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RE: OT SKY DIGIBOX recommendation


  • To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: OT SKY DIGIBOX recommendation
  • From: "Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:32:52 +0100
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  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

TBH, it's getting hooked up to TiVo and left alone, I don't watch live
TV anymore other than the odd bit of news, so as long as it works I
couldn't care less really. Anyway, it's not really for me, it's for
SWMBO!

TiVo *is* the TV IMO!

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: BUTLER, Tony, FM [mailto:tony.butler@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 June 2002 14:29
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT SKY DIGIBOX recommendation
>
> Ken,
>
> I never actually had any probs with my box and I liked it's styling
(even
> if
> it was hidden in node0) but figured that if 40-odd boxes had gone
> pearshaped
> then it was only a matter of time.....
> I think they've updated ti since anyway, so maybe the problems I
didn't
> have, have now disappeared.
>
> re: differences - newer boxes tend to be much faster loading the epg &
> menus, older ones can take forever...
> Apart from that, the sony one has optical out which is not enabled and
> will
> not be AFAIK for DD ever, the rest of the boxes only have analogue
> out.....
>
> Tony
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 12 June 2002 14:15
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT SKY DIGIBOX recommendation
> >
> >
> > Paul,
> >
> > FWIW, I'm still getting the Sony box, not because it's going to do
me
> > any good right enough, but I don't see any major problem with it.
> > Anyway, if there is I'll just harass Sky till they fix the problem.
> >
> > TBH, other than choosing Sky+ I don't think there is much to choose
> > between the boxes really.
> >
> > K.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: paul_watkin [mailto:paul_watkin@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 12 June 2002 14:01
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > > > Subject: [ukha_d] OT SKY DIGIBOX recommendation
> > >
> > > Have been reading the great sky rip off thread as am about to have
> > > Sky installed and was thinking of getting the Sony box however I
am
> > > not so sure it's worth it now.
> > >
> > > Can someone recommend which box I should be looking to try and get
> > > from Mr Installer bloke.
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
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