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Getting Sky - How to go about it?

  • 16-01-2007 7:39pm
    #1
    AdMMM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭


    Having been with NTL for as long as I can remember, their recent change to their billing system has caused quite a stir in the house with the end result being that we have now cancelled NTL and are going to be ordering Sky within the next few days. I have a few questions first though before we go through with the order.

    We currently have 4 TV's with NTL Digital and would obviously like to have Sky on all four as well but from what I can tell from looking at their site, you can only have one extra box for multiroom viewing. Is it possible to have digital on all the televisions, and if so how do I go about it? (i.e is it possible to have a satellite dish with 4 LNB's?)

    When trying to decide what packages to go for, I noticed that Sky don't really quote many of the available channels. I found the Channel Line-up on the ICDGopedia, but its last update was almost a year a go. Is it still pretty much up to date?

    Setanta Sports is one of the channels that I watch a lot of lately, no thanks to its American Football (albeit College Football). Do Sky offer a Setanta Sports pack for SKY, like they do on NTL? (€14.99 for NASN, Setanta Sports 1 and 2, Racing UK, Celtic TV etc.)

    Thanks in advance, Adam


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  • #2
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Sky can offer Multiroom for up to four boxes/rooms (or maybe it's 8 now since the introduction of Octo LNB's?) Bear in mind however, that it will cost an additional €15 per extra box (which would be €35 on top of your subsciption). Also, for Multiroom, each box must be connected to the landline, so Sky can ensure all the boxes are in the same house.

    The ICDG wiki is a bit out of date now, though a majority of channels haven't changed. I must get around updating that list ASAP.

    Setanta Sports is available on Sky. However, from what I've gathered from a previous post here, you'd have to pay for Setanta Sports seperatly for each box in the house. You'd need to get that confirmed with Setanta first.


  • #3
    Ice_Box
    Closed Accounts Posts: 569 ✭✭✭Ice_Box


    I plan to move away from chorus country cable too and up to sky HD. I dont need to be able to watch different channels in different rooms so I dont need multiroom but I would like to be able to watch tv in the bedroom and kitchen.

    Is there some sort of wireless box you can get that will send the HD signal to other parts of the house and allow me to change the channel?

    I also plan on upgrading the projector I have in the garrage to HD and using it to watch sky but again I dont want to subscribe to multiroom. Any suggestions?


  • #4
    Grilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Grilly


    I use a digisender to watch Digital television in the bedroom. This also allows the remote for NTL digital to work from upstairs. It also will send up from the DVD player.

    The drawback is that you cannot watch different digital channels on both TVs.

    :rolleyes:


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