Sky+ value for money?

I see http://www.ordersky.com/ is buggered.

I'm interested in buying Sky+ but just a quick question.

Is it generally thought that the price of the bigger HD Sky+ 160 box is
worth it? £400 for a larger HD sound very steep.

Sky+ for £99 or free for new subscribers (according to the DSG offer that, I
think in error, was presented to me today) seems reasonable for a HD
recorder. £10 a month to use the function is a nasty trade off I can live
with with a bit of resentment.

Aside from Satan's yeast infection (DSG) is there another retailer offering
Sky+ and installation for free to new subscribers?

Gareth.

"Gareth" wrote in message
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I see http://www.ordersky.com/ is buggered.

I'm interested in buying Sky+ but just a quick question.

Is it generally thought that the price of the bigger HD Sky+ 160 box is
worth it? £400 for a larger HD sound very steep.


no, buy the 40Mb one then puta bigger disk in yourself.

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"Gareth" wrote in message
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I see http://www.ordersky.com/ is buggered.

I'm interested in buying Sky+ but just a quick question.

Is it generally thought that the price of the bigger HD Sky+ 160 box is
worth it? £400 for a larger HD sound very steep.


no, buy the 40Mb one then puta bigger disk in yourself.

40 Megabits? Assuming you meant MB, then 40MB that would give enough
space for about 2 minutes of video. I haven't seen a 40MB hard drive for
over 10 years now... ITYM 40GB.
HTH


Ooopsie :-)

(Mind you the 40Mb one is *very* cheap :-)

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In uk.media.tv.sky on Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Tumbleweed wrote :

no, buy the 40Mb one then puta bigger disk in yourself.

40 Megabits? Assuming you meant MB, then 40MB that would give enough
space for about 2 minutes of video. I haven't seen a 40MB hard drive for
over 10 years now... ITYM 40GB.
HTH


Ooopsie :-)

(Mind you the 40Mb one is *very* cheap :-)

Even my first HD (for Atari ST) was bigger than 40Mb - and I never got
anywhere close to filling it.

Of course, I even remember the ZX81 and the 8 minute cassette tape
loading - ahh, those were the days...
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Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett

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In uk.media.tv.sky on Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Tumbleweed wrote :

no, buy the 40Mb one then puta bigger disk in yourself.

40 Megabits? Assuming you meant MB, then 40MB that would give enough
space for about 2 minutes of video. I haven't seen a 40MB hard drive for
over 10 years now... ITYM 40GB.
HTH


Ooopsie :-)

(Mind you the 40Mb one is *very* cheap :-)

Even my first HD (for Atari ST) was bigger than 40Mb - and I never got
anywhere close to filling it.

Of course, I even remember the ZX81 and the 8 minute cassette tape
loading - ahh, those were the days...

30+ minutes on the C64, and the floppy drive was almost as slow

Remember TRS-80s, Apple IIEs etc. I though they were the dogs gonads
back then, and when I bought my first VIC-20, wow!
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Alun Bell