RE: 1st UK DigiBox with digital audio out

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

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I am in the market for a sky digibox :/

If you are looking for someone to take the old one off your hands for a
reasonable sum, let me know.

DesG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ben@xxxxxxx [mailto:ben@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 31 August 2000 10:42
> To: des@xxxxxxx; ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] 1st UK DigiBox with digital audio out
>
>
>
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> I've just moved into a place that's already got a digibox and
> dish installed.
> It seems that I can either pay £10 to get a card, then the
> subscription monthly, or pay £40 to get a complete new box and
> dish installed including a card, then the subscription.  Both
> seem to tie you into a 1 year contract.
>
> I figure it's probably best to go with the complete new kit as
> it's likely to be a newer model than the current receiver (a
> grundig box with the back missing from the remote so the
> batteries fall out)
>
> Then I'll also have the old box and dish which I can get a free
> to view card to give away/use elsewhere.
>
> Think I'll try to ask for one of these new Sony jobbies, are
> local stores more likely to fulfil a request than Sky themselves?
>
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Mark McCall wrote:
>
> >
> > > I specifically asked for Pace when I got mine a few months
ago on the
> > basis
> > > that I had always had Pace and liked the build quality. I
> ended up with a
> > > Silvery coloured Panasonic. :-((
> >
> > Bugger indeed :-)
> >
> > Here's another bugger....my older box can have S-Video out
> enabled in the
> > software but Sky won't do it.  It's possbile to do if you have
the Pace
> > diagnostic software but it won't save the setting so once you
disconnect
> > from the PC the S-Video out stops :-(
> >
> > M.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> --
> Ben White
> ben@xxxxxxx
> KeConnect Internet
> http://www.keme.net/
>
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