8 Tescos now selling digiboxes [Was: Getting free channels after cancelled Sky Subs]
 

Or, if you live near one of 6 select branches of Tesco, you can walk
in and buy a brand-new Sky digibox for GBP113.

See uk.tech.sky for details.

Is there a list of the six branches anywhere as I can only find
messages saying there are 6, none listing them...

OK, just phoned tescos and there are now 8 stores selling the
digiboxes:

Newcastle
Peterborough
Stockton
Warrington
New Malden
Pitsea
Milton Keynes
Sandhurst

None in Kent for me, but I may well take a trip to Basildon this
weekend :0)

HTH

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Moldy

The only difference between crap and art, is that art has brass name plates below it

In message , Moldy
wrote
Or, if you live near one of 6 select branches of Tesco, you can walk
in and buy a brand-new Sky digibox for GBP113.

See uk.tech.sky for details.

Is there a list of the six branches anywhere as I can only find
messages saying there are 6, none listing them...

OK, just phoned tescos and there are now 8 stores selling the
digiboxes:

Newcastle
Peterborough
Stockton
Warrington
New Malden
Pitsea
Milton Keynes
Sandhurst

None in Kent for me, but I may well take a trip to Basildon this
weekend :0)


As with a lot of electrical items in supermarkets, they seem to buy a
large batch and then they are in the stores until they sell out. They
don't necessarily re-stock. While the Tesco's local to me had large
stocks of 60GBP Freeview boxes before Christmas I haven't seen any in
two stores this week.
--
Alan

"Moldy" wrote in message
...
Or, if you live near one of 6 select branches of Tesco, you can walk
in and buy a brand-new Sky digibox for GBP113.

See uk.tech.sky for details.

Is there a list of the six branches anywhere as I can only find
messages saying there are 6, none listing them...

OK, just phoned tescos and there are now 8 stores selling the
digiboxes:

Newcastle
snipped

Is there an advantage in having a second box (rather than replacement)? For
example can you split the wires and have two tuners? Or is there technology
based in the dish itself?

Cheers,
Chris

Is there an advantage in having a second box (rather than replacement)?
For
example can you split the wires and have two tuners? Or is there
technology
based in the dish itself?

You'll have to replace the single output LNB on your dish with a dual output
one.

Russell

"Moldy" wrote in message
...
Or, if you live near one of 6 select branches of Tesco, you can walk
in and buy a brand-new Sky digibox for GBP113.

Still greatly overpriced. You can get a proper digital satellite receiver
for under £100.


See uk.tech.sky for details.

Is there a list of the six branches anywhere as I can only find
messages saying there are 6, none listing them...

OK, just phoned tescos and there are now 8 stores selling the
digiboxes:

Newcastle
Peterborough
Stockton
Warrington
New Malden
Pitsea
Milton Keynes
Sandhurst

None in Kent for me, but I may well take a trip to Basildon this
weekend :0)

HTH

--


Moldy

The only difference between crap and art, is that art has brass name
plates below it

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:31:25 +0000 (UTC), "R. Mark Clayton"
wrote:

Still greatly overpriced. You can get a proper digital satellite receiver
for under £100.

OK, i'll bite! Where from? And what do you mean by 'proper' (as
opposed to the ones Tesco sells)?

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Moldy

The only difference between crap and art, is that art has brass name plates below it

They have Freeview in hereford tesco , but is Moldy talking about sky
digiboxes?





"Alan" wrote in message
...
In message , Moldy
wrote
Or, if you live near one of 6 select branches of Tesco, you can walk
in and buy a brand-new Sky digibox for GBP113.

See uk.tech.sky for details.

Is there a list of the six branches anywhere as I can only find
messages saying there are 6, none listing them...

OK, just phoned tescos and there are now 8 stores selling the
digiboxes:

Newcastle
Peterborough
Stockton
Warrington
New Malden
Pitsea
Milton Keynes
Sandhurst

None in Kent for me, but I may well take a trip to Basildon this
weekend :0)


As with a lot of electrical items in supermarkets, they seem to buy a
large batch and then they are in the stores until they sell out. They
don't necessarily re-stock. While the Tesco's local to me had large
stocks of 60GBP Freeview boxes before Christmas I haven't seen any in
two stores this week.
--
Alan

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:39:46 +0000, Moldy
wrote:

| On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:31:25 +0000 (UTC), "R. Mark Clayton"
| wrote:
|
| Still greatly overpriced. You can get a proper digital satellite receiver
| for under £100.
|
| OK, i'll bite! Where from? And what do you mean by 'proper' (as
| opposed to the ones Tesco sells)?

I may get an extra one with a next generation card.

Dave F

R. Mark Clayton wrote:
"Moldy" wrote in message
...
Or, if you live near one of 6 select branches of Tesco, you can
walk in and buy a brand-new Sky digibox for GBP113.

Still greatly overpriced. You can get a proper digital satellite
receiver for under £100.

You may have trouble getting ITV-1, C4 and 5 on it though.

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:59:48 -0000, "D Mumford"
wrote:

They have Freeview in hereford tesco , but is Moldy talking about sky
digiboxes?


Yep, sorry, should have put in subject (was in body of post!)




"Alan" wrote in message
...
In message , Moldy
wrote
Or, if you live near one of 6 select branches of Tesco, you can walk
in and buy a brand-new Sky digibox for GBP113.

See uk.tech.sky for details.

Is there a list of the six branches anywhere as I can only find
messages saying there are 6, none listing them...

OK, just phoned tescos and there are now 8 stores selling the
digiboxes:

Newcastle
Peterborough
Stockton
Warrington
New Malden
Pitsea
Milton Keynes
Sandhurst

None in Kent for me, but I may well take a trip to Basildon this
weekend :0)


As with a lot of electrical items in supermarkets, they seem to buy a
large batch and then they are in the stores until they sell out. They
don't necessarily re-stock. While the Tesco's local to me had large
stocks of 60GBP Freeview boxes before Christmas I haven't seen any in
two stores this week.
--
Alan




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Moldy

The only difference between crap and art, is that art has brass name plates below it