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Got Sky HD fitted today...
« on: 15 June 2010, 23:02:30 »
... And what a difference. Didn't believe it could be so noticeable but it is :y :y

Just a pity that I need a Zone 2 Dish and Octo LNB due to poor signal strength and need for another feed... Unfortunately it wasn't a Sky engineer so couldn't blag it :'( :'( :'(
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Re: Got Sky HD fitted today...
« Reply #1 on: 15 June 2010, 23:04:43 »
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... And what a difference. Didn't believe it could be so noticeable but it is :y :y

Just a pity that I need a Zone 2 Dish and Octo LNB due to poor signal strength and need for another feed... Unfortunately it wasn't a Sky engineer so couldn't blag it :'( :'( :'(

Hows that then, they all seem to carry spares for thier own installtion jobbies.
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Re: Got Sky HD fitted today...
« Reply #2 on: 15 June 2010, 23:08:01 »
I would love to get it, but I do not know if my telly is HD ready.
So decided to wait until telly goes pop.
May have a very long wait.
 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Re: Got Sky HD fitted today...
« Reply #3 on: 15 June 2010, 23:10:50 »
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... And what a difference. Didn't believe it could be so noticeable but it is :y :y

Just a pity that I need a Zone 2 Dish and Octo LNB due to poor signal strength and need for another feed... Unfortunately it wasn't a Sky engineer so couldn't blag it :'( :'( :'(

Hows that then, they all seem to carry spares for thier own installtion jobbies.

Yep, if it had been a Sky engineer I may have managed it as they carry the stuff I need but this was a contractor who has to:

1) Pay for anything he can't account for by serial/job number.
2) Didn't actually have either on board either.

But, to be fair, he did do things that were very borderline in complying with company H&S policy ;)
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Re: Got Sky HD fitted today...
« Reply #4 on: 15 June 2010, 23:13:16 »
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I would love to get it, but I do not know if my telly is HD ready.
So decided to wait until telly goes pop.
May have a very long wait.
 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

My telly went pop at Easter and I managed to hold out this long :y
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Re: Got Sky HD fitted today...
« Reply #5 on: 15 June 2010, 23:14:22 »
I wanted a cable running from room to room, about 7 metres in total and a spare remote magic eye set, (No ladder work)(Just on the 2nd tv out for SD TV)  quick as a flash he he said £80 you want it doing now, quick as a flash I replied no thanks. :-X
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« Reply #6 on: 15 June 2010, 23:16:32 »
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I wanted a cable running from room to room, about 7 metres in total and a spare remote magic eye set, (No ladder work)(Just on the 2nd tv out for SD TV)  quick as a flash he he said £80 you want it doing now, quick as a flash I replied no thanks. :-X

Doesn't surprise me ::) ::)

The guy who came to us was good as gold to be fair... He did say that if he'd had a Zone 2 Dish he would have put it up as part of the install :y
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Re: Got Sky HD fitted today...
« Reply #7 on: 15 June 2010, 23:18:14 »
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... And what a difference. Didn't believe it could be so noticeable but it is :y :y

Just a pity that I need a Zone 2 Dish and Octo LNB due to poor signal strength and need for another feed... Unfortunately it wasn't a Sky engineer so couldn't blag it :'( :'( :'(

You will find yourself confused when you switch back to SD after watching HD for so long.... you will think the picture has gone blurred  ::)

Did you go for the 1Tb box?
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« Reply #8 on: 15 June 2010, 23:20:34 »
presume "special hights team" if not a sky installer, they contract out anything above ground floor level ime. Funny lot, but defo less helpfull....

skyhd, love it, and arguably something approaching value for money given the current hd content.

Did i hear a rumour BBC1 going full time hd later this year?
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Re: Got Sky HD fitted today...
« Reply #9 on: 15 June 2010, 23:21:26 »
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... And what a difference. Didn't believe it could be so noticeable but it is :y :y

Just a pity that I need a Zone 2 Dish and Octo LNB due to poor signal strength and need for another feed... Unfortunately it wasn't a Sky engineer so couldn't blag it :'( :'( :'(

You will find yourself confused when you switch back to SD after watching HD for so long.... you will think the picture has gone blurred  ::)

Did you go for the 1Tb box?

Now that mine is out of warranty is there any way I can get 1TB box,
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Re: Got Sky HD fitted today...
« Reply #10 on: 15 June 2010, 23:24:53 »
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presume "special hights team" if not a sky installer, they contract out anything above ground floor level ime. Funny lot, but defo less helpfull....

skyhd, love it, and arguably something approaching value for money given the current hd content.

Did i hear a rumour BBC1 going full time hd later this year?

Its been on the cards for ages, technically there is nothing stopping them, but its the broadcast costs putting them off  :(
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Re: Got Sky HD fitted today...
« Reply #11 on: 15 June 2010, 23:25:03 »
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... And what a difference. Didn't believe it could be so noticeable but it is :y :y

Just a pity that I need a Zone 2 Dish and Octo LNB due to poor signal strength and need for another feed... Unfortunately it wasn't a Sky engineer so couldn't blag it :'( :'( :'(

You will find yourself confused when you switch back to SD after watching HD for so long.... you will think the picture has gone blurred  ::)

Did you go for the 1Tb box?

Not in the end... They wanted stoopid money for it ::) ::)

Went for the free box upgrade, multi-room (because SWMBO wanted it) and free installation :y :y
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Re: Got Sky HD fitted today...
« Reply #12 on: 15 June 2010, 23:25:31 »
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... And what a difference. Didn't believe it could be so noticeable but it is :y :y

Just a pity that I need a Zone 2 Dish and Octo LNB due to poor signal strength and need for another feed... Unfortunately it wasn't a Sky engineer so couldn't blag it :'( :'( :'(

You will find yourself confused when you switch back to SD after watching HD for so long.... you will think the picture has gone blurred  ::)

Did you go for the 1Tb box?

Now that mine is out of warranty is there any way I can get 1TB box,

If its out of warranty i would buy a 1.5Tb SATA drive from eBuyer and shove that in  :)
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« Reply #13 on: 15 June 2010, 23:26:28 »
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... And what a difference. Didn't believe it could be so noticeable but it is :y :y

Just a pity that I need a Zone 2 Dish and Octo LNB due to poor signal strength and need for another feed... Unfortunately it wasn't a Sky engineer so couldn't blag it :'( :'( :'(

You will find yourself confused when you switch back to SD after watching HD for so long.... you will think the picture has gone blurred  ::)

Did you go for the 1Tb box?

Not in the end... They wanted stoopid money for it ::) ::)

Went for the free box upgrade, multi-room (because SWMBO wanted it) and free installation :y :y

Can't complain  :)
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« Reply #14 on: 15 June 2010, 23:31:21 »
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... And what a difference. Didn't believe it could be so noticeable but it is :y :y

Just a pity that I need a Zone 2 Dish and Octo LNB due to poor signal strength and need for another feed... Unfortunately it wasn't a Sky engineer so couldn't blag it :'( :'( :'(

You will find yourself confused when you switch back to SD after watching HD for so long.... you will think the picture has gone blurred  ::)

Did you go for the 1Tb box?

Now that mine is out of warranty is there any way I can get 1TB box,

If its out of warranty i would buy a 1.5Tb SATA drive from eBuyer and shove that in  :)

Allready got a samsung 32mb cache one, but will thay take any make of drive and is there any size limit as I would rather stick a 2tb in it.
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