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Old 12 December 2008, 12:16 AM
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sky just seems to increase their prices whenever they wish.

I was told the channel price is fixed for my 12 month contract. few months later sky put the price up
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Old 12 December 2008, 01:14 AM
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Can I not tempt anyone with a dodgy box then?
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Old 12 December 2008, 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by scoobyvirgin
Can I not tempt anyone with a dodgy box then?
Can we leave Kayleigh out of this?
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Old 12 December 2008, 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Diesel
I haven't researched it, although have been tempted - being handy with a soldering iron and that I do get all the sky non premium channels in the bedroom set top box though, as well as on the £35 a month main HD box in the living room. I aint telling though as they normally want an absurd £10 a month for this duplication (as if I had 2 pairs of eyes!). That's as far as my Robin Hood-ness goes

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I get the HD channels in the living room and upstairs just by plugging a aerial cable from the out socket on the SKY HD box and a aerial cable from the socket to the input of the tv in my bedroom. Dunno how it works though.
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Old 12 December 2008, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ScoobyWon't
I get the HD channels in the living room and upstairs just by plugging a aerial cable from the out socket on the SKY HD box and a aerial cable from the socket to the input of the tv in my bedroom. Dunno how it works though.
Well it wont be in HD mate!!! You are just using the second RF output of the box, and it is a good solution - although both TV's will have to be on the same channel and its probably THE worse output for picture quality. That's £120 in the bank D
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Old 12 December 2008, 10:28 AM
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So who's signal do these boxes work on, Virgin/NTL or Sky ?

I've had a little look on a famous bidding site and cannot find any ?
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Old 12 December 2008, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Diesel
Well it wont be in HD mate!!! You are just using the second RF output of the box, and it is a good solution - although both TV's will have to be on the same channel and its probably THE worse output for picture quality. That's £120 in the bank D
Also the RF outputs are Mono sound on a lot of boxes as teh modulator doesn't support NICAM.

So thats dolby 5.1 down-mixed to mono and 720p/1080i resolution downscaled to 576i.

(translated: no better than the picture/sound from a 1980's TV )
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Old 12 December 2008, 11:37 AM
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Search eurovox on a famous bidding site
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Old 12 December 2008, 12:12 PM
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Search eurovox on a famous bidding site
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Old 12 December 2008, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by antc
Search eurovox on a famous bidding site
My Friend says the PVR model (EX5000) is really good..

Personally, I don't condone stealing from Mr Branston-Pickle and putting the prices up for the honest subscriber, etc etc
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Old 12 December 2008, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by antc
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And for Sky?

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Old 12 December 2008, 03:25 PM
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And for Sky?

Steve

Nothing!
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Old 12 December 2008, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
Also the RF outputs are Mono sound on a lot of boxes as teh modulator doesn't support NICAM.

So thats dolby 5.1 down-mixed to mono and 720p/1080i resolution downscaled to 576i.

(translated: no better than the picture/sound from a 1980's TV )
On a 19" box and after a shed full of beer, which is the only time I watch tv in bed, I'm unlikely to notice the difference!
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Old 12 December 2008, 08:50 PM
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Apparently Virgin now own some of these boxes, and they are now blocking them every day, so new numbers are having to be generated daily now
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Old 12 December 2008, 08:52 PM
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You just need the updated software and it does it automatically.
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Old 13 December 2008, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobyvirgin
Nothing!
I hmm hmm or a friend I should say did the Sky fiddle with the 9v battery and got the pay to view channels free but it doesn't last hmm hmm told him he was naughty
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I thought the 9v trick only worked for about 4 movies ?

The down side is that if you ever reconnect the phone line, you'll get billed for them.....
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Old 14 December 2008, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by alistair
I thought the 9v trick only worked for about 4 movies ?

The down side is that if you ever reconnect the phone line, you'll get billed for them.....
Each sky box has a credit limit in box around £5.99 this is lets you watch any pay to view channels if your phone line is down but as soon as your box detects a phone line connected it talks back to sky letting them bill you. So if you use the 9v battery trick and plug your phone line back in afterwards you will still get hit with bill for watched channels.
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