Sky HD 1TB Box

RockCastle

Anybody seen one of these handsome machines yet??

Any idea when we will be able to get our hands on them??

blueser

Is it me, or is that yoke pig ugly? Think I'd go for the HDD upgrade first.

RockCastle

I think its v cool

byte

It's probably the shiny "piano black" that makes it fugly.

I did upgrade my own HD box with a 500GB Samsung HDD, giving ample storage for my needs. For HDD's over 500GB you need a special program to make your HD box address the whole drive (SkyCopyPlus if I recall).

Tony

Its not the worst box I've ever seen.

ScrubsfanChris

Its only available in the UK at the moment I think with a price tag of 285 Euro, excluding install and special offers.

RockCastle

Prob best to wait a while anyway until they iron our any Glitches!:)

Owenw

The old one is ugly too!
All my shiny stuff is covered in fingerprints and dust

Why not pick up a 1Tb HDD for 60 odd quid off komplett and DIY?!
Only takes 40-60 mins to copy the old drive to the new one using Copy+

claytonie

Saw one of the new boxes the other day it wasn't shiny like the picture but was a lot more compact than the existing HD boxes. They have 1.5Tb hard drive 500Gb for Sky anytime etc and 1Tb for your own use. Sky is in the process of discontinuing Sky+ and you will only be able to get Sky+HD in the near future.

Minstrel27

Ugly box. They should have gotten rid of the curved front.

grezz

i love the curves nothing worse than boring straight lines

Owenw

Also having the main controls on top of the box is a pain if you're working on your AV connections and need to quickly hit the power button.
I have other equipment stacked on top (PS3 cant really go underneath it due to other short-sighted design choices.. thanks Sony)

Also detest the rotating LEDs indicator during Playback / Instant Replay. Can't be disabled in the new EPG until they release a bug fix
Darkened front room looks like a scene from Close Encounters when it lights up!

Kotek Besar

Still not available in this part of the British Isles, no?

Star Bingo

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Still not available in this part of the British Isles, no?

as we're not part of britain, no.

-kotek i was thinking we forfeit our republic status of to gain access to it, what say?! gettn desperate here..

Kotek Besar

Star Bingo wrote: »

as we're not part of britain, no.

-kotek i was thinking we forfeit our republic status of to gain access to it, what say?! gettn desperate here..

Eh? I said British Isles, not Britain. :eek:

Star Bingo

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Eh? I said British Isles, not Britain. :eek:

yeah i know! :rolleyes: but i said britain, as in who it is available to.

anyhow my proposition, what say?!

Kotek Besar

Star Bingo wrote: »

yeah i know! :rolleyes: but i said britain, as in who it is available to.

Ah, I see. So it's still only available in the UK, yes?

Does anyone have any info on when we'll be getting it in Ireland?

Star Bingo

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Ah, I see. So it's still only available in the UK, yes?

Does anyone have any info on when we'll be getting it in Ireland?

nobody does. best reference the circumstances under which it seems to apply ok!

n under em, they can hang onto it. the longer, the more intriguing as its been out a fair few months now

Kotek Besar

Star Bingo wrote: »

nobody does. best reference the circumstances under which it seems to apply ok!

n under em, they can hang onto it. the longer, the more intriguing as its been out a fair few months now

Forgive me. Read your post three times, still don't understand.

Tony

Unbelieveable

Star Bingo

here Kotek, i found this - make of it what you will!


May 7, 2010

"As some of you may have heard Sky is releasing a 1TB Sky+HD box. This is supposedly available in the UK at the moment and while we see the box on our Internet Card Order system, we have not seen supply of the boxes."


http://www.dtvav.ie/sky-1tb-box/

Kotek Besar

Tony wrote: »

Unbelieveable

What do you mean Tony?

Star Bingo

Kotek its probs directed at my own obfuscation, sorry for being confusing ok ;-

that link is the only utterance i've seen w/ regards to the ROI market so you might wanna mail the guy n ask him to update you on whats happening with his order.. Sky may have 'made a mistake' or failed to just say no where there was a profit to be had. they seem reluctant complete their side of the transaction maybe they'll refund the guy. or maybe they won't! or maybe the shipment is en route.. eventually

Tony

Kotek Besar wrote: »

What do you mean Tony?

Sorry guys late night mistyping on my part, too many windows open.