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What to do with a Sky Digibox?
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Posted by: digital_S

I have the Sony VTX-S750U Sky Digibox, and as I don't have a Sky Sub, or even a Sky dish... I want to know what the best option, (or any option), of what to do with this box?!!

Without a Sky dish, am I right in thinking there's no way of picking up any channels? or is there any way of connecting an RF/aerial cable?

Posted by: cwaring

There are many (mostly crap!) FTA channels you can pick up without having to have a sub to Sky. You'll find, however, that they are mostly shopping and/or Infomercial channels :)

http://www.telewestinfo.co.uk/skycomparison.shtml

Abu Dhabi
Asia TV
Auction World
AVAGO
B4U Music
BEN
Best Direct
CCTV9
channel U
Chart Show TV
Christian TV
Classic FM TV
Classics TV
CNN
Community Channel
Create & Craft
Dating Channel
Euro News
Extreme Sports
Factory Outlet
Fashion TV
five
Game Network
gobarkingmad
God 2
God Channel
Going Places TV
Ideal World
JML Direct
letsgoshop+
Life TV
Motors TV
mta- muslim TV
Open Access
PCNE Chinese
Performance
Phoneworld PIN
Reality TV
Revelation
Screenshop
Screenshop 2
Shop 24/7
Shop America
Shop on TV
Shopping Genie
ShopSmart
Showcase
Simply Hols TV
Simply Home
Simply Ideas
Simply Shop
Stop+ Shop
TBN Europe
TCM
TDC2
Telsell
TGH
Thane Direct
Thomas Cook TV
Travel Channel
Travel Channel 2
Travel Deals Direct
TV Job Shop
TV Travelshop 2
TV Warehouse
TX1
txt me
Video Vault
Vitality
Wonderful
Yes
You TV

If you really don't want it, sell it :) (Ebay?)

Posted by: digital_S

quote:
Originally posted by cwaring
There are many (mostly crap!) FTA channels you can pick up without having to have a sub to Sky.

I thought u still had to have a dish? ( so, what... I just plug my std aerial in, and I can get all those channels? :confused:

quote:
If you really don't want it, sell it :) (Ebay?)

That's what I'll probably end up doing. :rolleyes:

Posted by: ozsat

Without the dish - you'll not get any channels.

Posted by: digital_S

I thought so... :rolleyes:

I guess e-bay it is...

Posted by: cwaring

quote:
Originally posted by digital_S
I thought u still had to have a dish? ( so, what... I just plug my std aerial in, and I can get all those channels? :confused:

Well, yeah, but I assume that that came under the banner of "blindingly obvious" :D

Posted by: BlueRanger

Hi Steve,
My original digibox is extremely sluggish these days so I could do with an upgrade! How much do you want for it?

Dave

Posted by: pgogborn

quote:
Originally posted by cwaring
Well, yeah, but I assume that that came under the banner of "blindingly obvious" :D

For a regular reader of these sort of forums who is maintaining a web info site, I thought it would be "blindingly obvious" that the BBC channels are now FTA for which you do not need a Sky subscription card.

Also that it was "reasonably obvious" that TCM was no longer FTA and requires a current Sky subscription and card.

Don't know where you fit in the ITV channels for which you do need a subscription card but don't need a current paid-for Sky subscription.

Perhaps you should give a higher priority to updating your web-site rather than making assumptions about what other people know - particularly when they were brave enough to 'admit' to not knowing if a Digibox could take a RF input. After all, some people would like the Sky+ box much more of it could take a RF input.

Posted by: cwaring

quote:
Originally posted by pgogborn
Perhaps you should give a higher priority to updating your web-site rather than making assumptions about what other people know -

The info site I maintain is on the subject of Telewest. They are a cable company. I had forgotten about the ITV situation as I don't have satellite.

I will be updating the page shortly.

Incidently, I would have thought that if someone has a box for use with Sky, I think it is reasonable to assume that they *know* that a dish is required. It is the kind of information that one finds when one researches a subject before making a purchase.

How come he has a only got the digibox? However he aquired it, why was he not told what it was for, how to use it and what other equipment was required?

Posted by: Mike Jones

Bin it!

Posted by: digital_S

quote:
Originally posted by BlueRanger
My original digibox is extremely sluggish these days so I could do with an upgrade! How much do you want for it?

Dave, if u would like to buy my Sony Digibox, read the PM I've sent you. :)

quote:
Originally posted by cwaring
I assume that that came under the banner of "blindingly obvious"

No, not really... I didn't buy it for Sky!! :o - I had read somewhere, that it could pick up "Free" channels, and somehow prejumed I didn't need a dish. - Not that the information said I did need a dish! :rolleyes: Oh well. :o

quote:
Originally posted by cwaring
How come he has a only got the digibox? However he aquired it, why was he not told what it was for, how to use it and what other equipment was required?

That's just too easy :D I guess I was a sucker for a good, (bad) sale! :rolleyes: - (however u see it)

Wish I hadn't bought it, which is why I'm selling it on, as I don't need it. :p

quote:
Originally posted by Mike Jones
Bin it!

That's what I might've done... but wouldn't you sell something u don't want, or need?

Posted by: cwaring

quote:
Originally posted by digital_S
...but wouldn't you sell something u don't want, or need?

I sure would. However, I've run out of what I don't need so I've nothing left to sell :( :)

Posted by: TiVoMango

you have a pm steve :)