Lidl/Aldi decoder in place of Sky box?

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
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Could I replace my Sky box by a cheap decoder,
eg one that comes with a camping satellite system
from Lidl or Aldi?
Ie, could I just unplug my Sky box
and plug in one of these in its place?

I actually have a two-room Sky system,
with two Sky boxes,
and I'm thinking of replacing one with a FTV/FTA box,
but as will probably be clear I am not too sure
of the technology involved.


In principle this should work.

On Jun 5, 1:22*pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Could I replace my Sky box by a cheap decoder,
eg one that comes with a camping satellite system
from Lidl or Aldi?
Ie, could I just unplug my Sky box
and plug in one of these in its place?

I actually have a two-room Sky system,
with two Sky boxes,
and I'm thinking of replacing one with a FTV/FTA box,
but as will probably be clear I am not too sure
of the technology involved.

Unless you want the specific features of a different FTV/FTA box, why
not just cancel your multiroom subscription, and use the second Sky
box for FTV/FTA anyway? Maybe it would need a different card, but
certainly cheaper than buying a new 3rd party box.

Could I replace my Sky box by a cheap decoder,
eg one that comes with a camping satellite system
from Lidl or Aldi?
Ie, could I just unplug my Sky box
and plug in one of these in its place?

I actually have a two-room Sky system,
with two Sky boxes,
and I'm thinking of replacing one with a FTV/FTA box,
but as will probably be clear I am not too sure
of the technology involved.

wrote:
On Jun 5, 1:22 pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Could I replace my Sky box by a cheap decoder,
eg one that comes with a camping satellite system
from Lidl or Aldi?
Ie, could I just unplug my Sky box
and plug in one of these in its place?

I actually have a two-room Sky system,
with two Sky boxes,
and I'm thinking of replacing one with a FTV/FTA box,
but as will probably be clear I am not too sure
of the technology involved.

Unless you want the specific features of a different FTV/FTA box, why
not just cancel your multiroom subscription, and use the second Sky
box for FTV/FTA anyway? Maybe it would need a different card, but
certainly cheaper than buying a new 3rd party box.

The Sky card will revert to Freesat (from Sky) status when he cancels his
subs. This card will then only be needed to decode FTV channels such as Ch4,
Ch5, Fiver (&+1), FiveUS, Sky Three.

wrote:

On Jun 5, 1:22Â*pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Could I replace my Sky box by a cheap decoder,
eg one that comes with a camping satellite system
from Lidl or Aldi?
Ie, could I just unplug my Sky box
and plug in one of these in its place?

I actually have a two-room Sky system,
with two Sky boxes,
and I'm thinking of replacing one with a FTV/FTA box,
but as will probably be clear I am not too sure
of the technology involved.

Unless you want the specific features of a different FTV/FTA box, why
not just cancel your multiroom subscription, and use the second Sky
box for FTV/FTA anyway? Maybe it would need a different card, but
certainly cheaper than buying a new 3rd party box.

I assume that if and when I cancel my multiroom subscription,
Sky will remove one of their boxes?
Is the box actually mine?
Or if it is not, are Sky unlikely to take it back?

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
...
wrote:


I assume that if and when I cancel my multiroom subscription,
Sky will remove one of their boxes?
Is the box actually mine?
Or if it is not, are Sky unlikely to take it back?





the boxes are yours to keep.



--
Gareth.

that fly...... is your magic wand....

Mike Henry wrote:

I assume that if and when I cancel my multiroom subscription,
Sky will remove one of their boxes?

NO!

Is the box actually mine?

Yes. It's been your property since Day One. Not even "after the end of the
first year" - Day One.

OK, thanks for the info.

I was on NTL before, and they did come round and collect their box
when I left them for Sky.
(NTL was using a microwave transmitter rather than a cable in my road,
and this was not functioning very well - hence my move.)

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
...

mine?

Yes. It's been your property since Day One. Not even "after the end of
the
first year" - Day One.

OK, thanks for the info.

I was on NTL before, and they did come round and collect their box
when I left them for Sky.
(NTL was using a microwave transmitter rather than a cable in my road,
and this was not functioning very well - hence my move.)





ntl boxes are theirs - so they are entitled to them back.



--
Gareth.

that fly...... is your magic wand....

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
...
wrote:

On Jun 5, 1:22 pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Could I replace my Sky box by a cheap decoder,
eg one that comes with a camping satellite system
from Lidl or Aldi?
Ie, could I just unplug my Sky box
and plug in one of these in its place?

I actually have a two-room Sky system,
with two Sky boxes,
and I'm thinking of replacing one with a FTV/FTA box,
but as will probably be clear I am not too sure
of the technology involved.

Unless you want the specific features of a different FTV/FTA box, why
not just cancel your multiroom subscription, and use the second Sky
box for FTV/FTA anyway? Maybe it would need a different card, but
certainly cheaper than buying a new 3rd party box.

I assume that if and when I cancel my multiroom subscription,
Sky will remove one of their boxes?
Is the box actually mine?
Or if it is not, are Sky unlikely to take it back?


$ky boxes were purchased, so are yours. Unlike mobile phones they have
offered partex deals.

ITV Digital boxes OTOH remained theirs, which lead to the following
transaction: -

I visit a major cash and carry and inside is a large pile of digiboxes, with
a promotion "digibox with a years subscription" £99.99p [+ VAT]. I think
this is reasonable at the time so I put a box in the [large cash and carry]
trolley. While wheeling it round I notice the unusual T&C on the side of
the box, that what I am actually paying for is a year's sub to a load of
tosh programs and a mere loan of the digibox. So I hoik the whole carton
out of the trolley and throw it on the floor.

I did get a second hand digibox in a public market after ITV (sorry ON)
digital went bust .

R. Mark Clayton wrote:

$ky boxes were purchased, so are yours.

So Rupert Murdoch is, after all, a philanthropist!
I always thought he looked a nice man.