it was but perhaps someone does
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Post by jumborat on Jul 7, 2008 8:58:05 GMT
Sorry to hijack the thread but does anyone know if I can fit (get fitted) a quad lnb to my dish and connect the 2 new inputs to a freesat box for ITV HD? Yes you can. Its as simple as that  A word of warning to those receiving calls from "Sky" about an extended warranty. These calls are more often than not from a completely different company and nothing to do with Sky. |
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Post by Mason_Stokie on Jul 7, 2008 10:28:37 GMT
A little search round here should tell you all you need to know - www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=259I'm going for HD next month... despite all the bad press about it on the forums. There again, I suppose most people only go on to these places to complain and not to praise!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2008 10:31:36 GMT
Cheers, I already have SKYHD but ITV are refusing to play ball and even though it is broadcast on the same satellite I believe it uses a different signal/codec/something more techy so that the sky boxes cannot pick up the signal  |
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Post by Mason_Stokie on Jul 7, 2008 10:46:20 GMT
Me How do you rate HD? Have you had any problems with your box? Do you have all the movies, sports etc? I've not got the movies... it'll be sports all the way for me |
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Post by silverdalestokie on Jul 7, 2008 11:04:15 GMT
Well if anybody needs a replacement sky box (not plus) with remote, let me know.... I had mine on contract but gone over to virgin media now so it doesnt need to be connected via the phoneline.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2008 11:15:33 GMT
HD is superb for sports. Wimbledon in HD was spectaculary good as was the BBC Euros coverage. The ITV normal broadcasts were shit in comparison. I have the full subscription but I don't really watch that many movies tbh. I do watch Sky One HD shows which are very good. I have had problems with my box failing to record which I think I have now cracked. I think it fails due to Sky Anytime recording in the background. I have changed the box settings from auto to 15 mins playback, 2 mins recording at start of programme, etc, etc and it has been a lot more stable since. My only bug bear with HD is that the sound is quiet and I have to turn up the volume massively. Also annoys the hell out of me when non-hd programs are broadcast on the HD channels and that Dexter and NCIS are not broadcast on FXHD |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2008 11:26:47 GMT
;D
scrub that last part, it looks like dexter IS going to be broadcast in HD though I don't know why it was not simulcast!
Dexter FX HD
Friday, July 11th, 2008
10:00pm to 11:00pm
It's Alive!. Series 2, episode 1
The brand new season of the "killer drama". Dexter Morgan has a problem. Several in fact. His victims are escaping; Doakes is suspicious and constantly tailing him and on top of all of that he cannot seem to kill anyone. It is not that he doesnt want to. He does. He needs to. But forty days after taking his brothers life, Dexter is finding his... "hobby" more difficult. Meanwhile Dexters sister Debra is struggling to get over her episode with Rudi and somewhere, off that coast of Miami, two scuba divers are about to make a gruesome discovery. Starring Michael C Hall.
High Definition
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Post by Mason_Stokie on Jul 7, 2008 11:28:43 GMT
thanks for the response! I was in the same boat with the movies. worked out i'd watched 3 in the last 2 years. with the £7 a month for movies works out over £50 a film so i cancelled a couple of months back. plan is to get HD before the footy season |
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