Recommendation for best basic Freesat Box

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Re: Recommendation for best basic Freesat Box

Post by md 600 driver »

macassa
technically not correct

you dont have to have 2 outputs from your dish to use a hd box there is selectable software inside to change to one incoming cable feed
you dont need to have a phone line now when subscribing to sky unless you are subscribing to multiroom
you need a live viewing card to use the recording funtions

if you are moving from the uk to portugal tell sky you have moved to a friends address and get a prepaid mastercard and tell sky this is your new payment method
if you have multiroom this is more difficult as its a contractual part of your subscription that both boxes are connected to same telephone line if this is the case cancel the multiroom and get a standard subscription on both boxes or one box

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Re: Recommendation for best basic Freesat Box

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Thanks info re hd box only needing 1 input now. However you still need a live sky card to record.
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Re: Recommendation for best basic Freesat Box

Post by maccasa »

I just looked on the sky website http://www.sky.com/shop/new?DCMP=ilc-aa5_10Jan_getsky

In the legal terms and conditions piece at the bottom, under "general" it still says you must have a telephone connection for 12mths - so when did they change this? obviously very recently??
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Re: Recommendation for best basic Freesat Box

Post by md 600 driver »

no it was a couple of years ago you can for a one off fee of £25 cancel that clause most sky dealers wont charge you the fee our engineers dont
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