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So now we'ev got no Sky TV :PDT_Xtremez_12:. A few months ago we lost many channels ,channel 5 etc....that we originally could get, a technical fault probably but I could live with that as I'm sick of problems we'ev had with Sky.
Now we receive no satellite signal at all, and when I investigated the aerial snapped in the back of the receiver! Ahh!!!!
help. :PDT_Xtremez_42:
steveb
05-14-2007, 08:28 PM
Yes I have Sky+ High Definition,mall the channels, films, sport etc but
Iam on my 3rd receiver, luckily still under warranty.
I miss having Sky one on Virgin Media.
Murdoch= Pure evil.
steveb
05-14-2007, 09:36 PM
I miss having Sky one on Virgin Media.
Murdoch= Pure evil.
Thought Virgin would have sorted out their differences by now. I can see
Virgins point, Sky really are money grabbers. Iam surprised Richard hasnt
started his own satellite services and offered those channels that use Sky
services a better deal
Got it sorted - after spending 30 mins+ on the phone tonight to the call center in India, the guy agreed (after doing all the tests) that it was knackered (my words not his). He offered me a call out, new box with a limited warranty for 60 quid. I told him I'd like to cancel. He put me through to the cancellation department, Scottish bloke. I told him I'd like to cancel please and he offered me the same for 30 quid. I told him again no.
'Have you tried Sky+ ?' was the next question. The offer he made me know was for a brand new Sky+ package fitted, on my previous Sky Family subscription and they would waver the 10 pound a month recording fee - all for 50 quid! (12 month warranty too), the engineer will also check the satellite too to fix the original problem of the loss of a few channels.
I was cheeky and asked if he could go any lower, he said no as the original Sky+ box was worth about 140 quid.
Roll on Saturday morning :)
MariaC
05-15-2007, 08:14 PM
Just got rid of Sky. Now I'm going with the Virgin 3 for 30 offer. So I get my broadband, line rental (free calls after 6 p.m. and weekends) and 85 TV channels. For £30. This can't be bad Kev? I guess I will be saving about £30 a month on this package.
steveb
05-15-2007, 08:57 PM
Got it sorted - after spending 30 mins+ on the phone tonight to the call center in India, the guy agreed (after doing all the tests) that it was knackered (my words not his). He offered me a call out, new box with a limited warranty for 60 quid. I told him I'd like to cancel. He put me through to the cancellation department, Scottish bloke. I told him I'd like to cancel please and he offered me the same for 30 quid. I told him again no.
'Have you tried Sky+ ?' was the next question. The offer he made me know was for a brand new Sky+ package fitted, on my previous Sky Family subscription and they would waver the 10 pound a month recording fee - all for 50 quid! (12 month warranty too), the engineer will also check the satellite too to fix the original problem of the loss of a few channels.
I was cheeky and asked if he could go any lower, he said no as the original Sky+ box was worth about 140 quid.
Roll on Saturday morning :)
Yes Sky tend to do that rather than loose a customer. He will, as Iam sure
you realise fit a new quad LNB and run an extra cable to the Sky+ box
so will have 2 lnb inputs. I have Sky+ HD and the stuff in HD is brill but
as yet there arn't that many HD channels
steveb
05-15-2007, 09:00 PM
Just got rid of Sky. Now I'm going with the Virgin 3 for 30 offer. So I get my broadband, line rental (free calls after 6 p.m. and weekends) and 85 TV channels. For £30. This can't be bad Kev? I guess I will be saving about £30 a month on this package.
Sounds good, but I suppose you would still have to pay extra for the
premium channels, ie, films and sport. I have the lot on Sky apart from
the kids channels, costs me around £50 a month, mind you I have Sky HD
lindylou
05-15-2007, 11:34 PM
All these trillions of tv channels - - and there's not a decent thing to watch !
More time is wasted channel hopping, trawling through all the bilge and looking for something half decent to watch - - only to find that there is just a lot of old tat on there. :disgust:
- - ok there are one or two interesting things once in a while.
I wouldn't miss any of these countless channels if they all shut down tomorrow. We are geting ripped off paying for lots of unwatchable junk.
