Plus Combiner over multiroom

Would this widget :-

http://www.tvlink.co.uk/tvlinkplus.htm

do the same as what sky want £10 a month for Multiroom ?

Im in a real quandry on upgrading to sky + as they dont do a real good deal
for subscribers unless you have the multi room, I already pay the full price
for SKy and £50 a month is a bit strong.

I was considering getting my own sky+ box secondhand but they seem to be as
much as sky want to upgrade anyway, Im using a Wireless TV Sender at the
moment but there is too much interference and its a pain

Sorry Wrong link :-

http://www.tvlink.co.uk/combiner.htm

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:50:16 +0100, "Essex Computers - Home"
wrote:

Sorry Wrong link :-

http://www.tvlink.co.uk/combiner.htm


As I understand it and believe me I'm no expert, with multiroom you
can watch different channels with the tvlink you can only watch the
same channel.

Essex Computers - Home wrote:

Would this widget :-
do the same as what sky want £10 a month for Multiroom ?

That depends on what you think the Multiroom sub gives you. I suspect
that you don't understand what it is.


Im in a real quandry on upgrading to sky + as they dont do a real good deal
for subscribers unless you have the multi room, I already pay the full price
for SKy and £50 a month is a bit strong.

If you currently pay "full price" then Sky+ will cost you no more per
month.


I was considering getting my own sky+ box secondhand but they seem to be as
much as sky want to upgrade anyway, Im using a Wireless TV Sender at the
moment but there is too much interference and its a pain

What *exactly* do you want this new system to be able to do?

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tv link lets you watch the digibox in another room, and remote control
it, via cable connection.

To receive 2 sky channels simultaneously, you need either sky+, or 2
digiboxes (with 2 viewing cards!).

(2 simultaneous channels also require dual output lnb in dish, and a
2nd antenna cable).

"Jomtien" wrote in message
...
Essex Computers - Home wrote:

Would this widget :-
do the same as what sky want £10 a month for Multiroom ?

That depends on what you think the Multiroom sub gives you. I suspect
that you don't understand what it is.


Im in a real quandry on upgrading to sky + as they dont do a real good
deal
for subscribers unless you have the multi room, I already pay the full
price
for SKy and £50 a month is a bit strong.

If you currently pay "full price" then Sky+ will cost you no more per
month.

The skyplus site confused me, I have now read it again and will call them to
confirm.

if guess if I order it with Multiroom it will only cost £99 for installation
and wont have to pay £10 for multiroom, sorry I see where I went wrong.

Thanks for putting me right there. I think its worth that as it would cost
me more to have someone come in and re-cable it how I want it.

andy

Essex Computers - Home wrote:

If you currently pay "full price" then Sky+ will cost you no more per
month.

if guess if I order it with Multiroom it will only cost £99 for installation
and wont have to pay £10 for multiroom, sorry I see where I went wrong.

No, MultiRoom will cost you an extra £10 per month regardless of
whether you have Sky+ or not, and both boxes will require permanent
connection to the same phone line.
Sky+ will cost you an extra £10 *if* you don't subscribe to more than
2 premium channels. Apparently you do subscribe to more than 2 premium
channels and so you won't have to pay the Sky+ £10 fee.

My main question, which you didn't answer, was "what do you want it to
do?".
I suspect that you don't want MultiRoom at all. A TVLink or a decent
video sender would probably satisfy your needs for no extra monthly
cost. Both are compatible with Sky+.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/7rm2m
UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

"Jomtien" wrote in message
...
Essex Computers - Home wrote:

If you currently pay "full price" then Sky+ will cost you no more per
month.

if guess if I order it with Multiroom it will only cost £99 for
installation
and wont have to pay £10 for multiroom, sorry I see where I went wrong.

No, MultiRoom will cost you an extra £10 per month regardless of
whether you have Sky+ or not, and both boxes will require permanent
connection to the same phone line.
Sky+ will cost you an extra £10 *if* you don't subscribe to more than
2 premium channels. Apparently you do subscribe to more than 2 premium
channels and so you won't have to pay the Sky+ £10 fee.

My main question, which you didn't answer, was "what do you want it to
do?".
I suspect that you don't want MultiRoom at all. A TVLink or a decent
video sender would probably satisfy your needs for no extra monthly
cost. Both are compatible with Sky+.

I like the video aspect of it, as for 6yrs now ive been without a video type
thing until last week.

Secondly we have been living our bedroom in the Living rom for the last 2
yrs but have now seperated the rooms to have a proper living room and
bedroom, now i only watch TV Late at night (like now but nothing on) and all
my partner does is watch soaps and music channels so to be able to watch
football and films back in the bedroom on my bed like I prefer wiothout her
around is good, so to be able to watch 2 sky channels at once is good.

I guess to have a proper TV Link put in by someone else would prolly cost
more than £99 as the video sender i have is not that good and im no wiring
expert makes the skky+ deal feasable.

Lastly The current setup I have is having a TV/Video Combi in the Bedroom
with a Video Sender set on the Sky and enabling the other viewer to be able
to watch the other 4 Terresrial channels on main TV is not really working as
the TV Ariel is not much cop and i have to change the TV Settings all the
time so for a one off fee of £99 its worth it, I just didnt want to pay
another £10 a month,

One last question :- after this year on sky+ is finsihed and i cancelled the
premium channels would the machine not work in multirooom or be able to
record programmes.

Thanks for the advice offered, it is appreciated, shame they make you hold
so long on the phone, I gave up when they said my call would be answered
within the next 25 minutes

Andy

Essex Computers - Home wrote:

so to be able to watch 2 sky channels at once is good.

This requires a MultiRoom sub. Without it you are restricted to one
channel at a time.
TVLink/VideoSender solutions offer only the same channel on both TVs.


I guess to have a proper TV Link put in by someone else would prolly cost
more than £99 as the video sender i have is not that good and im no wiring
expert makes the skky+ deal feasable.

Installing a cable for TVLink shouldn't be too expensive, depending on
how far apart the rooms are. Good VideoSenders work well and are not
expensive. Maybe yours needs adjusting?


One last question :- after this year on sky+ is finsihed and i cancelled the
premium channels would the machine not work in multirooom or be able to
record programmes.

MultiRoom will work if you continue to pay the £10 MultiRoom sub.
The Sky+ will only record/playback if you pay the Sky+ fee, which is
waived when you have the premium channels. So without those channels
you must pay another £10 if you want to record.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/7rm2m
UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

"Jomtien" wrote in message
...
Essex Computers - Home wrote:

so to be able to watch 2 sky channels at once is good.

This requires a MultiRoom sub. Without it you are restricted to one
channel at a time.
TVLink/VideoSender solutions offer only the same channel on both TVs.


I guess to have a proper TV Link put in by someone else would prolly cost
more than £99 as the video sender i have is not that good and im no
wiring
expert makes the skky+ deal feasable.

Installing a cable for TVLink shouldn't be too expensive, depending on
how far apart the rooms are. Good VideoSenders work well and are not
expensive. Maybe yours needs adjusting?


One last question :- after this year on sky+ is finsihed and i cancelled
the
premium channels would the machine not work in multirooom or be able to
record programmes.

MultiRoom will work if you continue to pay the £10 MultiRoom sub.
The Sky+ will only record/playback if you pay the Sky+ fee, which is
waived when you have the premium channels. So without those channels
you must pay another £10 if you want to record.

Thanks for all your advice, was a little ****ed last night

andy