How can you tell that I don't like telly much :unibrow:
I've been disappointed with Sky too. 101 channels and still never anything decent to watch. I tend to watch the same things on the same channels, so the rest of them (and the £££'s for the privilege) is a bit of a waste really :disgust:
lindylou
05-15-2007, 11:37 PM
It is a waste of money a lot of the time. :neutral:
PhilipG
05-16-2007, 12:12 AM
All these trillions of tv channels - - and there's not a decent thing to watch !
More time is wasted channel hopping, trawling through all the bilge and looking for something half decent to watch - - only to find that there is just a lot of old tat on there. :disgust:
- - ok there are one or two interesting things once in a while.
I wouldn't miss any of these countless channels if they all shut down tomorrow. We are geting ripped off paying for lots of unwatchable junk.
How can you tell that I don't like telly much :unibrow:
You and me, both, Lindy.
I've only got the 4 terrestial channels.
I bought a Freeview box months ago, and haven't got round to connecting it yet. :eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qugDVJ1JU54
The Gardens
05-16-2007, 08:07 AM
I won't have Sky (I have issues with paying for a service owned by Murdoch), but I know from speaking to people in work that nobody watches anything! Every programme that I try to discuss is always greated with 'Yeah I saw the first 10 minutes, but switched over', or 'I only caught the last 10 minutes whilst channel hopping'.
Most people seem to have the attention span of a newt, never watching a full programme.
Give me Freeview anyday of the week. Sky appears to be the visual equivalent of a Brevel Toaster, you pay for it but only use it infrequently.
Mrs Kev needs her daily fix of America's Next Top Model (http://www.cwtv.com/shows/americas-next-top-model) and the Search For The Next ***** Cat Dolls (http://www.cwtv.com/shows/*****cat-dolls) :PDT_Xtremez_42:
We had the new Sky+ installed this morning (with an 80GB hard drive). It's great fun. Stopping live TV and rewinding it is a laugh, I'm sure it'll wear off soon though.
Recording is a doddle, u just highlight the programme on the channel listings and pres the R button, voila!
Plus we've got all our missing channels back. Compare the tired old remote to the new one:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/504371695_8a27f7da85.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/504371695/)
I'm being dragged away by Mrs Kev from my computer to watch Search For The Next ***** Cat Doll (http://www.cwtv.com/shows/*****cat-dolls/), gutted :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
I'm happy my Dad got Virgin Media so I don't have to go to the pub to watch fights.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
steveb
05-19-2007, 02:49 PM
Glad Kev got his Sky+ installed OK. It is handy to record stuff but if
you are like me, I record stuff and never watch it, so I delete it.
Handy to record a prog and if you want to keep it copy it to DVD if
you have a dvd recorder
Glad Kev got his Sky+ installed OK. It is handy to record stuff but if
you are like me, I record stuff and never watch it, so I delete it.
Handy to record a prog and if you want to keep it copy it to DVD if
you have a dvd recorder
How would you record from it? Does it need another scart to a DVD recorder?
steveb
05-19-2007, 03:06 PM
How would you record from it? Does it need another scart to a DVD recorder?
I have 2 scarts from my sky+ box one to the TV and one to the dvd
But I record a prog on the Sky+ box then, as my DVD has a built in TV tuner
I have the tv aerial routed through the Sky box and DVD. I have the Sky box
set to give the RF output on ch 26 and one of the dvd channels is set to
26 so playback from the Sky box is recorded on the dvd ch 26. I use the RF output as I have a remote eye in the bedroom so that I can watch sky and change channels etc. To get to the engineers menu from the remote
enter services 401 select
The Gardens
05-20-2007, 10:32 AM
one scart goes from the Sky box in to the TV, the other to the DVD recorder (on your TV; AV1 = Sky / AV2 = DVD or vice versa). You select an external AV on your DVD recorder to receive the signal from the Sky box. Make sure you have the correct setting (RGB) or your copied images may be in black & white.
Stopping live TV and rewinding it is a laugh, I'm sure it'll wear off soon though.
Don't you miss some though while you replay bits? Or does it "pause" the live show?
ukvette
05-21-2007, 09:05 PM
It is a waste of money a lot of the time. :neutral:
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It's a BIG waste of money MOST of the time
Don't you miss some though while you replay bits? Or does it "pause" the live show?
Yes u do.
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It's a BIG waste of money MOST of the time
Boo! When u have got kids who love thomas the tank/ cbeebies/ nick jr 24/7, its a godsend :PDT_Piratz_26:
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